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Summary</a></li><li><a href="#x2-pre-standardization-proposals-notes">2. Pre-standardization, proposals, notes</a></li><li><a href="#x3-w3c-registry-track">3. W3C Registry Track</a></li><li><a href="#x4-w3c-standardization-track">4. W3C Standardization track</a></li><li><a href="#x5-standard">5. Standard</a></li><li><a href="#x6-references">6. References</a></li></ul></nav> <div class="component component--text"> <p id="abstract">This document lists the different classes of specifications published at <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> and explain their differences, and what the several stages of maturity imply on the Web Standards track.</p> </div> <div class="component component--text"> <h2 id="x1-summary"><bdi class="secno" id="summary">1. </bdi>Summary</h2><figure class="table"><table><thead><tr><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Standards Track</th><th scope="col">Patent Policy</th><th scope="col">Implementations</th><th scope="col">Endorsed by W3C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row"><abbr title="Community or Business Group">CG/BG</abbr> Report</th><td>No</td><td><a href="/community/about/process/cla/">Partial</a></td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Submission</th><td>No</td><td>See document</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Editor's Draft</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Draft Note</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Notes</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Statement</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Discontinued Draft</th><td>No</td><td>Varies</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Draft Registry</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Candidate Registry</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Registry</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Working Draft</th><td>Yes</td><td>Not yet</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Candidate Recommendation</th><td>Yes</td><td>Varies</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Proposed Recommendation</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Varies</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Recommendation</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Varies</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption>Overview of documents published at W3C</figcaption></figure><h2 id="x2-pre-standardization-proposals-notes"><bdi class="secno" id="note-prestandards">2. </bdi>Pre-standardization, proposals, notes</h2><h3 id="x2-1-w3c-community-group-report-or-w3c-business-group-report"><bdi class="secno" id="reports">2.1 </bdi>W3C Community Group Report or W3C Business Group Report</h3><p>A <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Community or Business Group Report is a document produced by a W3C Community or Business Group.</p><p>These <a href="/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-publish-a-report">reports</a> follow the <a href="/community/about/process/"><abbr>W3C</abbr> Community and Business Group Process</a>, designed to allow an easy way for innovation by individuals, outside the formal <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards process. These reports have not received formal review and are not endorsed by W3C.</p><p>These reports <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> standards. They may or may not be brought to the <abbr>W3C</abbr> standardization track.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these reports at their own risk. Implementation is neither discouraged nor encouraged but can contribute to proposals for further action on the document.</p><p>These reports may be in Draft or Final form:</p><ul><li>A Draft Report received patent licensing commitments from the participants for their contributions under the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Community Licensing Agreement.</li><li>A Final Report receiving patent licensing commitments for the entire specification from the organizations who committed to the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Community Final Specification Agreement.</li></ul><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Community or Business Group report <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> get picked up by a standards organization, including <abbr>W3C</abbr>, to incorporate into a future Standard.</p><h3 id="x2-2-w3c-member-submission"><bdi class="secno" id="SUBM">2.2 </bdi><abbr>W3C</abbr> Member Submission</h3><p id="Member-SUBM">A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Member Submission is a document produced by one or more <abbr>W3C</abbr> Members.</p><p>A submission is a document allowing <abbr>W3C</abbr> Members to propose technology or other ideas for consideration. These submissions have not received formal review and are not endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These submissions <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these reports at their own risk. Implementation is neither discouraged nor encouraged but can contribute to proposals for further action on a specification.</p><p>The Member Submission process affords <abbr>W3C</abbr> Members a record of their contribution and gives them a mechanism for disclosures (including IPR claims).</p><p>A Member Submission <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> get picked up by a standards organization, including <abbr>W3C</abbr>, to incorporate into a future Standard.</p><h3 id="x2-3-editor-s-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="ED">2.3 </bdi>Editor's draft</h3><p id="editor-draft-finding">An Editor's draft is a document produced by a <a href="/policies/process/#w3c-group"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Group</a>.</p><p>An editor's draft is a document allowing the Group to iterate internally on its content for consideration. Editor's Drafts are works in progress inside a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Group and are not required to have the consensus of the Group participants. These drafts have not received formal review and are not endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These drafts <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these drafts at their own risk. Implementation is neither discouraged nor encouraged but can contribute to proposals for further action on a specification.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of editor's drafts.</p><p>An Editor's Draft is a document that <abbr>W3C</abbr> has not yet published and the group responsible for the draft may publish eventually.</p><h3 id="x2-4-other-documents"><bdi class="secno" id="Others">2.4 </bdi>Other documents</h3><p>The document listed in this section have no <abbr>W3C</abbr> standing, endorsement, or patent commitments. Those documents are not part of <a href="/policies/process/#w3c-group"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Group</a>.</p><dl><dt id="unofficial"><p>Unofficial Draft</p></dt><dd><p>This type of documents are authored by individuals in the community.</p></dd></dl><h3 id="x2-5-w3c-note-track"><bdi class="secno" id="notes">2.5 </bdi><abbr>W3C</abbr> Note track</h3><p><a href="/policies/process/#recs-and-notes">W3C Notes and W3C Statements</a> are published to either to document information other than technical specifications, such as use cases motivating a specification and best practices for its use.</p><h4 id="x2-5-1-draft-note"><bdi class="secno" id="DNOTE">2.5.1 </bdi>Draft Note</h4><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Draft Note is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group, a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Interest Group, the Advisory Board (AB), or the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Technical Architecture Group (TAG). A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Draft Note is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>Some Group Notes are developed through successive Draft Notes, with an expectation that they will become Group Notes eventually.</p><p>These draft notes have not received formal review and are not endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These draft notes <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> Group Notes.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these reports at their own risk. Implementation is neither discouraged nor encouraged but can contribute to proposals for further action on a specification.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a Draft Note.</p><h4 id="x2-5-2-group-note"><bdi class="secno" id="NOTE">2.5.2 </bdi>Group Note</h4><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Group Note is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group, a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Interest Group, the Advisory Board (AB), or the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Technical Architecture Group (TAG). A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Group Note is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Group Note is to provide a stable reference for a document that is not intended to be a formal standard. These notes have not received formal review and are not endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These notes <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> Statements.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these reports at their own risk. Implementation is neither discouraged nor encouraged but can contribute to proposals for further action on a specification.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of the Group Note.</p><h4 id="x2-5-3-statements"><bdi class="secno" id="STMT">2.5.3 </bdi>Statements</h4><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Statement is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group, a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Interest Group, the Advisory Board (AB), or the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Technical Architecture Group (TAG). A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Statement is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Statement is to provide a stable reference for a document that is not intended to be a formal standard. These statements have been formally reviewed and are endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These statements <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> statements.</p><p><abbr>W3C</abbr> Statements should not contain implementable technology.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Statement.</p><h2 id="x3-w3c-registry-track"><bdi class="secno" id="registries">3. </bdi>W3C Registry Track</h2><p><a href="/policies/process/#recs-and-notes">Registries</a> are published to document collections of values or other data.</p><h3 id="x3-1-draft-registry"><bdi class="secno" id="DRY">3.1 </bdi>Draft Registry</h3><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Draft Registry is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group. A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Draft Registry is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>Some Registries are developed through successive Draft Registries, with an expectation that they will become Candidate Registries eventually.</p><p>These draft registries have not received formal review and are not endorsed <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These draft registries <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries.</p><p><abbr>W3C</abbr> Draft Registries should not contain implementable technology.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a Draft Registry.</p><h3 id="x3-2-candidate-registry"><bdi class="secno" id="candidate-registry">3.2 </bdi>Candidate Registry</h3><h4 id="x3-2-1-candidate-registry-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="CRYD">3.2.1 </bdi>Candidate Registry Draft</h4><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Candidate Registry Draft is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group. A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Candidate Registry Draft is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Candidate Registry Draft integrates changes from a previous Candidate Registry (Draft or Snapshot) to allow for review and for ease of reference to the integrated specification.</p><p>These changes have not received formal review.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries and <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> never become <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a Candidate Registry Draft.</p><h4 id="x3-2-2-candidate-registry-snapshot"><bdi class="secno" id="CRY">3.2.2 </bdi>Candidate Registry Snapshot</h4><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Candidate Registry Snapshot is a document produced by a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Working Group. A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Candidate Registry Snapshot is a <abbr>W3C</abbr> <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Candidate Registry Snapshot is published for a final review before endorsement by <abbr>W3C</abbr>.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries and may or may not become <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registries.</p><p><abbr>W3C</abbr> Candidate Registries should not contain implementable technology.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a Candidate Registry Snapshot.</p><h3 id="x3-3-registry"><bdi class="secno" id="RY">3.3 </bdi>Registry</h3><p>A Registry is to provide a stable reference for a document whose purpose can include non-collision, non-duplication, information, submission, and consensus. Each such specification <em class="rfc2119"><i>SHOULD</i></em> document its own process for future registry definition updates.</p><p>A <abbr>W3C</abbr> Registry is a document produced by a W3C Working Group. A W3C Registry is a W3C <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>These registries have been formally reviewed and are endorsed W3C.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> be cited as W3C Registries.</p><p>W3C Registries should not contain implementable technology.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of the W3C Registry.</p><h2 id="x4-w3c-standardization-track"><bdi class="secno" id="standardtrack">4. </bdi>W3C Standardization track</h2><p>The classes of specifications listed in this section have received different stages of review by W3C Members, by software developers, and by other <a href="/policies/process/#w3c-group"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Groups</a> and interested parties according to W3C Process. These specifications are intended to eventually receive endorsement by W3C.</p><p><a href="/policies/process/#recs-and-notes">Technical reports on the W3C Recommendation Track</a> are developed in order to ultimately produce normative specifications or guidelines as standards for the Web.</p><h3 id="x4-1-working-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="WD">4.1 </bdi>Working Draft</h3><p>A Working Draft is a document that W3C has published for review and for simple historical reference. A Working Draft is a work in progress and the content is not required to have full consensus of the Group participants, though the Group must have consensus to publish the draft. Per the W3C Patent Policy of September 2020, the first publication of the specification as a Working Draft marks the commencement of formal IPR licensing commitments.</p><p>A W3C Working Draft is a document produced by a W3C Working Group. A W3C Working Draft is a W3C <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>W3C standard-track documents are developed through successive Working Drafts, with an expectation that they will become Candidate Recommendations eventually.</p><p>These working drafts have not received formal review and are not endorsed W3C.</p><p>These draft notes <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as W3C standards and may or may not become W3C standards.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these specifications at their own risk but implementation feedback is encouraged.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a W3C Working Draft.</p><h4 id="x4-1-1-first-public-working-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="FPWD">4.1.1 </bdi>First Public Working Draft</h4><p>A First Public Working Draft is a document that W3C has published for review and for simple historical reference. It is the first publication of a <a href="#x4-1-working-draft">Working Draft</a>.</p><h3 id="x4-2-candidate-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="candidate-recommendation">4.2 </bdi>Candidate Recommendation</h3><h4 id="x4-2-1-candidate-recommendation-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="CRD">4.2.1 </bdi>Candidate Recommendation Draft</h4><p>A W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft is a document produced by a W3C Working Group. A W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft is a W3C <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Candidate Recommendation Draft integrates changes from a previous Candidate Recommendation (Draft or Snapshot) to allow for review and for ease of reference to the integrated specification.</p><p>These changes have not received formal review.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> standards and may or may not become W3C standards.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these specifications at their own risk but implementation feedback is encouraged.</p><p>There are no patent protection covering the implementations of a Candidate Recommendation Draft.</p><h4 id="x4-2-2-candidate-recommendation-snapshot"><bdi class="secno" id="CR">4.2.2 </bdi>Candidate Recommendation Snapshot</h4><p id="CRS">A W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot is a document produced by a W3C Working Group. A W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot is a W3C <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>A Candidate Recommendation Snapshot is a document that satisfies the technical requirements established in the Group charter or in subsequent requirements documents, has consensus of the Group participants, has gotten public review, and has received formal review from other W3C Groups. Such specification is intended to gather final feedback from implementers.</p><p>A Candidate Recommendation Snapshot has been reviewed by W3C Groups and interested parties.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MUST NOT</i></em> be cited as W3C standards and may or may not become W3C standards.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> implement these specifications and implementation feedback is encouraged.</p><p>A Candidate Recommendation Snapshot has commitments from Working Group members to <a href="/policies/patent-policy/#sec-Requirements">royalty-free licensing</a> for implementations.</p><h3 id="x4-3-proposed-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="PR">4.3 </bdi>Proposed Recommendation</h3><p>A Proposed Recommendation is a specification that has been accepted by W3C as of sufficient quality to become a Standard. Such specification has been reviewed by software developers, as well as by <a href="/policies/process/#w3c-group"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Groups</a> and other interested parties. It is published for a final review by W3C Members before approval by the W3C Diector.</p><h3 id="x4-4-discontinued-draft"><bdi class="secno" id="DISC">4.4 </bdi>Discontinued Draft</h3><p>A Discontinued Draft is a specification that is no longer intended to advance or to be maintained. It was never and will not be a Recommendation.</p><h2 id="x5-standard"><bdi class="secno" id="standard">5. </bdi>Standard</h2><p>The classes of specifications listed in this section have been formally reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by W3C groups and interested parties. These specifications are endorsed by the W3C Director and W3C Membership (except if Rescinded).</p><h3 id="x5-1-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="REC">5.1 </bdi>Recommendation</h3><p>A W3C Recommendation is a specification or set of guidelines or requirements that, after extensive consensus-building, has received the endorsement of W3C. A W3C Recommendation is a W3C <a href="/TR/">Technical Report</a>.</p><p>W3C Recommendations have been formally reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by W3C groups and interested parties.</p><p>W3C recommends the wide deployment of a Recommendation as a standard for the Web. These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> be cited as W3C standards.</p><p>Some W3C Recommendation <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> be continuously revised while others are maintained by creating a new version. Upcoming changes are listed as candidate and proposed amendments in W3C Recommendations. Feedback on those amendments is encouraged.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>SHOULD</i></em> implement these specifications.</p><p>A W3C Recommendation has commitments from Working Group members to <a href="/policies/patent-policy/#sec-Requirements">royalty-free licensing</a> for implementations.</p><h4 id="x5-1-1-amended-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="amendedrec">5.1.1 </bdi>Amended Recommendation</h4><p>An Amended Recommendation is a specification that updates a previous Recommendation to include substantive changes that do not add new features. An Amended Recommendation is produced by the W3C Staff to update a Recommendation (e.g. to incorporate errata) when no W3C Working Group has a charter with a scope that covers the content of the Recommendation.</p><p>These documents <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> be cited as W3C standards.</p><h3 id="x5-2-superseded-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="SPSD">5.2 </bdi>Superseded Recommendation</h3><p>A Superseded Recommendation is a specification that has been replaced by a newer version that W3C recommends for new adoption.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>SHOULD</i></em> implement the newer versions.</p><h3 id="x5-3-obsolete-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="OBS">5.3 </bdi>Obsolete Recommendation</h3><p>An Obsolete Recommendation is a specification that W3C has determined lacks sufficient market relevance to continue recommending it for implementation.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>MAY</i></em> have implemented these specifications.</p><h3 id="x5-4-rescinded-recommendation"><bdi class="secno" id="RSCND">5.4 </bdi>Rescinded Recommendation</h3><p>A Rescinded Recommendation is an entire Recommendation that W3C no longer endorses, and believes there is no reasonable prospect of it being restored to Recommendation status.</p><p>Software <em class="rfc2119"><i>SHOULD NOT</i></em> implement these specifications.</p><h2 id="x6-references"><bdi class="secno" id="references">6. </bdi>References</h2><dl><dt id="biblio-process"><p>[PROCESS]</p></dt><dd><p><a href="/policies/process/">World Wide Web Consortium Process Document</a>. 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