This is a summary of how the proposal selection process for Interop 2023 worked in practice, and how to understand the outcome.
During the proposal period, we received a lot of proposals, many more than last year. After initial proposal review and refinement some proposals were split, resulting in 87 proposals to evaluate. This was fantastic, but also meant that we needed a bit more time than we initially planned to finalize and announce the project.
As a starting point, we wanted to include all proposals that we had consensus on within the interop team. This was determined by each organization reviewing proposals and deciding on a position for each:
- Include: Include in Interop 2023. Interpreted as "Support" in establishing consensus per the RFC.
- Neutral: No position. Interpreted as neither supporting nor opposing the proposal.
- Exclude: Don't include in Interop 2023. Interpreted as "Oppose" in establishing consensus per the RFC.
Positions were then shared within the interop team, and resulted in 33 Focus Area proposals and 2 Investigation Effort proposals being tentatively accepted.
The proposals were then grouped into a smaller number of Focus Areas, and additionally some Focus Areas from Interop 2022 were carried forward. The result is the 26 active focus areas and 2 investigation efforts for Interop 2023. Previous focus areas are still tracked but will not be part of the Interop 2023 score.
The result is a set of features that we believe are important for web developers and users, and the organizations behind Interop 2023 are coming together to improve these in 2023.