- From: John Boyer <boyerj@ca.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:16:00 -0700
- To: public-forms@w3.org
- Message-ID: <OF6F2F0BAC.1813622A-ON882572EB.006EB526-882572EB.006F545E@ca.ibm.com>
I didn't get a clear idea from the minutes what is the rationale for considering the HCG as the 'home' of the forms task force. By our charter, there is supposed to be a forms task force that is comprised of members of the *Forms WG*, not the HCG. By the HTML charter, there is supposed to be a forms task force that is comprised of members of the *HTML WG*, not the HCG. That both charters mention this obligation and both refer to it as a 'joint' task force, it seems clear where the task force belongs... and where it doesn't. It is unclear how anything is gained by moving it to the HCG. One problem is that the HCG is member-only, whereas the Forms WG is public, and the HTML WG is something beyond public. So it will be quite hard, I think, to home the joint forms task force in the HCG. At some level, it makes sense that this is a coordination act, so it should be handled by a group with a 'coordination' label, but the current state of what a CG can do in the W3C is fairly limited, which is how, I think, the language about this task force has ended up in the charters of the actual working groups. It would be good to hear the strategic benefits that might arise from a move to the HCG. Cheers, John
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