Re: Comments on draft charter [Was: Agenda: Verifiable Claims Teleconference - Tuesday, March 8th 2016]

Here are my suggestions:

In Goals 2.0


>    - Reducing online fraud, such as identity theft, by establishing a
>    standard way to cryptographically verify 3rd party claims.
>
>
>    - Reduced operating costs for verifiable claim issuers and inspectors
>    as a result of a common set of technology for expressing and verifying
>    claims.
>
> I suggest that using "reducing" doesn't always imply the
right connotation.  Perhaps we can turn these goals around to say something
like:

"Improve detection of fraud,..."
"Improve operational efficiency..."

Generally, I think we need to state that our goal is to provide an implied
benefit to all stakeholders: issuers, holders and consumers.  I think the
tone we have is bit 1-sided - benefits to consumer only.  For example:
Issuers want to protect their reputation, holders want to ensure their
credentials are protected, and the consumers what to be confident in their
decisions.

Lastly, in a previous comment, I suggested that we call out the need for
internationalization.  I believe there was support for the idea.  Can we
add words that address "decentralized and extensible vocabularies with
built-in internationalization"?

Eric


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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> On 03/07/2016 11:17 PM, Ian Jacobs wrote:
> > Here are some comments on the draft charter [1]. [1]
> > http://w3c.github.io/vctf/charter/proposal.html
>
> Thanks for the input, Ian. I'm just getting around to processing your
> feedback now. I've migrated the VCTF draft charter to its new home in
> the WPIG here:
>
> http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/charter/vcwg-draft.html
>
> > * The section titled “Goals” does not really express any goals. I
> > think it’s important to state them clearly.
>
> Done.
>
> https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/6ca64ce59d337833013545243920cd46399eb0e8
>
> There are now a real set of goals listed:
>
> http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/charter/vcwg-draft.html#goals
>
> > I also suggest deleting the first paragraph or moving to the ‘About
> > this charter” section.
>
> Fixed.
>
> https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/6ca64ce59d337833013545243920cd46399eb0e8
>
> The paragraph has been moved to the 'About this charter' section.
>
> > * "The findings suggest that there is consensus to address a
> > @@@narrow set of use cases@@@“ I believe that is a contentious
> > statement and suggest that it be replace by:
> >
> > “The Web Payments Interest Group recommended that the task force
> > draft a charter to determine whether there is consensus within the
> > community (including those interviewed) for the scope of work.
>
> Done.
>
> https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/6ca64ce59d337833013545243920cd46399eb0e8
>
> > * I think you can delete "Development of this charter was supported
> > in part by the European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme
> > (FP7/ 2013-2015) under grant agreement nº611327 - HTML5 Apps.”
>
> Done.
>
> https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/6ca64ce59d337833013545243920cd46399eb0e8
>
> -- manu
>
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>
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