- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:47:24 -0500
- To: public-gld-wg@w3.org
[Resending to make it to the archive] Ian Begin forwarded message: > From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> > Date: 4 July 2012 10:14:38 PM CDT > To: public-gld-wg@w3.org > Cc: member-cfe@w3.org > Subject: Call for Exclusions (Update): RDF Data Cube Vocabulary; DCAT; Organization ontology; Terms for describing people > > Dear Advisory Committee representative, > > This is an update regarding the W3C Patent Policy exclusion opportunity for > the following Recommendation Track documents: > > - The RDF Data Cube Vocabulary > (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/), > exclusion opportunity ending on 2 September 2012 23:59 UTC > > - Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) > (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/), > exclusion opportunity ending on 2 September 2012 23:59 UTC > > - An organization ontology > (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/), > exclusion opportunity ending on 2 September 2012 23:59 UTC > > - Terms for describing people > (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-people/), > exclusion opportunity ending on 2 September 2012 23:59 UTC > > > These specifications were produced by the Government Linked Data Working > Group. > > If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion > opportunity, no further action is required. > > Participants have until 2 September 2012 23:59 UTC to exclude claims > reading on these Recommendation track documents; excluded claims are not > subject to the licensing requirements of the W3C Patent Policy for this > document. For more information about exclusions, please see > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion > > To make exclusions, please use the following form: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47663/exclude > > > Per section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1], the drafts identified by the > following URIs establish the reference material for the purposes of these > exclusion opportunities: > > The RDF Data Cube Vocabulary > http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vocab-data-cube-20120405/ > > Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) > http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vocab-dcat-20120405/ > > An organization ontology > http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vocab-org-20120405/ > > Terms for describing people > http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vocab-people-20120405/ > > > All Participants currently in the Working Group have made Royalty-Free > licensing commitments for these documents. Participants wishing to resign > from this group should review licensing obligations and exclusion > opportunities described in section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2]. > > Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is > available at: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47663/status > > If you have any questions or need further information, please contact, > for the Government Linked Data Working Group: > * Sandro Hawke at sandro@w3.org > > For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim > exclusions, see: > http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq > > Thank you, > > For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director; > Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with > [2] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign > -- > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ > Tel: +1 718 260 9447 > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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