Call for Exclusions: SPARQL Query Language for RDF

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- SPARQL Query Language for RDF
  (http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/),
  exclusion opportunity ending on 25 May 2007

This specification was produced by the RDF Data Access 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 this document, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1], Participants have an opportunity until 25 May 2007
to exclude patent claims reading on this Last Call draft.  At Last Call,
exclusions are limited to matter in the Last Call draft that was not
present or apparent in this draft (the previous Last Call Working
Draft):
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-rdf-sparql-query-20060220/   

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/35463/exclude

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
 http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/35463/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the RDF Data Access Working Group:
 * Eric Prud'hommeaux at eric@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
-- 
Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
Tel:                     +1 718 260-9447