Guidebook pages not using a /guide/ URI and that should be moved to this repository

[vivienlacourba]

Hi @plehegar, @koalie,

While working on the Guidebook redesign I noticed several pages that were mentioning to be part of the Guidebook but were not managed in this repository (they are still in CVS in the W3C datespace).

For each of the following pages could you confirm:

• If they should be moved to this repository
• Which section they should be in
• What you think could be their new URI https://www.w3.org/guide/...

I'll then work with @lcarcone to migrate and redirect them.

If you are aware of other still relevant Guidebook pages that should similarly be moved let us know.

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https://www.w3.org/2002/05/rec-tips "Tips for Getting to Recommendation Faster"

• New URI: /guide/standards-track/rec-tips
• Last update: 2015-09-02 by Coralie
• Linked from:
  • W3C Process
  • Guidebook (index.md, process/adv-notice.md, process/charter.md)

https://www.w3.org/2003/01/republishing/ "In-place modification of W3C Technical Reports"

• New URI: /guide/standards-track/republishing
• Last update: 2018-04-26 by Plh
• Linked from:
  • W3C Process
  • Guidebook (index.md, transitions/index.html, transitions/details.md, transitions/nextstep.html, transitions/wide-review-request.html)

https://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto "How to organize an Advisory Board or Technical Architecture Group election" (cf #241)

• New URI: /guide/process/election
• Last update: 2024-10-08 by Xueyuan
• Linked from:
  • W3C Process
  • It is not yet linked from the Guidebook
  • board-vote auto-reply message

https://www.w3.org/2003/04/closing-group.html "How to Close a Group (Team notes)" (cf #278)

• New URI: /guide/process/closing-wg-implementation
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook (process/closing-wg.md)

https://www.w3.org/2016/04/cg-support/ "W3C Team support for W3C Community Groups"

• [TBC] New URI: /guide/tools/cg-support @koalie to confirm
• Last update: 2024-10-09 by Dom and previously Ian
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook https://www.w3.org/guide/standards-track/#team-engagement

https://www.w3.org/2005/05/tr-versions "Version Management in W3C Technical Reports"

• New URI: /guide/editor/versioning
• Last update: 2019-12-12 by Plh
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook index.md, https://www.w3.org/guide/editor/editors-draft.html (right menu)

https://www.w3.org/2005/07/13-pubrules-disclosure "Linking to Patent Policy Disclosure Pages"

• Linked from:
  • Guidebook https://www.w3.org/guide/editor/editors-draft.html (right menu)

https://www.w3.org/2005/07/13-nsuri "URIs for W3C Namespaces"

• New URI: /guide/editor/namespaces
• Last update: 2007-07-19 by Ian
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook index.md, https://www.w3.org/guide/editor/editors-draft.html (right menu)

https://www.w3.org/2020/01/registering-mediatypes.html "Register an Internet Media Type for a W3C Spec"

• New URI: /guide/editor/mediatypes
• Last update: 2019-12-26 by Ralph and previously Plh
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook index.md, https://www.w3.org/guide/editor/editors-draft.html (right menu)

https://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-policy "XPointer Scheme Name Registry Policy"

• New URI: No change. It stays outside of Guide.
• Last update: 2006-05-21 by Henry Thompson
• Linked from:
  • Guidebook https://www.w3.org/guide/editor/editors-draft.html (right menu)

https://www.w3.org/2007/04/patent-exception-management.html "W3C Procedures for Launching and Operating a Patent Advisory Group (PAG)"

• New URI: /guide/process/pag with title "Patent Advisory Group procedures"
• Last update: 2016-05-10 by Coralie and previously Steve and Ian
• Linked from:
  • ...

[koalie]

I think all of them could move to this repo.
The ones I'm less sure about are the pub rules documentation (https://www.w3.org/2005/07/13-pubrules-disclosure "Linking to Patent Policy Disclosure Pages") and the xpointer-policy

[koalie]

Also, https://www.w3.org/2003/04/closing-group.html
cf. issue #278 raised by @plehegar

[vivienlacourba]

I think all of them could move to this repo. The ones I'm less sure about are the pub rules documentation (https://www.w3.org/2005/07/13-pubrules-disclosure "Linking to Patent Policy Disclosure Pages")

Discussing with @deniak this page is not relevant anymore, I removed it and redirected it to the pubrules.

and the xpointer-policy

Indeed me too. As it seems specific to the XPointer technology it might not need to be part of the Guidebook. @plh please confirm.

[vivienlacourba]

FYI I edited the issue description to add the last update date and author for each of those pages along with proposed new URIs

[vivienlacourba]

Also, https://www.w3.org/2003/04/closing-group.html cf. issue #278 raised by @plehegar

Added to the above list.

[vivienlacourba]

@plehegar, @koalie three other documents that could as well be moved to the Guidebook:

W3C Procedures for Launching and Operating a Patent Advisory Group (PAG)
https://www.w3.org/2007/04/patent-exception-management.html

Relicensing Unfinished W3C Specifications
https://www.w3.org/2014/12/relicense.html

[Draft] Proposal for Community-Based Specification Maintenance
https://www.w3.org/2010/08/26-maintenance.html

[vivienlacourba]

@plehegar, @koalie three other documents that could as well be moved to the Guidebook:

W3C Procedures for Launching and Operating a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) https://www.w3.org/2007/04/patent-exception-management.html

I edited the issue description to add this document to the list of doc to migrate to the guidebook.

Relicensing Unfinished W3C Specifications https://www.w3.org/2014/12/relicense.html

@koalie to move it under https://www.w3.org/policies/specification-relicense .

[Draft] Proposal for Community-Based Specification Maintenance https://www.w3.org/2010/08/26-maintenance.html

@plehegar indicated that this one is not relevant anymore and will update the document to clarify its status.

[vivienlacourba]

@koalie to also move https://www.w3.org/2019/02/testing-policy.html to https://www.w3.org/policies/testing