Rdfa-wg-charter
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Introduction
The current RDFa Working Group Charter can be found on the RDFa Working Group home page.
OLD DRAFT - RDFa Working Group Charter
Mission: The function of RDFa Working Group is to support the developing use of RDFa for embedding structured data in hypertext.
| End date | 30 June 2011 |
| Confidentiality | Proceedings are public |
| Initial Chairs | Ben Adida, Manu Sporny |
| Initial Team Contacts | W3C Contact |
| FTE % | 25 (W3C Contact) |
| Usual Meeting Schedule | Teleconferences: Weekly, Face-to-face: No ftf meetings |
Scope
- assist in developing an RDFa-in-HTML4 and/or RDFa-in-HTML5 specification.
- propose, vet, specify and test RDFa 1.1 features, including specifically simplification of markup for common vocabularies.
- propose, vet, specify and test an RDFa API for Javascript in Web Browsers.
- maintain the RDFa-in-XHTML specification for bugs/errata.
- advise other languages, e.g. SVG, ODF, on inclusion of RDFa attributes.
- maintain RDFa Test Cases across host languages.
- maintain reference implementations.
- maintain RDFa wiki, RDFa documentation (including the RDFa Primer).
- assist the growing RDFa community and organizations that are starting to use RDFa as a part of their core infrastructure.
Success Criteria
- a clear approach to including RDFa in HTML4/5
- RDFa 1.1 improvements to authoring RDFa
- RDFa API for Javascript in Web Browsers
- RDFa successfully specified and rev'ed in other XML languages, e.g. SVG, ODF
- up-to-date tools for testing RDFa implementations
- limiting divergence between RDFa in XHTML and RDFa in HTML.
Out of Scope
The working group does not assert any authority over the HTML5 specification. The working group may author an RDFa-for-HTML5 document if the HTML WG chooses a modular specification approach and wishes continued engagement with the RDFa community.
Deliverables
- input into the RDFa-in-HTML5 proposal and test suite.
- RDFa-in-XHTML REC update: v1.1 and above if necessary, including test suites
- RDFa API for Javascript specification
- RDFa Core 1.1 specification as REC
- revisions to W3C Note RDFa Primer.
- simple tools to help RDFa authors (proof-of-concept validators, proof-of-concept authoring tools)
- continue to demonstrate and guide RDFa usage.
Duration and Milestones
18 months, until June 2011.
- January 2010: First teleconference
- March 2010: WD of RDFa-in-XHTML v1.1
- April 2010: Proposal and Resolutions to Issues for RDFa in HTML5.
- May 2010: Complete Test Suite for RDFa in HTML5
- July 2010: LC RDFa-in-XHTML v1.1
- August 2010: Updated RDFa Primer including treatment of HTML5 and XHTML 1.1
- September 2010: PR RDFa-in-XHTML v1.1
- December 2010: REC RDF-in-XHTML v1.1
Dependencies
W3C Groups
HTML WG: coordination on RDFa in HTML5 issues. SVG WG: coordination on RDFa in SVG.
External Groups
Possible coordination with ODF community.
Participation
Qualifications
Participation in the RDFa Working Group is open to the public. Any person interested in this topic is welcome to participate in this Working Group. Individuals who wish to participate as Invited Experts (i.e., they do not represent a W3C Member) should refer to the policy for approval of Invited Experts. Invited Experts in this group are granted access to Member-only information.
There are no minimum requirements for participation in this group. Participants are strongly encouraged to take advantage of frequent opportunities to review and comment on deliverables from other groups.
The Chairs may call occasional meetings consistent with the W3C Process requirements for meetings.
Communication
This group primarily conducts its work on the public mailing list public-rdfa@w3.org.
Information about the group (deliverables, participants, teleconferences, etc.) is available from the RDFa Working Group home page.
Decision Policy
As explained in the Process Document (section 3.3), this group will seek to make decisions when there is consensus. When the Chair puts a question and observes dissent, after due consideration of different opinions, the Chair should record a decision (possibly after a formal vote) and any objections, and move on.
- When deciding a substantive technical issue, the Chair may put a question before the group. The Chair must only do so during a group meeting, and at least two-thirds of participants in Good Standing must be in attendance. When the Chair conducts a formal vote to reach a decision on a substantive technical issue, eligible voters may vote on a proposal one of three ways: for a proposal, against a proposal, or abstain. For the proposal to pass there must be more votes for the proposal than against. In case of a tie, the Chair will decide the outcome of the proposal.
- This charter is written in accordance with Section 3.4, Votes of the W3C Process Document and includes no voting procedures beyond what the Process Document requires.
Patent Disclosures
The RDFa Working Group provides an opportunity to share perspectives on the topic addressed by this charter. W3C reminds Interest Group participants of their obligation to comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. While the Interest Group does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when Interest Group participants review Recommendation-track specifications from Working Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply.
For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.
About this Charter
This charter for the RDFa Working Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.
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Charter Authors: Ben Adida, Manu Sporny
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