Re: Civic Technology

Ian, thank you for noticing my mistyping. Long days here.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi Felipe,
>
> > On Apr 2, 2026, at 5:59 PM, Felipe Ribeiro <operarioribeiro@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > To begin with I believe it is important for us to understand that the
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Working Groups purpose is mainly to develop
> 'Open Standards Documents Drafting' in compliance with its 'Process
> Document'.
>
> This is a Community Group, not at Working Group. Participation and
> development of specifications are governed by documents listed here:
>   https://www.w3.org/community/about/
>
> >
> > With that in mind it would be an important first step for us to achieve
> a consensual definition of civic technology and its ecosystem's current
> most urgent needs in compliance with W3C's semantic web linked open
> vocabularies (LOVs) methodology.
> >
> > Because of that, I think we should gather a database of civic
> technologies out there to analyze them further with the due e-democracy
> open governance public participation:
> >     • United Nations Open Governance Tool Consul Democracy:
> https://consuldemocracy.org
> >     • Open Web 2.0 (OW2) - Open by Rule Governance Charter:
> https://ow2.org/view/About/Open_By_Rule
> >     • Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Alliance - Open Governance
> Guide: https://ospo-alliance.org/ggi
> >     • Democracia OS: https://democraciaos.org/en
> >     • Community Rule - Open Governance Templates:
> https://communityrule.info/templates
> >     • Community Rule - Open Governance Policy Creator:
> https://communityrule.info/create
> >     • Democracy Foundation - List of e-Voting, Deliberation, and
> e-Democracy Projects: https://democracy.foundation/similar-projects
> > With a definition of civic technology, a list of its ecosystem's issues,
> and its controlled vocabulary, we can think together on the best solutions
> possible and how to develop them through public international law (PIL)
> rule of law (RoL) regulatory compliance standardization under the auspices
> of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Summit on the
> Information Society (WSIS).
>
> The group was created in April of 2023. Has the group had success
> organizing discussions around these topics?
>
> Ian
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m happy to hear statements of support. It would be helpful to
> understand if you agree that the group has become
> > inactive, and if so:
> >
> > * Are there any obstacles to being more active, or it is simply that
> people are not engaging?
> > * Are there plans to change the situation? Are the Chairs in a position
> to lead the participants in a planning activity or driving engagement?
> >
> > In other words: what are participants in a position to do to help the
> group succeed?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > > On Apr 2, 2026, at 2:09 PM, Felipe Ribeiro <operarioribeiro@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think it is important for this group to proceed.
> > > For that purpose I share the following best open source technologies
> on the field for us to start thinking on our direction.
> > >
> > > United Nations Open Governance Tool Consul Democracy:
> https://consuldemocracy.org
> > >
> > > Open Web 2.0 (OW2) - Open by Rule Governance Charter:
> https://ow2.org/view/About/Open_By_Rule
> > >
> > > Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Alliance - Open Governance Guide:
> https://ospo-alliance.org/ggi
> > >
> > > Democracia OS: https://democraciaos.org/en
> > >
> > > Community Rule - Open Governance Templates:
> https://communityrule.info/templates
> > >
> > > Community Rule - Open Governance Policy Creator:
> https://communityrule.info/create
> > >
> > > Democracy Foundation - List of e-Voting, Deliberation, and e-Democracy
> Projects: https://democracy.foundation/similar-projects
> > >
> > > Felipe Ribeiro
> > > linkedin.com/in/operarioribeiro
> >
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> > Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
> > https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
> > Tel: +1 917 450 8783
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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