Strategy call on Feb 12 / Feedback from W3C

Dear TPWG,


today, we (David, Roy, and I with Wendy, Philip, Ralf, and Bert) had a
friendly and constructive status call with W3C where we presented our case:
- Multiple implementations by browser plug-ins (Badger, Telecom, Bouncer)
- A few major sides (Unilever) supporting it
- Limited support by major browsers


The feedback we received is that the overall marked demand seems to be
limited and that W3C would like to get a stronger pull from sites/tool
vendors/servers/browsers to ensure that once published the standard is
widely deployed. Another wish would be implementations by companies/orgs
that are not member of the WG.

We now have three options (at least those are the ones we discussed):
- Submit a request to promote the standard to REC
  (success is possible but not too likely at this point).
- Extend the charter (e.g. by 1 year), maintain the CR, and wait for
  additional market pull
- Close the WG, publish the text as a note, and re-start if we have
  market pull.


I suggest we meet on Feb 12 using our usual telco (9am pacific)
to discuss the options and decide what to do.

Any feedback/other options are welcome!

Regards,
matthias

Received on Monday, 29 January 2018 17:48:20 UTC