Switch [spec] authors to "editors" in the Purpose section. #142
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I'd like to offer two suggestions.
I believe the EWP Statement should be intended for either:
- any member of the standards development community, or
- any member of the W3C community.
I prefer the broader scope of the first option.
I believe the broader perspective to applying the EWP to practice beyond direct contributions to charters, specifications, or similar documents is more inclusive. It should cover anyone working on a technical or community report within W3C [1]. It also indirectly supports cases where incubation occurs outside the W3C space, making the Statement available to everyone, and so fostering a shared vision for improving the web.
[1] I've created a #143 to clarify that the Statement applies to all W3C technical or community reports, updates to those reports, and new charters.
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+1 to Sarven's comment in general, but I think that might take this beyond an editorial change, which means we couldn't fix it in the Statement without AC review. I'd like to make the translation-aiding editorial corrections first, and then start on the next version. |
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I think the point of using "authors, reviewers" etc.. is to be clear about who we are talking about and what they do. This helps the document be more accessible to the wider community. So I would be reluctant to change it to "any member of the w3c community" or "Any member of the standards development community" as this wouldn't be as clear. |
This is meant to fix #141. Elsewhere we use "authors" to refer to website authors, but that doesn't fit between spec developers and (presumably) spec reviewers.
Another option might be to remove this list item entirely: editors are either meant to apply the decisions of their working groups without needing to check the EWP, or they're acting as spec developers.
cc/ @lianqi