new process document

lib/l10n-en_GB.js

@@ -186,12 +186,9 @@ export const messages = {
     'sotd.stability.no-cr-review':
         'No wide review link for Candidate Recommendation',
     'sotd.stability.wrong-cr-review-link':
-        "Wrong wide review link for Candidate Recommendation, link should be 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#dfn-wide-review'",
+        "Wrong wide review link for Candidate Recommendation, link should be 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#dfn-wide-review'",
     'sotd.stability.no-licensing-link':
         "Wrong royalty-free licensing link for CR and REC, link should be ${licensingLink} with text '${licensingText}'",
-    // sotd/review-end
-    'sotd.review-end.not-found': 'No review end date found.',
-    'sotd.review-end.found': 'Review end date found: ${date}',
     // sotd/candidate-review-end
     'sotd.candidate-review-end.not-found':
         'No minimal review end for candidate document date found.',
@@ -262,11 +259,6 @@ export const messages = {
         'The process document (${process}) you are using is deprecated.',
     'sotd.process-document.previous-not-allowed':
         'The process document (${process}) you are using is no longer allowed.',
-    // sotd/ac-review
-    'sotd.ac-review.found':
-        'Found a link to an online questionnaire: ${link}. Does this link provide access to the review form?',
-    'sotd.ac-review.not-found':
-        'Did not find information about a forum for AC Representative feedback.',
     // sotd/diff
     'sotd.diff.note': false,
     // sotd/rescind
@@ -278,7 +270,7 @@ export const messages = {
         'Deliverer not found. An attribute <code>data-deliverer</code> must be in the SotD',
     // sotd/new-features
     'sotd.new-features.no-link':
-        'The paragraph on future updates to the recommendation should include a link to the new features: https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#allow-new-features',
+        'The paragraph on future updates to the recommendation should include a link to the new features: https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#allow-new-features',
     'sotd.new-features.no-warning':
         "<strong style='font-size: 20px;'>If it is the intention to incorporate new features in future updates of the Recommendation, please make sure to identify the document as intending to allow new features.</strong>",
     // structure/canonical

lib/profiles/TR/Recommendation/CR.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as candidateReviewEnd from '../../../rules/sotd/candidate-review-end.js';
+import * as newFeatures from '../../../rules/sotd/new-features.js';
 import { insertAfter } from '../../profileUtil.js';
 import {
     config as baseConfig,
@@ -15,5 +16,6 @@ export const config = {
 };
 
 export const rules = insertAfter(baseRules, 'sotd.process-document', [
+    newFeatures,
     candidateReviewEnd,
 ]);

lib/profiles/TR/Recommendation/CRD.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as draftStability from '../../../rules/sotd/draft-stability.js';
+import * as newFeatures from '../../../rules/sotd/new-features.js';
 import { insertAfter } from '../../profileUtil.js';
 import {
     config as baseConfig,
@@ -14,4 +15,7 @@ export const config = {
     styleSheet: 'W3C-CRD',
 };
 
-export const rules = insertAfter(baseRules, 'sotd.pp', [draftStability]);
+export const rules = insertAfter(baseRules, 'sotd.pp', [
+    newFeatures,
+    draftStability,
+]);

lib/rules/metadata/process.js

@@ -23,9 +23,5 @@ export function check(sr, done) {
     if (!processDocumentHref) {
         return done();
     }
-    const process =
-        processDocumentHref === 'https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/'
-            ? 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/'
-            : processDocumentHref;
-    return done({ process });
+    return done({ process: processDocumentHref });
 }

lib/rules/sotd/new-features.js

@@ -12,23 +12,18 @@ export const { name } = self;
  */
 export function check(sr, done) {
     const sotd = sr.getSotDSection();
-    const docType =
-        sr.config.status === 'PR' ? 'specification' : 'Recommendation';
+    const docType = `${sr.config.status !== 'REC' ? 'upcoming ' : ''}Recommendation`;
     const warning = new RegExp(
         `Future updates to this ${docType} may incorporate new features.`
     );
     const linkTxt = 'new features';
-    const linkHrefOld =
-        'https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#allow-new-features';
-    const linkHrefNew =
-        'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#allow-new-features';
+    const linkHref =
+        'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#allow-new-features';
 
     if (sotd && sr.norm(sotd.textContent).match(warning)) {
         const foundLink = Array.prototype.some.call(
             sotd.querySelectorAll('a'),
-            a =>
-                sr.norm(a.textContent) === linkTxt &&
-                [linkHrefNew, linkHrefOld].includes(a.href)
+            a => sr.norm(a.textContent) === linkTxt && a.href === linkHref
         );
         if (!foundLink) {
             sr.error(self, 'no-link');

lib/rules/sotd/process-document.js

@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ export function check(sr, done) {
     const sotd = sr.getSotDSection();
     const BOILERPLATE_PREFIX = 'This document is governed by the ';
     const BOILERPLATE_SUFFIX = ' W3C Process Document.';
-    const newProc = '03 November 2023';
-    const newProcOldUri = 'https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/';
-    const newProcNewUri = 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/';
-    const previousProc = '12 June 2023';
-    const previousProcUri = 'https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20230612/';
+    const newProc = '18 August 2025';
+    const newProcUri = 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/';
+    const previousProc = '03 November 2023';
+    const previousProcUri = 'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/';
     let previousAllowed;
 
     const boilerplate = BOILERPLATE_PREFIX + newProc + BOILERPLATE_SUFFIX;
@@ -45,9 +44,7 @@ export function check(sr, done) {
             if (
                 sr.norm(p.textContent) === boilerplate &&
                 link &&
-                [newProcOldUri, newProcNewUri].includes(
-                    link.getAttribute('href')
-                )
+                newProcUri === link.getAttribute('href')
             ) {
                 if (found)
                     sr.error(self, 'multiple-times', { process: newProc });

lib/rules/sotd/publish.js

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export async function check(sr, done) {
             },
             doAfter() {
                 baseURL =
-                    /^https:\/\/www.w3.org\/(2023\/Process-|policies\/process\/)20231103\//;
+                    /^https:\/\/www.w3.org\/policies\/process\/20250818\//;
             },
         });
 

lib/rules/sotd/stability.js

@@ -109,10 +109,8 @@ export async function check(sr, done) {
                 );
                 if (!review) sr.error(self, 'no-cr-review');
                 else if (
-                    ![
-                        'https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#dfn-wide-review',
-                        'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#dfn-wide-review',
-                    ].includes(review.href)
+                    review.href !==
+                    'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#dfn-wide-review'
                 )
                     sr.error(self, 'wrong-cr-review-link');
             }

test/api.js

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('API', () => {
             query = request('metadata?file=test/docs/metadata/ttml-imsc1.html');
             // @TODO: parse result as an Object (it's JSON) instead of a String.
             return expect(query)
-                .to.eventually.match(/"profile":\s*"pr"/i)
+                .to.eventually.match(/"profile":\s*"rec"/i)
                 .and.to.eventually.match(/"docDate":\s*"2016-3-8"/i);
         });
     });

test/data/goodDocuments.js

@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ export const goodDocuments = {
     FPWD: {
         url: 'doc-views/TR/Recommendation/FPWD?type=good',
     },
-    PR: {
-        url: 'doc-views/TR/Recommendation/PR?type=good',
-    },
     REC: {
         url: 'doc-views/TR/Recommendation/REC?type=good',
     },

test/doc-views/TR/Recommendation/REC.js

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export default {
                     showProposedAdd: true,
                 },
                 processHTML:
-                    '03 November 2023 <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Process Document',
+                    '18 August 2025 <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Process Document',
             },
         },
     },

test/doc-views/TR/TRBase.js

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function buildCommonViewData(base) {
                 sotd: {
                     ...base.sotd,
                     processLink:
-                        'https://www.w3.org/wrong/link/2023/Process-20231103/',
+                        'https://www.w3.org/wrong/link/2023/Process-20250818/',
                 },
             },
             duplicatedProcess: {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export function buildCommonViewData(base) {
                 sotd: {
                     ...base.sotd,
                     trackLink:
-                        'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#wrong-url',
+                        'https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#wrong-url',
                 },
             },
             noHomepageLink: {

test/doc-views/layout/spec.handlebars

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
         </p>
         {{#if sotd.rec.showProposedAdd}}
             <p>
-                It includes <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#proposed-addition">proposed addition</a>, introducing new features since the Previous Recommendation.
+                It includes <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#proposed-addition">proposed addition</a>, introducing new features since the Previous Recommendation.
             </p>
         {{/if}}
         {{#if sotd.rec.showAddition}}
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@
         {{> patent-policy}}
 
         <p>
-            This document <span class="handlebars-data">{{sotd.processTextPrefix}}</span>{{! is governed by the}} <a id="w3c_process_revision" href="{{sotd.processLink}}"><span class="handlebars-data">{{{sotd.processHTML}}}{{! 03 November 2023 W3C Process Document }}</span></a>.
+            This document <span class="handlebars-data">{{sotd.processTextPrefix}}</span>{{! is governed by the}} <a id="w3c_process_revision" href="{{sotd.processLink}}"><span class="handlebars-data">{{{sotd.processHTML}}}{{! 18 August 2025 W3C Process Document }}</span></a>.
         </p>
         {{#if sotd.duplicateProcess}}
             <p>
-                This document <span class="handlebars-data">{{sotd.processTextPrefix}}</span>{{! is governed by the}} <a id="w3c_process_revision" href="{{sotd.processLink}}"><span class="handlebars-data">{{{sotd.processHTML}}}{{! 03 November 2023 W3C Process Document }}</span></a>.
+                This document <span class="handlebars-data">{{sotd.processTextPrefix}}</span>{{! is governed by the}} <a id="w3c_process_revision" href="{{sotd.processLink}}"><span class="handlebars-data">{{{sotd.processHTML}}}{{! 18 August 2025 W3C Process Document }}</span></a>.
             </p>
         {{/if}}
         {{#if sotd.newFeatures.show}}