Re: First pass at use cases for "new standards" task force

On 23 Jun 2010, at 3:03 PM, Lawrence Rosen wrote:

> Perhaps:
>
> A couple of buddies are sitting in a bar and they come up with this  
> nifty idea. They're glad to spend time on specifying how it will  
> work, but what will their employers' (if any) say about their  
> contributions, and how do they publish, and what can they do to  
> encourage other participants to join in?
>
> Alternative 1: Reinvent the wheel. Do your best and publish a  
> specification on the web and hope it works out.
>
> Alternative 2: Publish something at IETF. Hope it gets traction.
>
> Alternative 3: Come to W3C for guidelines; adopt our low-impact  
> processes; consult a staff eager to mentor; and ultimately earn the  
> imprimatur, if you do it right, of the most open standards body in  
> the world.

Yeah! Welcome to the comm team Larry!

  _ Ian

>
> /Larry
>
>
>
>
> From: public-vision-newstd-request@w3.org [mailto:public-vision-newstd-request@w3.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Andrew.Updegrove@gesmer.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:39 AM
> To: Ian Jacobs
> Cc: public-vision-newstd@w3.org; public-vision-newstd-request@w3.org
> Subject: Re: First pass at use cases for "new standards" task force
>
> As an observation, these use cases are very "standards centric,"  
> which is
> fine, but I wonder whether there is a need for a broader range of
> activities, or at least include an "other" category?
>
> Examples: a group wants to:
>
> - promote an informal standard as its next step
> - collaborate on a white paper on an appropriate topic
> - develop a test suite
> - discuss the need for a metastandard incorporating existing  
> standards to
> perform a different kind of use case (e.g, "a user wants to be able  
> to do
> this...")
>
> Andy
>
> public-vision-newstd-request@w3.org wrote on 06/21/2010 01:57:24 PM:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've written down seven use cases [1]:
> >
> > • [Core] Develop a new Web standard
> > • [Ontology] Develop an industry-specific ontology
> > • [Competition] Develop a competing specification
> > • [Brainstorm] Experiment (new format or extension)
> > • [Profile] Create a profile of one or more specifications
> > • [Sunset] Revise a W3C Recommendation without a Working Group
> > • [Rubberstamp] Reset expectations between W3C Recommendation and de
> > facto standard
> >
> > I welcome your comments on the list. What's missing? Are there any  
> you
> > think should be "out of scope" for this task force?
> >
> > Feel free to go in and edit the wiki (and if you can't get write
> > access, please let me know).
> >
> > _ Ian
> >
> > [1] http://www.w3.org/2010/04/w3c-vision-public/wiki/Use_Cases
> > --
> > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
> > Tel: +1 718 260 9447
> >
> >
> >
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