I'm sorry, but for some, saying DOM2 (a REC) = DOM4 (a WIP), is the same as saying DOM2 is a WIP. This is because the former can be read as saying that the normative content of DOM2 is now replaced with DOM4.
I'm not sure what you mean by "[DOM2] is a work on which progress has stopped". DOM2 is a REC, and is only subject to errata [1] and rescinding [2]. [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#rec-modify [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#rec-rescind I'm not sure where the proposed obsolescence message falls in terms of [1] or [2]. Perhaps you could clarify, since presumably the process document will apply to any proposed change. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Ms2ger <ms2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/24/2012 08:33 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > >> The problem is that the proposal (as I understand it) is to insert >> something like: >> >> "DOM2 (a REC) is obsolete. Use DOM4 (a work in progress)." >> >> This addition is tantamount (by the reading of some) to demoting the >> status >> of DOM2 to "a work in progress". >> > > Not at all; it's a work on which progress has stopped long ago. > >