Re: WARNING-XML-CODEBASE-OBJECT-2nd Call: Full Potential: Who's counting?

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 21:22 +0100, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
> Ian
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> What action has been taken in the past nine months to commission an
> external review?

None, to my knowledge.

 _ Ian

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> regards
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> Jonathan Chetwynd
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> j.chetwynd@btinternet.com
> http://www.openicon.org/
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> +44 (0) 20 7978 1764
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> Full Potential: Who's counting?
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> Ian,
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> Who is tasked with measuring and reporting on how or indeed whether
> W3C is fulfilling it's stated objective?
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> Is this an external and independent body?
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> Where are their reports published?
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> regards
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> Jonathan Chetwynd
> Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
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> http://www.w3.org/1998/02/Potential.html
> The first phase of the Web is human communication though shared
> knowledge.
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> The Consortium exists as a place for those companies for whom the Web
> is essential to meet and agree on the common underpinnings that will
> allow everyone to go forward. 
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> http://www.w3.org/
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable
> technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead
> the Web to its full potential.
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> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/org.html#public
> W3C Members include vendors of technology products and services,
> content providers, corporate users, research laboratories, standards
> bodies, and governments, all of whom work to reach consensus on a
> direction for the Web.
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> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Points/
>  W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential, which it does
> by developing technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and
> tools) that will create a forum for information, commerce,
> inspiration, independent thought, and collective understanding.
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> Today this universe benefits society by enabling new forms of human
> communication and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C's
> primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people,
> whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native
> language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental
> ability.
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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
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Received on Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:40:21 UTC