Re: Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable Credentials Applications Community Group Launched

Agreed, I’m concerned that it will add more confusion/onboarding hurdles to
the already organization-laden ecosystem for newcomers, and would
appreciate hearing from the chairs about their goals. There are likely ways
to move forward constructively without adding to the noise.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 8:58 AM Mike Prorock <mprorock@mesur.io> wrote:

> The Chairs of the CCG are aware and are in process on a reach out.  This
> is definitely duplicative work.
>
> We would assume a best intention by default that there may not have been
> awareness of the CCG and current work items / work item process here.
>
> Mike Prorock
> CTO, Founder
> https://mesur.io/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 9:02 AM Dmitri Zagidulin <dzagidulin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Manu. Reading the description, I was thinking that exact same
>> thing, that this basically describes the CCG..
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 10:57 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hmmm... :(
>>>
>>> This (see attachment) seems like a bad idea given that the CCG
>>> incubated both sets of technologies (and a variety of technologies in
>>> the ecosystem) and is the main area (around W3C) where stuff like this
>>> is discussed. Perhaps the Chairs can have a discussion with each of
>>> these individuals to see why they felt like yet another group to
>>> discuss applications of DIDs and VCs were necessary.
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: <public-council@w3.org>
>>> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 10:12 AM
>>> Subject: Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable Credentials
>>> Applications Community Group Launched
>>> To: Nishant Agrawal <nishi.in@gmail.com>, Brian Richter
>>> <brian@aviary.tech>, Luis Meijueiro <luis.meijueiro@w3.org>, Lovely
>>> Agrawal <lovelyagrawal@gmail.com>, Avinash Chambhare
>>> <a4avic@gmail.com>, Cc: <public-council@w3.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> With your support, the Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable
>>> Credentials Applications Community Group has been launched:
>>>   http://www.w3.org/community/applied-did-and-vc/
>>>
>>> This group was originally proposed on 2022-10-09
>>> by Nishant Agrawal. The following people supported its
>>> creation:
>>>       Nishant Agrawal
>>>       Brian Richter
>>>       Luis Meijueiro
>>>       Lovely Agrawal
>>>       Avinash Chambhare
>>>
>>> To join the group, please use:
>>>  http://www.w3.org/community/applied-did-and-vc/join
>>>
>>> Please note that supporting a group is different from joining
>>> a group. Supporters must also enroll if they wish to participate.
>>>
>>> --------------------
>>> Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable Credentials Applications
>>> Community Group follows below charter:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Promote open, focussed, fair, rich discussions and collaboration
>>> towards application of DIDs and VCs in global public and private
>>> domains.
>>>
>>> 2. Is guided by various W3C Working and Interest Groups, and
>>> collaborates with various Industry Implementors for use of DIDs and VCs
>>> in Web, IOT, and Edge computing networks.
>>>
>>> 3. Publishes unbiased best practices and reference implementations for
>>> easy standards-based adoption and application development.
>>>
>>> 4. Collect Questions and Discussion Topics, conduct knowledge sharing
>>> sessions and publish reports and minutes of such sessions.
>>> --------------------
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> W3C Community Development Team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
>>> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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>>>
>>>