Can a Working Group publish a new draft of a Recommendation Track document during an open exclusion opportunity?
Yes, in most cases. For instance, suppose we are talking about an exclusion opportunity that begins with the publication of a Last Call Working Draft. Although the exclusion opportunity lasts 60 days, the Working Group may publish additional documents, including Candidate Recommendations during those 60 days. Of course, other Process Document requirements are in force as well, so if the Working Group makes substantive changes, the document will return to Working Draft status for additional work. The W3C Team will not, however, start a Proposed Recommendation review period until all current exclusion opportunities for a given specification have ended. In some cases, two exclusion opportunities for the same specification may be open in parallel. This is possible since exclusion opportunities are mutually exclusive with respect to reference material.
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