Candidate Recommendation

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A Candidate Recommendation is a W3C specification stage indicating that a technology is considered stable and ready for implementation testing before becoming an official Recommendation.

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Generate an image of a candidate Recommendation (A Candidate Recommendation is a W3C specification stage indicating that a technology is considered stable and ready for implementation testing before becoming an official Recommendation.)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf W3C specification maturity level ⓘ
W3C technical report stage ⓘ
aimsTo reduce risk of changes after wide implementation ⓘ
associatedWith W3C Recommendation Track stages: Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation, Recommendation ⓘ
definedBy World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
documentType W3C Technical Report (TR) ⓘ
ensures multiple independent interoperable implementations exist or are planned ⓘ
focusesOn stability rather than new features ⓘ
follows W3C Working Draft ⓘ
governedBy W3C Process Document ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CR ⓘ
hasAudience browser vendors ⓘ
implementers of the specification ⓘ
tool and library developers ⓘ
hasGoal to gather implementation feedback ⓘ
to validate specification in real-world use ⓘ
hasOutcome either advancement to Proposed Recommendation or return to earlier stage ⓘ
hasProcessStep transition request from Working Group to W3C Director ⓘ
hasPurpose implementation testing ⓘ
to demonstrate interoperability ⓘ
to show that a specification is implementable ⓘ
hasStatusLabel Candidate Recommendation on the W3C TR page ⓘ
hasSubStage Candidate Recommendation Draft ⓘ
Candidate Recommendation Snapshot ⓘ
implies no major feature additions are expected ⓘ
indicates specification is feature-complete ⓘ
specification is ready for implementation ⓘ
technology is considered stable ⓘ
mayInclude implementation reports ⓘ
test suites ⓘ
mayResultIn changes based on implementation feedback ⓘ
partOf W3C Recommendation Track ⓘ
linked to: W3C Recommendation
precedes W3C Proposed Recommendation ⓘ
W3C Recommendation ⓘ
relatedTo standardization of web technologies ⓘ
requires documented implementation experience ⓘ
exit criteria for advancing to Proposed Recommendation ⓘ
review by W3C members ⓘ
statusOf W3C technical specification ⓘ
subjectTo W3C patent policy ⓘ
timeBoundBy implementation period defined by the Working Group ⓘ
typicallyPrecedes wider deployment of the technology ⓘ
usedBy W3C Working Groups ⓘ
linked to: W3C Working Group
usedFor W3C specifications such as CSS ⓘ
W3C specifications such as HTML ⓘ
web standards ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W3C Recommendation → relatedTo → Candidate Recommendation ⓘ
REC → follows → Candidate Recommendation ⓘ
Candidate Recommendation → hasSubStage → Candidate Recommendation Snapshot ⓘ
linked to: Candidate Recommendation
W3C Working Draft → mayBeSupersededBy → Candidate Recommendation ⓘ
W3C Working Draft → relatedTo → Candidate Recommendation ⓘ
W3C technical decision-making → hasStage → Candidate Recommendation ⓘ