- From: Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 19:24:58 +0200
- To: eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
All,
Available at:
http://www.w3.org/2009/05/06-egov-minutes
and as text below.
Thanks very much to Sharron for scribing today. We go ahead with
publication on May 12. Please note that I forgot to record the
resolution on IRC, so I've added it manually to the minutes at:
http://www.w3.org/2009/05/06-egov-minutes#pubnote
Sorry about that and thanks again Sharron for a fantastic meeting
record.
Jose.
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[1]W3C
[1] http://www.w3.org/
- MINUTES -
eGovernment Interest Group Teleconference
06 May 2009
See also: [2]IRC log
[2] http://www.w3.org/2009/05/06-egov-irc
Attendees
Present
John, Josema, Owen, Rachel, Sahrron, Ken, Daniel, DaveMc
Regrets
Suzanne, Kevin
Chair
John
Scribe
Sharron, Josema
AGENDA
1. [3]Open Issues for publication of document - discuss issues and
actions that remain open.
2. [4]Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web
- approve publication schedule.
[3] http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/
[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/egov-improving/
Contents
* [5]Topics
*
1. [6]Discuss Open Issues #2, #4, #17, #30
2. [7]Publishing Schedule Discussion and approval
3. [8]Open Issues #30, #34, #35, #36
4. [9]Summary and discuss any additional concerns
* [10]Summary of Action Items
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Discuss Open Issues #2, #4, #17, #30
open issues: [11]http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/issues/open
[11] http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/issues/open
Jose: Open issues , we can go through them and some are connected to
open actions for publishing the document.
John: OK, let's go through them one by one, starting with Issue 2,
item 55
Jose: It is still pending and without Kevin on the call, we can't do
much.
John: Issue 4 is still open and is on me. You should have in
minutes/hours Jose, from me
<josema> [ISSUE-2: kevin working on it]
<josema> [ISSUE-4: john to send text today]
John Issue-17 is next
Daniel: I sent final edits to Jose based on the last set of
suggestions re: Issue 17, safe to play
<josema> [ISSUE-17: daniel just sent section text with safe to play
comments added]
Jose: I will review and try to integrate. Were you able to address
Malcolm's concerns?
Daniel: I did not adopt the exact language he submitted but did
incorporate his ideas, especially about citizens not being
overwhelmed, avoiding phishing, having confidence in systems.
... addressed role of govt identity and authentication, so I think
it meets the concerns that were raised.
Jose: Daniel...is any way to identify and review the new text?
Daniel: On Google docs you can look at revision history which will
highlight changes and compare to previous.
John: Issue 22, examples of participation and engagement...
Daniel: I have offered to add paragraph or two...will get it in
today.
<josema> [ISSUE-22: daniel to review in a few hours time]
[Issue 22 Daniel to submit today]
John: Kevin and Suzanne have been reviewing and revising the doc.
Rachel: Do you still need help with plain language?
John: I don't know. Are we there yet? nearly there?
<josema> [12]Editor's Draft
[12] http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/Group/docs/note
Rachel: Introduction is snapshot where good talking points should
be...we seem to be getting there, I am happy to help.
... shall I touch base with Kevin?
John: The more we can edit , focus and polish the intro the better
it will be for the whole doc.
<josema> +1
Rachel: I am ready to help, tho have been very busy recently
John: Having read others things you've written, Rachel, you would be
good at that.
Rachel: Tahnks most people are taught to write too much.
Daneil: If you can distill the into, perhaps distill to a single
tweet.
Rachel; Yes we need that
<josema> that would be interesting to see
Sharron: Defintely need clear language
Jose: All of this is needed by tomorrow.
John: Issue-30 comments of EOWG
Jose: It was good to recieve their comments and they have been
useful. Wish there was more time to coordinate with all the W3
groups and expect to do that in future draft. We agreed to put
comments into editor's draft verbatim.
... slight wording changes as draft has continued to be edited. But
not significant changes. One issue was that Judy Brewer had raised
about plain language etc.
... EO would like to see another draft, but time does not allow
since it is in constant revision. It is not possible with the time
involved.
Sharron: I was at EO meeting Friday, I reported that there would not
be another draft and suggested that folks watch the draft in
progress and comment.
Jose: I told Judy that if she had further comments, we would need to
hear from her by yesterday.
... eGov IG expects that while this is not perfect, it will be good
and as we go forward we will continue to improve.
John: Need to be aware that while we can't do the perfect thing, we
need to do a useful thing and take a step forward. I endorse Jose
view that if we feel we have an insightful, useful document and that
we have given our best shot within our constraints of time and
volunteer effot, we should go forward. It is an important decesion.
<davemc> +1, if carefully positioned correctly
Publishing Schedule Discussion and approval
Sharron: If any way possible, I would suggest a delay of even just a
few days for review and consensus about narrative flow.
John: What are the publishing timelines and why do they exist?
Jose: May 21 was deadline set in coordination with Obama memo.
... we decided to adopt that as our deadline as well. OSTP needs at
least a week to review our work to see how it relates.
... documents can only be published at W3C on Tu Th with one day
notice. So we were targeting the 12th. Which means we had to
complete it by the 8th. Since I have to convert to HTML and test
through W3C protocols I need another day. So to meet these deadlines
I need all text by tomorrow.
... Of course, we can change it, but it has been discussed and our
group decided to try to meet that deadline.
John: Yes, I just wanted to review the opportunity and re-examine
the need to produce something to make best use of that opportunity.
... the core issue is whether the work we have (with the expectation
of the work still in progress) will meet the goal of producing
something useful and meet the opportunity to coordinate with the
OSTP?
... I think being in the right place at the right time is important.
This document may not be the perfect thing but we have produced
soemthing that has utility and that I have not seen anywhere else. I
am happy and confident to have my name associated with this.
Ken: ; So being able to participate in the broader national
conversation is important.
Daniel: Yes we will miss opportunities if we put it off.
Daniel: we have a great compendium of information in this one
document that addresses egovernment issues adequately if not
perfectly.
<Owen> I think the test that John mentioned, i.e., that he would
like to have his name associated with the draft, is a good one.
<Owen> I'm not sure I could make the same assertion because I
haven't seen the latest draft.
John: Rachel, from your persepective how close do you think it is?
<davemc> +1 Owen
<josema> Owen, latest draft is always up at:
[13]http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/Group/docs/note
[13] http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/Group/docs/note
<davemc> Would like to review a near-final.
<josema> right now it only misses "new" Daniel's text
Rachel: Personally I always try to meet the deadlines I set and I
agree with caution that while it is not perfect, it is better to put
it out there and open for broader opinion.
<Owen> Thanks for the clarification, Jose. My impression was that
the latest draft was not yet sharable.
John: We have learned a big lesson that trying to cover EVERYTHING
about egov in one document may not have been the wisest thing. We
may not want to say it in the document, but among ourselves, we can
plan for a greater number of more focussed, polished pieces.
<davemc> still concerned about negative references.
John: The next 24 hours must get us to a draft that is sharable.
<josema> dave, *please* tell me where you spot some
Owen: We should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We
should put it out there for further comment.
<davemc> Management of contents that cannot be showed in a mobile
device, have a large size very costly to download and memory
consuming (images, PDF documents).
<davemc> I think iPhone, RIM show the opposite
RESOLUTION: publish Note on May 12
Open Issues #30, #34, #35, #36
John: I think we can safely close Issue-30
... and look at Issue-34 raised by Judy. We talked about this one
and have gone a long way toward addressing it.
Jose: I remember that Judy proposed to have accessibility as a
headline topic that would show in the table of contents and at this
point we have two.
... most of sections include at least some accessibility references.
Sharron: The most recent document that I reviewed does a good job of
separating accessibilty for PWD and access to government by all
citizens.
<Owen> Having just scanned the latest draft, I'm not sure I could
agree this statement is true: Government agencies in the United
States use the term voluntary consensus standards according to
[US-OMB119].
<josema> [ISSUE-30 and ISSUE-34 can then be closed]
John: Let's move on to Issue-35
... Jose, is that the best way for us to proceed? close Issue-34?
<Owen> It has been two years since I retired, but when I left
goverment, the prevailing definition of "standard" was a personal
proprietary product preference (P4).
Jose: I heard from Sharron that accessibility is well covered, so
yes.
John: As long as we have on the record that we have considered,
discussed and concluded that it is sufficiently addressed, then we
can close it.
<Owen> P4 + the political power to impose upon others (P6IO)
<Owen> correction P6IOU
Jose: So Issue-35 is about the comments from BSA. We have a lawyer
at W3C who has advised about the difference between open source and
open standards.
... I think we are good on that front because we have recognized
various interpretations of terms, Europe/US differences, etc. BSA
wants a distinction made and wants no endorsement in this document
for open standards.
<Owen> correction to correction P6IUO
Jose: Have others reviewed the comments? We should be clear about
our meaning and should not have endorsements.
Daniel: There is section after Open Standards called Open Source
Solutions...?
... That language could be cleaned up to say whenever possible
document models should be based on open standards whether open
source or proprietary.
<davemc> that's a can of worms.
Owen: An important distinction needs to be made between open data
and open software. The open data is most important.
Daniel: I will tweek the language to be very neutral.
John: Issue-36 is next.
Daniel: Yes this one is mine I put this out on the National Dialogue
but got some blowback. It may be too soon for this idea. We can
close this one.
Summary and discuss any additional concerns
John: Any other issues that we can address that have not yet?
Daniel: Or issues that still need to be raised?
Jose: Issue 2 is still open pending receipt of new text; 15 the
same; 17 have the text and need to integrate; 35 agreed but must
respond to BSA and see if it acceptable to them; 36 closed; Rachel
offered help with Issue 24
Rachel: Yes I am working on it right now.
<davemc> Thank you
Rachel: I will have it to you at the end of the day today.
Jose: Kevin is writing an Exec Summary. So we will have Intro,
Background, Abstract, Status of Document...many sections that are
summary sections
... maybe should coordinate with Kevin. We have many sections that
deal with the same general thing.
John: In the next 24 hours we should be able to close all the issues
if everyone does what they have said.
<davemc> I may have missed it.. what is the resolution on "open data
and open software" ?
Jose: Many issues were left from the F2F meeting
<davemc> focus on open data, I hope
<josema> yes
<davemc> ty
<Owen> I believe the "Semantics" paragraph would be improved by
appending this sentence: Toward that end, it would be beneficial to
publish on the Web in readily sharable, referenceable format the
names and definitions of elements currently being used, regardless
of the scope of agreement that has been achieved.
Sharron: Glossary will be submitted in HTML format by EOD today
Jose: Personally not sure if I can work on document tomorrow but
will make final edits Friday and send to list.
... first thing Saturday will send message to webmaster.
John: Good to have a window to review glossary, etc
Jose: Do you have additional concerns, Owen?
Owen: OMB policy and reality around standards is different.
... wording currently in draft is incorrect.
... also in semantics paragraph, I disagree that goal is shared
semantics. Rather provide definitions of elements currently being
used, regardless of the scope of agreement that has been achieved.
... can do better by sharing our own semantics in readily sharable
format like XML
<davemc> but not limited to XML.
Jose: Am marking document within sections you refer to. Didn't you
have email exchanges about that?
Owen: Yes we had put placeholders in the draft.
... current wording is not correct. OMB circular directs agencies to
use voluntary consesus standards
... but it is not correct to say that is what they ARE doing.
Jose: I can make those changes.
John: Another case where even if not in complete agreement, better
to publish what you mean.
Owen: With those changes, I am happy to have my name on this doc.
John: Any other actions to cover today?
... Then let's take the next 7 minutes and apply them to our tasks.
OK?
All: Yes
<davemc> +1
John: Thanks for all this work on what will be an important and
useful document. We are adjourned.
<josema> [ADJOURNED]
Summary of Action Items
[End of minutes]
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