Re: Event Updated: VCWG Meeting

Some input to the main agenda item on "path to proposed Rec". My goal is to make the meeting as efficient as possible.

- See [1] for what I see at this moment for the implementation reports. There are some gaps that must be filled before we take any action (especially with the JSON Schema). THIS IS THE MOST URGENT ACTION!

- See [2] for the approval request. Even if you have already seen it, look at it again, especially [3]; I have gone through the horizontal reviews' part and added some extra information into the request. Unless I misunderstood or missing something, we can go ahead with that section imho.

- See also [4] for some more problems to be settled before going to a PR request. Some of those are now obsolete, in particular my remark in point 3 on what votes are necessary; our current charter[5] disallows class 4 changes, so no action is needed there. Most of the other remarks are editorial, except for the implementation reports, see [1]

- [6] lists a number of actions that must be taken with the context, schema, and vocabulary files. While most of the actions are on me (except for the update on w3id.org <http://w3id.org/>) we have to agree on the details. These ought to be done before we publish a PR, but it is o.k. to do them while we are waiting for the decision on the transition request.

- As for the possible publication date. If all ducks are in a row, we can submit the approval request[2] before Friday the 7th of March, hopefully the 3rd or the 4th. I have talked to Philippe, and he said that he and Yves Lafon (the two reviewers of the transitions) would need several hours to review the request for 8 different specs. Ie, we cannot reasonably expect an approval before the 14th of March, which puts the first reasonable publication date to the 20th of March. (Reviews are done on Fridays, publications happen on Tuesdays and Fridays.)

Note that we really really should have the submissions "in" by the 7th. Based again on the discussions with Philippe, the closer we get to April the more of his (and Yves') energy will be taken up by the preparation of the AC meeting. This may lead to (long!) delays; we do not want that!

Hopefully this helps for todays' meeting

Ivan

P.S. To add to the problems, I am mostly out of circulation on the week of the 24th due to family obligations.


[1] https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-credentials/blob/main/admin/PR-March-2025/PR%20preparation.md
[2] https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-credentials/blob/main/admin/PR-March-2025/Approval_request.md
[3] https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-credentials/blob/main/admin/PR-March-2025/Approval_request.md#wide-review
[4] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-vc-wg/2025Feb/0012.html
[5] https://www.w3.org/2024/10/vc-wg-charter.html#scope
[6] https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-credentials/issues/61






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