- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:29:55 +1100
- To: public-interop-remedies@w3.org
The charter calls out two different kinds of activities that this group might pursue (each likely leading to a Report): 1) Where we proactively want to recommend* specifications or technologies as a remedy in a defined situation (e.g., social networking, chat, etc.), highlighting any gaps 2) Where we want to react to a such a proposal made elsewhere (e.g., when a competition regulator or other national body selects something) To kick off some discussion, here are my initial thoughts -- The charter contains a few suggestions of initial areas we might explore for #1. I don't have any strong sense of where we should start, but it should probably be something smaller and more straightforward, so that we can get into a working cadence. E.g., taking on social networking to start with might be too much. When we make recommendations, I've been thinking we'd define things in terms of how they serve as a remedy to competition issues in specific, well-defined markets -- too often, people paint 'big tech' with very broad brushstrokes. However, that will require us to do some work, and also to predict (to a degree) how those markets might be characterised. So I'd be interested to hear what people think about how much we should relate our work to e.g., the various reports that have been produced recently. #2 requires us to wait -- I'm not aware of any current, concrete proposals for interoperability remedies from regulators. Have I missed any? For a potential #3, it might also be helpful for us to work on a document that highlights what 'good' Web specifications are horizontally -- i.e., a crash course in Web architecture for regulators, and also a guide for our more focused work. Ideally much of it would be summaries of and references to documentation elsewhere, but in some places we may have to write new text. What do folks think - would this be worthwhile? Cheers, * Note the small 'r' -- this is not a W3C Recommendation -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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