Re: Proposed Process Change

On 25 Feb 2009, at 10:28 AM, Bijan Parsia wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2009, at 18:03, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>
>> On 25 Feb 2009, at 9:22 AM, Bijan Parsia wrote:
>>
>>> On 25 Feb 2009, at 17:06, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>> We have a place for that sort of information: the chairs' guide.  
>>>> If you wish to write
>>>> down your experience / observations somewhere and you wish to  
>>>> share it, I
>>>> can link to it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks! This is precisely the general sort of thing I meant. I  
>>> wish it were all public and I'll sort through it and see if it  
>>> meets my more particular ideas. I'll only respond to member lists  
>>> as I'm not sure which bits are public and which member confidential.
>>
>>
>> The home page for the guide book is member-only, but many of the
>> resources reference from it are public. You can make comments in
>> any space that suits your needs and that you think would be useful
>> to the community.
>>
>> And then send me the URI. :)
>
> Hmm. This suggests that the preferred mechanism for knowledge  
> capture in the W3C is for people who are so motivated to do so on an  
> ad hoc basis. Not really what I was thinking of, but it is a lighter  
> weight way to experiment. Ok! That's a good place to start. Thanks.


Actually, the guide book has a long history of being an informal  
collection
of experiences. To get more formal, we often charter a group.

  _Ian

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