- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:37:54 -0400
- To: public-openannotation <public-openannotation@w3.org>, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
Oh, and a special thanks to Rob Sanderson (Stanford University) and Frederick Hirsch (Nokia) for stepping up to co-chair the Web Annotation WG! Regards- -Doug On 8/20/14 2:29 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: > Hi, folks– > > I'm very pleased to announce that we've just launched the new W3C Web > Annotation Working Group [1]! > > Thank you to everyone who has helped us create and refine the charter > [2] for the WG, including the Open Annotation CG [3], the participants > in the W3C Workshop on Annotations [4] (and its host, Hypothes.is), and > all of the Advisory Committee representatives who supported the charter. > > I'm proud to say that the Web Annotation charter review broke the record > for the largest number of positive reviews for any charter review since > W3C first started using its polling system in 2003 (I don't have data > before that point) [5]. 38 W3C member organizations actively supported > forming the WG! This is an auspicious beginning. > > Those of you who work for W3C member companies, who wish to join the WG, > you can ask your AC rep to add you right now [6]. If you wish to join > the WG, but don't work for a W3C member company, you may be eligible to > become an Invited Expert; email Ivan and me offlist, and we'll help you. > > You don't have to join the Web Annotation WG to participate in the > technical discussions, though. All of our technical discussions, and > minutes of our telcons and f2f meetings, will be held on the > public-annotation mailing list [7]. > > We plan to have our first face-to-face (f2f) meeting at W3C's TPAC > meeting in Santa Clara, CA, on Tuesday, 28 October 2014 [8]. All Web > Annotation WG members are welcome to attend, and we'll let you know when > that option is ready on our registration form. > > Thanks again, and I look forward to moving Web annotations forward with > you all. > > [1] https://www.w3.org/annotation/ > [2] https://www.w3.org/annotation/charter/ > [3] http://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/ > [4] http://www.w3.org/2014/04/annotation/ > [5] (member-only for now, sorry!) > https://www.w3.org/2014/dashboard/ac-reviews.html?5%25%20of%20members=388&goal=38 > > [6] https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/join > [7] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-annotation/ > [8] http://www.w3.org/2014/11/TPAC/ > > Regards- > -Doug >
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