Call for Exclusions: Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT)

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track document:

- Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT)
 (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/),
 exclusion opportunity ending on 30 September 2013 23:59 UTC

This specification was 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 made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining this
Working Group. With the publication of this document, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1], Participants have an opportunity until 30 September
2013 23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on this Last Call draft. 
At Last Call, exclusions are limited to matter in the Last Call draft that
was not present or apparent in this draft:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-vocab-dcat-20130312/


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

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
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Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>      http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
Tel:                                          +1 718 260 9447

Received on Thursday, 1 August 2013 16:32:24 UTC