- From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:55:38 +0000
- To: public-dwbp-wg@w3.org
Dear all, I should introduce myself too. Background ========== I got into W3C and the Semantic Web through working on online safety. That lead me eventually to chair the working group that developed a Sem Web standard called POWDER (whose day may yet come!). An expected application of that technology at the time was in making mobile-friendly Web sites more easily discoverable and I spent a lot of time in the Mobile Web Best Practices WG [1] that I think will be a useful reference for this new WG. I joined the W3C Team in February 2009, initially to develop and run the online training course we offer in mobile Web (based on the standards I'd helped create). In 2011 I switched to working on eGovernment and, in a bit of a re-organisation last month, took on the role of Data Activity Lead which means I coordinate the WGs in what were the Semantic Web and eGovernment activities, looking for new opportunities etc. I work from home about an hour outside London. Role in the WG ============== My role as Team Contact is to support the chairs and the working group. I'll advise on the W3C process, help manage the logistics etc. but it is the chairs, not me or anyone else at W3C, who sets the agenda (literally or metaphorically). The origins of the WG go back to a workshop held in London in April 2013 [2]. Several themes emerged from that workshop, one of which, the work to be done around tabular data, has lead to the formation of a separate working group [3]. This WG is about most of everything else, in particular, building the ecosystem for data on the Web. Really looking forward to getting started. Cheers Phil. [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/ [2] http://www.w3.org/2013/04/odw/report [3] http://www.w3.org/2013/csvw/ -- Phil Archer W3C Data Activity Lead http://www.w3.org/2013/data/ http://philarcher.org +44 (0)7887 767755 @philarcher1
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