Introduction

Document projects have a linear lifecycle. In other words, they move through each of the lifecycle stages in sequential order.

These stages are:

1. Pre-Draft

2. Draft

3. Approved

4. Ratified

5. Published

6. Historic

When a document project begins its goal will be to move to the Published stage.

1. Pre-Draft

<aside> đź“ť A document project is in pre-draft if it has been submitted to a Working Group as a proposal.

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How to submit a proposal:

Any GSF member can submit a proposal.

It should be submitted to a Working Group using the New Project Proposal issue template.

Proposal-writing tips and tricks:

Moving to the next stage

<aside> âś… Approving body: Working Group

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As above, any document idea can be proposed to a Working Group for consensus approval. We have low barriers to entry at this stage: a proposal will be refined over the project’s lifecycle into something truly awesome and impactful.

Approval criteria

Approval process

2. Draft

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