you really do have to properly vet these things. i didn't realize the work involved either until i started following the rdfa spec. beyond the bureaucracy (which is actually pretty good, like a software development process) there are unintended use cases and side effects, and the concept needs to be as complete as possible and not self-contradictory. there must also be prior art to be researched and understood and incorporated wherever possible as to not throw out good ideas with an off-the-cuff implementation. second, it is actually done sort of slowly, and with your input if you want, and you can start to use a lot of the core features of drafts, just like a beta program.