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Note that “Candidate” means “eligible” for further-advancement consideration #893

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Expand Up @@ -3316,13 +3316,20 @@ Maturity Stages on the Recommendation Track</h4>
and that no further refinement to the text is expected
without additional implementation experience and testing;
however, additional features might be expected in a later revision.
A [=Candidate Recommendation=] is expected to be as well-written,
The word <em>Candidate</em> in [=Candidate Recommendation=] signals
that the document is <em>eligible</em> for evaluation against the
requirements for further advancement — but does not indicate that
the Working Group is necessarily <em>intending</em> further advancement,
nor that the Working Group necessarily believes the document already meets
the requirements for further advancement. But a [=Candidate Recommendation=]
is expected to be as well-written,
detailed,
self-consistent,
and technically complete
as a [=Recommendation=],
and acceptable as such
if and when the requirements for further advancement are met.
if and when the requirements for further advancement <em>are</em> met.


Candidate Recommendation publications take one of two forms:

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