Call for Exclusions (Update): "RDFa Use Cases: Scenarios for Embedding RDF in HTML"

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- RDFa Use Cases: Scenarios for Embedding RDF in HTML
  (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-scenarios/),
  exclusion opportunity ending on 27 August 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 27 August 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:

   RDFa Use Cases: Scenarios for Embedding RDF in HTML
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-rdfa-scenarios-20070330/

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