- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:42:58 +0100
- To: Susie M Stephens <STEPHENS_SUSIE_M@LILLY.COM>
- Cc: Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net>, Janet Daly <janet@w3.org>, W3C SWEO IG <public-sweo-ig@w3.org>, public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org
- Message-ID: <47590792.5060000@w3.org>
Terrific! Thanks Susie Ivan Susie M Stephens wrote: > Hi Lee, > > Lilly would be interested in providing a testimonial. > > Cheers, > > Susie > > > > > > Lee Feigenbaum > <lee@thefigtrees. > net> To > Sent by: W3C SWEO IG <public-sweo-ig@w3.org> > public-sweo-ig-re cc > quest@w3.org Janet Daly <janet@w3.org> > Subject > SPARQL testimonials > 12/04/2007 09:18 > PM > > > > > > > > > > Hello SWEO, > > SPARQL is a proposed recommendation, and we intend to publish it as a > W3C Recommendation in January. Along with this, we are putting together > a press release and gathering W3C member testimonials in support of > SPARQL. The more testimonials we can gather, the better the press > release and surrounding materials that we can produce to introduce > SPARQL to the world. > > This is a great opportunity to help with outreach for a key semantic web > technology to the rest of the world. At the same time, testimonials are > an excellent vehicle for advertising your organization's support of W3C > Semantic Web technologies as well as any products that your company > might have that implement or use SPARQL. > > The deadline for testimonials is Jan 8, 2008. > > For more detailed information on the testimonial process, including > examples, guidelines, and much more, please see Janet Daly's note below. > > thanks, > Lee > > PS If you think you might provide a testimonial, I'd appreciate a > heads-up note, just to help me track our status. Thanks! > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Call for Testimonials, SPARQL Proposed Recommendations > Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:56:56 +0000 > Resent-From: public-rdf-dawg@w3.org > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:56:08 -0800 > From: Janet Daly <janet@w3.org> > To: public-rdf-dawg@w3.org > CC: W3C Press Requests <w3t-pr@w3.org> > > > > > Dear DAWG participants, > > Please accept my late congratulations for the set of SPARQL Proposed > Recommendations. > > In anticipation of a successful completion of the review period, W3C is > preparing for announcements around SPARQL Recommendations, or standard. > As part of the celebration, we will be issuing a press release and would > like to include a testimonial sheet from W3C Member implementors and > others. > > We will have a draft press release available in the next week for your > review. The document will be available to those with Member access. It > will not be made public until the actual announcement date. Our current > plans are to issue an announcement in early January; we're making > efforts to get this draft to you well in advance of the date in > deference to the scheduling difficulties of the end of the calendar year. > > The guidelines for testimonials are at the bottom of this email. > Deadlines for sending those documents to w3t-pr@w3.org > <mailto:w3t-pr@w3.org> is currently 7 January 2008. > > Again congratulations on work well done. We look forward to having your > participation in the Recommendation announcement. > > Kind regards, > > Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team > > > Guidelines for Testimonials > > Supporting Testimonial Statements along W3C Press Releases > > The Communications Team invites the Membership to participate in a press > announcement by submitting supporting testimonial statements. > Testimonials are not translated by W3C, but submission of testimonials > in multiple languages is encouraged. > > Please note that the press release itself is expected to be multilingual > (at least available in English, French and Japanese). > > Testimonial Guidelines > > A testimonial must > > * contain a statement of support for the W3C and the technology we > are promoting in this release; > * be grammatically correct; > * be attributed to an individual in the submitter's organization > (name, title, org) > > A testimonial should > > * contain an explanation of why the news is important to the Web or > to specific communities, extolling the virtues and features not before > enjoyed; > * include a commitment for support of the spec in existing or future > products and/or services > > A testimonial may > > * include product announcements which support the technology now or > plans to support later; > * be in a language other than English. > > A testimonial must not > > * contain criticisms of the technology that may undermine the success > of the specification; > * contain links to sites outside of W3C; > * criticize other products or services; > * exceed 100 words. > > Upon request by journalists, we would also pass on contact information > of companies who have contributed testimonials. > > Questions and Follow-up > > If your marketing team has any questions, please have them phone Janet > Daly (voice: +1 617.253.5884) or send mail to w3t-pr@w3.org > <mailto:w3t-pr@w3.org>. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > Janet Daly, Global Communications Officer > o: +1.617.253.5884 > m: +1.206.228.1097 > janet@w3.org <mailto:janet@w3.org> > > > > ================================= > > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > Janet Daly, Global Communications Officer > +1 617 253 5884 (o) > +1 206 228 1097 (m) > janet@w3.org <mailto:janet@w3.org> > > > > > > > -- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
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