(Fwd) Call for Participation: Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group Charter approved; Join the Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group

Dear Members of the Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group, 

I’m relaying the announcement we sent to W3C Advisory Committee Representative today, as a way to notify the group of the new charter approval and call for participation.

With kind regards,
Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications



> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
> Subject: Call for Participation: Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group Charter approved; Join the Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group
> Date: 6 February 2025 at 20:28:47 CET
> To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org
> Message-Id: <64C327FA-FE6F-499C-B2B4-CB5450845E5F@w3.org>
> 
> Dear Advisory Committee representative,
> [This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]
> 
> W3C is pleased to announce the recharter of the Spatio-temporal Data on 
> the Web Working Group (formerly known as Spatial Data on the Web Working 
> Group).
>    https://www.w3.org/2024/11/sdw-wg-charter.html
> 
> The group is chartered through February 6, 2027.
> 
> The mission of the Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group is to:
> 
>  - develop and maintain vocabularies and best practices that encourage
>    better sharing of spatial data on the Web;
>  - identify areas where standards should be developed jointly by both
>    W3C and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
> 
> Please use the following form to have your organization join the group. 
> The form will also instruct you how to nominate participants:
>    https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/sdw/join
> 
> Please consider diversity when proposing people to participate in W3C 
> groups. Representation from a wider group of people, especially people 
> from under-represented groups, is vital for creating web standards that 
> meet the needs of the wider web community.
> 
> If your organization is currently in the group, please note that you 
> will need to have it re-join the group as the new charter adds a new 
> deliverable with licensing obligations under the W3C Patent Policy. This 
> Call for Participation triggers the start of the 45 days grace period. 
> See: https://www.w3.org/2020/09/15-pp-faq.html#recharter
> 
> The group chairs ares Luís de Sousa (Invited Expert) and Rob Atkinson 
> (OGC). The Team Contact is Bert Bos, <bert@w3.org>, for a total of 
> 0.1 FTE.
> 
> More information about the group can be found on the group home page:
>    https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/sdw/
> 
> […]
> 
> To see all changes relative to the previous charter, follow this link:
> <https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?
> doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2021%2F10%2Fsdw-charter.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2024%2F11%2Fsdw-wg-charter.html>
> 
> This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:
> https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#ACReviewAfter
> 
> and the Call for Participation follows section 4.4 of the W3C Process 
> Document: https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#cfp
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> For Philippe le Hégaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
> Bert Bos; Spatio-temporal Data on the Web Working Group Team Contact;
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications

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Coralie Mercier (she/her) - Head of W3C Marketing & Communications 
mailto:coralie@w3.org - https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/

Received on Thursday, 6 February 2025 19:35:25 UTC