Re: Getting stuff done at W3C

On 9 September 2016 at 03:02, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> Here's a blog post that might be useful to folks in this group regarding
> getting stuff done at W3C.
>
> https://manu.sporny.org/2016/rebalancing/
>
> Of particular note is the "W3C Working Group Formation Checklist":
>
> http://manu.sporny.org/2016/rebalancing/#checklist
>
> While this isn't an official W3C checklist, I've found that doing things
> in this order helps you survive the W3C process:
>
> 1. Clearly identify and articulate a problem statement.
> 2. Gather and document use cases.
> 3. Perform a gap analysis.
> 4. Produce a proposed architecture and technical specification.
> 5. Produce two implementations and a test suite.
> 6. Create a draft charter for a Working Group.
> 7. Create an executive summary for W3C member companies.
> 8. Survey organizations and demonstrate that at least 35 of them are
>    supportive of the work and technical direction.
>
> We should figure out what we want the work streams to be in this group
> first. There seems to be rough consensus that "Chainpoint" would be
> interesting.
>

This is brilliant!  Manu, right now, imho, you are the top mind in
standards.

I really hope you continue to write blog posts like this, some of which
should be tagged as required reading for those trying to get involved with
standards work. :)


>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: Advancing the Web Payments HTTP API and Core Messages
> https://manu.sporny.org/2016/yes-to-http-api/
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