Use Cases: revised proposed use case process

This is a minor update to the use case process I proposed last month.  It was 
pointed out that we should be careful in how the determinations with respect 
to use cases are phrased so I tried to adjust wording for the various 
determinations.

peter



Anyone can submit a use case.
To be considered by the working group the use case needs to be about quoted 
triples in RDF or SPARQL.
To be considered by the working group a working group member needs to support 
the use case.
To be considered by the working group the use case has to have a minimum 
amount of information, including
what the use case is about;
a rationale that the use case cannot be effectively or naturally handled 
without quoted triples;
a rationale that the use case is effectively handled by quoted triples;
how quoted triples need to behave to support the use case;
and a fully worked out example that supports the entire use case, not just a 
part of it.

A use case editor examines the use case and determines whether there is 
sufficient information in it for it to be considered by the working group. 
(This decision can be appealed to the working group as a whole.)
The working group then either
accepts the use case as one that should be supported by the working group's 
recommendations;
accepts the use case as one that can be handled using quoted triples but might 
not be supported by the working group's recommendations (perhaps because it 
looks to require different machinery from that in the the working group's 
recommendations);
considers the use case to be one that is better handled in other ways in RDF;
considers the use case to be out of scope for the working group;
defers a decision until later;
or asks for changes to the use case or more information about the use case.


A new repository is created for the use cases, to support the creation of a 
working group note.
The note starts out with information about the use case process.
As use cases are submitted the note points to them, appropriately categorized.
Discussion on a use case occurs in a repository issue created for the purpose.

Use cases are created as wiki entries in the repository in a format suitable 
for automatic insertion into a note.
The repository wiki home entry contains information about how to create a wiki 
entry for a use case.

Received on Monday, 20 March 2023 20:08:32 UTC