What kinds of document does the W3C produce?
There are several kinds of documents available from the W3C: • Notes – Notes come from multiple sources, not all of them within the W3C. Some come from Working Groups putting up trial balloons or publishing material that isn’t necessarily on the main track, while others are documents submitted by W3C member organizations or created by W3C staff. Notes are published at the discretion of the Director. They have no official standing with the W3C despite their being hosted on the W3C site. Notes can serve as inputs to W3C processes, but the submission of a note provides no guarantee that a working group will be formed for further development. In an important sense, notes are advertisements posted on the W3C site by members and participants seeking to promote their technologies and ideas. When Notes are submitted to the W3C, the W3C staff write comments describing how that note may be used by the W3C processes. Notes created by W3C staff members are generally explanations of existing work,
