Re: Sysapps WG

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:

> On 10/2/12 7:30 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote:
> > With the launch of the SysApps WG [1], what do we foresee as the function of this CG?
> > 
> > We haven't really done much since we launched so we should probably consider winding this group down.
> 
> I'm indifferent but do want to mention one advantage of this CG ...
> 
> Given the broad scope of SysApps, I can imagine some W3C Members not 
> being able to formally join the WG because of the broad upfront IP 
> commitment that is required. As such, this CG could be used to engage 
> such Members but with a much more limited IP commitment (f.ex. a Member 
> could only contribute to one of the WG's specs). (At least I believe 
> things could work this way ...)
> 
> But as I said, I don't really care either way ...
The problem, IMHO, is that the scope of this CG is also too broad - and I think that meant that despite all good intentions, almost no work items were produced here. 

To address your concern, there is almost no overhead to starting a new CG for a particular item that may spin off the WG. A smaller, more focused CG may work more effectively than this one.  

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Marcos Caceres

Received on Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:04:07 UTC