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clarify community support
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### Specification development status
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* **Group status**. Typically managed through W3C database (e.g., group open, closed, or dormant)
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* **Community support**. Is there strong support for the specification? Strong opposition? Alternative proposals?
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* **Community support**. [Optional] Provide information about (non-implementer) signals of strong support or strong opposition, when available.
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* **Specification stability**. Indicate community expectation for specification stability. Would significant changes disrupt the ecosystem of the Specification (e.g., in terms of adoption or references)? One specific use case is to send a "last call" stability signal. Could include "last modified" date here or in details section.
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### Implementation information and guidance
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This is **not** a W3C standard. Standardization plans:
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* **Plans**. We are developing separately ideas for metadata to describe standardization plans (e.g., if plan to standardize, what venue and on what schedule); whether that data lives in a separate document or is part of other status signals data remains to be seen.
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* **Revision management**. Does the CG work on new versions only? Does it provide input to a standards group on an ongoing basis? Note: This information is only necessary for the stage "transferred".
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* **Revision management**. [Optional] Does the CG work on new versions only? Does it provide input to a standards group on an ongoing basis? Note: This information is only necessary for the stage "transferred".
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## Detailed information
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