Re: Adding a statement on political implications in LOC

Hi Harsh,

I think the disclaimer reflects well, what we discussed and sounds 
good to me.

Best Regards,
Julian

On Fri, Aug 01 2025, Harshvardhan Pandit wrote:

> Hi All.
> In the last meeting [1] we discussed the modelling of 
> jurisdictions
> and how this has political implications which we may not have 
> intended
> or thought about. We then agreed to add a disclaimer to the LOC
> extension regarding this. Please review it at:
> https://dev.dpvcg.org/2.2/loc/#introduction with the contents 
> copied
> below for convenience. For feedback / suggestions, please use
> https://github.com/w3c/dpv/issues/328 preferably or reply to 
> this
> email.
>
> ---
> Note: IMPORTANT: Statement on Geo-Political Implications
>
> Locations and jurisdictions are contentious concepts and are 
> subject
> to political conflicts and disputes. The authors and 
> contributors for
> this document, as well as other members and participants in the 
> W3C
> DPVCG, are providing this document and associated resources with 
> the
> sole goal of facilitating reference to locations and 
> jurisdictions
> through a machine-readable vocabulary. To avoid any unwanted 
> political
> implications of this work, we have utilised the ISO 3166 
> standard as a
> reflection of global consensus (in as much as has been made 
> possible)
> with further links to UN resources. Any mistakes or lapses in 
> this
> resource are not intentional and we welcome efforts to highlight 
> and
> fix them.
>
> Further, due to the modular nature of DPV, it is feasible and
> practical to create extensions that represent an intended 
> modelling of
> jurisdictions within the legal namespace, similar to how laws 
> and
> authorities have been modelled. Thus, adopters have a choice to 
> create
> and utilise (and to propose to the DPVCG) other models of 
> locations
> based on requirements for each specific jurisdiction.
> ---
>
> [1] https://w3id.org/dpv/meetings/meeting-2025-07-30
>
> -- 
> ---
> Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Ph.D
> Research Fellow @ AI Accountability Lab
> Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
> https://harshp.com/

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