Survey results

I aggregated the results of the survey at:
 http://www.w3.org/2010/07/core-survey.html

The score column is based on giving different weights (4,3,2,1)
depending on the classification.

We all agree on one activity that is definitively part of the Core
mission of W3C: HTML.

For everything else, we have different opinions.

There are 11 activities that more than half of us agree is part of Core:

HTML, Rich Web Client, Graphics, Style, I18n, Security, Video in the
Web, Fonts, Semantic Web, XML, WAI Technical.

I would claim that Ubiquitous Web and Privacy aren't far behind.

There is skepticism about whether the following activities are part of
our Core mission:

eGovernement, Multimodal interaction, Model-based User
Interfaces, Semantic Sensor network, MashSSL, Web Services.

The reasons vary:

vertical activity (eGovernement, Semantic Sensor network), unclear on
the technology (MashSSL), is done and should be stopped (Web Services),
too far in the future (Model-based User Interfaces), or lacking
integration with HTML (Multimodal interaction).

Our Core mission seems to enable technologies that:

1- Enable fair and secured Web usage across users (accessibility),
languages and cultures, while respecting privacy
2- Providing conformance criteria relevant to browser implementations
3- Integrated with mainstream W3C Languages (read: HTML, CSS, Web APIs)
4- Intended for the public Web
5- Relevant to data integration and search on a Web scale 

For the set of 11 activities that seem to be part of our Core mission,
how far should we support them? Let me pick a subset of those activities
and a potential list of additional work we could do for them:

 * HTML: certification? testing? technical writers? education? outreach?

 * Security: certification? testing? technical writers? education?
outreach?

 * XML: certification? testing? technical writers? education? outreach?

 * Semantic Web: certification? testing? technical writers? education?
outreach?


-- 
Philippe

Received on Monday, 12 July 2010 14:22:59 UTC