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<h1 class="p-name no-ref" id="title">W3C Process Document</h1>
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<p id="w3c-state"><a href="https://www.w3.org/standards/types/#CG-DRAFT">Draft Community Group Report</a>, <time class="dt-updated" datetime="2025-06-23">23 June 2025</time></p>
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<p id="w3c-state"><a href="https://www.w3.org/standards/types/#CG-DRAFT">Draft Community Group Report</a>, <time class="dt-updated" datetime="2025-06-24">24 June 2025</time></p>
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<details open>
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<summary>More details about this document</summary>
under which participants commit to Royalty-Free IPR licenses for implementations.
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See <a href="#rec-track">§ 6.3 The W3C Recommendation Track</a> for details.
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<dt>Notes
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<dd> Groups can also publish documents as <a data-link-type="dfn" href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#WGNote" id="ref-for-WGNote①">W3C Notes</a> and <a data-link-type="dfn" href="#statement" id="ref-for-statement">W3C Statements</a>,
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<dd> Groups can also publish documents as <a data-link-type="dfn" href="#WGNote" id="ref-for-WGNote①">Group Notes</a> and <a data-link-type="dfn" href="#statement" id="ref-for-statement">W3C Statements</a>,
<h3 class="no-num heading settled" id="changes-2025"><span class="content"> Changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/">3 November 2023 Process</a></span><a class="self-link" href="#changes-2025"></a></h3>
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<p>This document is based on the <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/">3 November 2023 Process</a>.
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A <a href="https://github.com/w3c/process/issues?q=milestone%3A%22Process+2024%2F2025%22+is%3Aclosed">list of issues addressed</a>,
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a <a href="https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fpolicies%2Fprocess%2Fdrafts%2F">diff from Process 2023 to this latest version</a>,
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a <a href="https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fpolicies%2Fprocess%2Fdrafts%2Fsnapshots%2F2025-05">diff from Process 2023 to this latest version</a>,
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as well as
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a <a href="https://github.com/w3c/process/compare/p2023_1...main">detailed log of all changes since then</a> are available. </p>
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a <a href="https://github.com/w3c/process/compare/p2023_1...2025-ballot-draft">detailed log of all changes since then</a> are available. </p>
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<p>In addition to a number of editorial adjustments and minor teaks, the following is a summary of the main differences:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt id="changes-2025-tr"><a class="self-link" href="#changes-2025-tr"></a>Changes to technical reports and their publication
The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL”
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in the normative parts of this document
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are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
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However, for readability,
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these words do not appear in all uppercase letters in this specification. </p>
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<p>All of the text of this specification is normative
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except sections explicitly marked as non-normative, examples, and notes. <a data-link-type="biblio" href="#biblio-rfc2119" title="Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels">[RFC2119]</a> </p>
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<p>Examples in this specification are introduced with the words “for example”
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or are set apart from the normative text
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with <code>class="example"</code>,
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like this: </p>
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<div class="example" id="w3c-example">
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<a class="self-link" href="#w3c-example"></a>
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<p>This is an example of an informative example. </p>
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</div>
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<p>Informative notes begin with the word “Note”
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and are set apart from the normative text
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with <code>class="note"</code>,
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like this: </p>
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<p class="note" role="note">Note, this is an informative note.</p>
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