Call for Exclusions: R2RML; A Direct Mapping of Relational Data to RDF

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- R2RML: RDB to RDF Mapping Language
(http://www.w3.org/TR/r2rml/),
exclusion opportunity ending on 28 July 2012 23:59 UTC

- A Direct Mapping of Relational Data to RDF
(http://www.w3.org/TR/rdb-direct-mapping/),
exclusion opportunity ending on 28 July 2012 23:59 UTC

These specifications were produced by the RDB2RDF 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 these documents, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1], Participants have an opportunity until 28 July 2012
23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on these Last Call drafts.  At
Last Call, exclusions are limited to matter in the Last Call draft that was
not present or apparent in these drafts:

 http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-r2rml-20110920/
 http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-rdb-direct-mapping-20110920/

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/43889/exclude

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/43889/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the RDB2RDF Working Group:
* Eric Prud'hommeaux at eric@w3.org
* Ivan Herman at ivan@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 Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:56:45 UTC