Re: [Softwires] map-t to proposed standard rather than experimental

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Thu, 13 November 2014 00:47 UTC

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On Nov 11, 2014, at 11:46 PM, Rémi Després <despres.remi@laposte.net> wrote:
> What makes objections to become blocking may be unclear, but I hope that the above will be enough for the WG to maintain its old and wise consensus.

For an objection to be blocking, you should be able to say that some interoperability issue exists or is thought to exist in the document that needs to be explored, and that is the reason for the experiment.   Otherwise the presumption is that an experimental document could be promoted to standards track at any time after publication.