Re: Request to join the consortium of maintainers

Hello?

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Dr Nicholas Car
Data Systems Architect
SURROUND Australia
0477 560 177
nicholas.car@surroundaustralia.com

> On 14 Dec 2020, at 1:09 pm, Nicholas Car <nicholas.car@surroundaustralia.com> wrote:
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> Dear W3ID community,
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> SURROUND Australia Pty Ltd (SURROUND) wishes to join the group of organizations pledging responsibility to ensure the operation of the W3ID system.
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> As per the website, the current organisations listed as pledging support are:
> Digital Bazaar
> 3 Round Stones
> OpenLink Software
> Applied Testing and Technology
> Openspring
> Bosatsu Consulting
> SURROUND has a long-standing and continuing interest in this PID domain and has actively contributed to its use and maintenance. SURROUND is also a W3C and OGC member and is aware of W3C and OGC use of the domain. SURROUND staff also maintain several other PID systems:
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> 1. The Australian Government Linked Data Working groups' linked.data.gov.au domain
> 2. The Open Geospatial Consortium's Naming Authority
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> SURROUND guesses that there are not formal governance or joining procedures in place for w3id.org and we do not wish to impose such or to request changes to the system: we simple wish to join the organisations involved to support them and to be seen to be joining the group to indicate current and active interest in the PID system.
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> Please could the group outline how we may join, if joining is considered sensible?
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> Regards,
> 
> Nicholas
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> Dr Nicholas Car
> Data Systems Architect at SURROUND Australia Pty Ltd 
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> Dr Nicholas Car
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> Research School of Computer Science
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> The Australian National University
> Canberra ACT Australia
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