[uf-discuss] Process for changes to pre-existing draft formats?

[Ben Ward]

Jay,

In an instance like this, where a spec appears to have been inactive  
for a few months, I posit that the correct thing to directly approach  
the current listed editor of the spec requesting to take over the role  
of active editor, or that they attend to open issues.

In this case the editors are Tantek and Rohit.

We have no formal process for taking responsibility for specs, so  
simply proceed with good manners.

As editor, you are responsible for following The Process in moving  
forward the spec, and responding to issues raised on hlisting-issues.  
In the case of hListing, you also need to remember that although  
hListing is a draft, it's a specification with a lot of real-world  
adoption. Much of the schema is reinforced by actual implementations  
and so it is not infinitely flexible. You have to ensure that issues  
are resolved with that in mind.

Rohit,

On 3 Nov 2009, at 13:39, khare at alumni.caltech.edu wrote:

> Feel free :) it's a versioned wiki, just be clear about authorship  
> (as a long-ago contributor to hlisting)

If you're a ‘long-ago contributor’ rather than active editor, please  
update the hListing page and move your name from ‘Editors’ to  
‘Contributors’. Such gardening helps for these kinds of situations and  
contacting the right people.

Thanks,

Ben

> ------Original Message------
> From: Jay Myers
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> Subject: [uf-discuss] Process for changes to pre-existing draft  
> formats?
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> All,
>
> Several months ago I posted some proposed changes to the
> hListing microformat out on the hlisting-brainstorming
> (http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting-brainstorming) page
> of the wiki. I am just now revisiting this and would like
> to advance this work and incorporate it into the current
> hListing draft, but want to do it in a way that would
> adhere to the process. However, I don't see much in the
> process documentation around changing pre-existing formats
> in draft, and would hate to alter the original hListing
> draft without some consensus.
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction on this?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jay Myers
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