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| Status | Description | Next state(s) |
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| Concept | Somebody thought that this topic merited guidance | In Progress |
| Abandoned | This idea will not be pursued ever again, or only in a different context | - |
| In Progress | Somebody actually started work on the idea. This must be reflected in a Wiki page that contains at least an abstract (few lines) and a link to discussion meetings or a draft document | Consultation |
| On Hold | Work has been suspended under the assumption that it will be resumed later (e.g waiting on community feed-back or clarification of use cases) | Abandoned In Progress |
| Consultation | The guidance has been developed sufficiently to expose a draft to the interested communities (REFEDS, AppInt, IGTF, WISE, or the WP mailing list | In Progress |
| Final Call | Document has been sent to all of AARC and to all relevant stakeholders for final comment | In Progress |
| Final | This guidance is now official AARC guidance and will be published in the 'main' lists of guidance documents on https://aarc-project.eu/guidelines/. This state must be reflected in the public page of the guideline under https://aarc-project.eu/guidelines/aarc-gXXX/ under "Status". A DOI must now be assigned if it has not been assigned already | - Endorsed Superseded |
| Endorsed by ... | This guidance has been endorsed by a target audience of AARC (AEGIS) or an external peer body (REFEDS, IGTF, &c). It gives the document more status, and this must be reflected on the public guidlines pages. E.g. "Status: Endorsed by AEGIS", or "Status: Endorsed by REFEDS and AEGIS". | - |
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