Call for Exclusions (Update): SKOS Use Cases and Requirements

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is an update regarding the W3C Patent Policy exclusion opportunity
for the following Recommendation Track document:

- SKOS Use Cases and Requirements
  (http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-ucr),
  exclusion opportunity ending on 13 October 2007

This specification was produced by the Semantic Web Deployment Working
Group.

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required.

Participants have until 13 October 2007 to exclude claims reading on
this Recommendation track document; 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/39408/exclude

Per section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1], the draft identified by the
following URI establishes the reference material for the purposes of
this exclusion opportunity:

   SKOS Use Cases and Requirements
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-skos-ucr-20070516/

All Participants currently in the Working Group have made Royalty-Free
licensing commitments for this document. Participants wishing to resign
from this group should review licensing obligations and exclusion
opportunities described in section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2].

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
 http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/39408/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Semantic Web Deployment Working Group:
 * Ralph Swick at swick@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