Re: Adding a statement on political implications in LOC

Agree with Julian.

Georg

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM Julian Flake <flake@uni-koblenz.de> wrote:

> 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/
>
> --
> Dipl.-Inf. Julian Flake
>
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>
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