Call for Exclusions: HTML+RDFa 1.1

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track document:

- HTML+RDFa 1.1
 (http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-in-html/),
 exclusion opportunity ending on 20 April 2013 23:59 UTC

This specification was originally published by the HTML Working Group and is now
published by the RDFa Working Group. This exclusion opportunity (which should have
started in September but for a software bug) relates to the first publication of the
document by the RDFa Working Group.

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required.

Participants made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining this
Working Group. With the publication of this document, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1] Participants have an opportunity until 20 April 2013
23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on this Recommendation track
document. 

Excluded claims are not subject to the licensing requirements of
the W3C Patent Policy for this document. For more information about exclusions, please see
  http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use the following form:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/44350/exclude

The Patent Policy anticipates that the document will evolve during the 90
days following the first publication.  Per section 4.1 of the Patent Policy
[1], whatever draft is available on 19 February 2013 establishes the
reference material [3] for the purposes of this exclusion opportunity. Just
after 19 February 2013, we will send a reminder and identify the reference
draft. Due to the anticipated instability of the document prior to 19
February 2013, Participants may wish to exclude any claims only after
publication of the reference draft (and no later than the end of the
exclusion opportunity).

Per section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2], a Participant may resign from
the Working Group before 19 February 2013 and be excused from all licensing
commitments arising out of Working Group participation.

To resign from the Working Group before 19 February 2013, please use the
following form:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/44350/leave

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/44350/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the RDFa Working Group:
* Ivan Herman at ivan@w3.org

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim
exclusions, see:
 http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with
[2] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign
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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)    http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
Tel:                                      +1 718 260 9447

Received on Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:29:10 UTC