[DRAFT] WebCGM Charter Renewal Request

Dear Steve and Chris,

The WebCGM Working Group requests a 6 month extension to its
charter in order to finalize uncompleted tasks from its current charter.
The WebCGM WG Charter is currently terminating on 31 May 2007 [1].

The WebCGM Working Group has fulfilled most of its Mission and Scope [2] 
successfully, providing chartered deliverables [2b] with publication of 
a WebCGM 2.0 Recommendation [3] and an OASIS Standard [4],  an 
Interoperability Implementation Report [5], a Test Suite [6] and 
addressing a few WebCGM 2.0 Recommendation Errata [7].

The WebCGM Working has not had time yet to finalize the following 
deliverables as mentionned in its charter[2b]:

1- collecting and publishing pending WebCGM 1.0 errata
2- publication of a WebCGM 1.0 third release
3- collecting and publishing WebCGM 2.0 errata, if required
4- Organize a F2F to finalize these items.


Furthermore the WebCGM WG has a list of functionalities which were 
planed to get into WebCGM 2.0 Rec, but were not addressed for time 
reasons. There are also a set of new features the WG would like to work 
on for a future WebCGM 2.x version.

Currently there is a need to evaluate the amount of work for this 2.x 
version. The (OASIS) WebCGM TC should be finished sorting out its WebCGM 
2.x desires by late summer.)

The outcome of this evaluation could allow publication of a Working 
Group Note or an initial Requirement Document, falling under the WebCGM 
current Charter to "produce related usage guidelines as time, expertise, 
and other resources permit".[2b]


A resolution to request a charter extension was accepted by the WebCGM 
WG at during its telecon [8]. All WG members in good standing have 
indicated they support this charter extension  and will continue to 
support the work of the WebCGM WG.

If you should decide to approve this request, then, at your discretion,
you may consider granting more than 6 months (e.g., up through end of
this calendar year).


On behalf of Lofton Henderson, Chair of the WebCGM WG,

Regards,
Thierry Michel.

[1] http://www.w3.org/2006/03/webcgm-charter.html#duration
[2] http://www.w3.org/2006/03/webcgm-charter.html#mission
[2b] http://www.w3.org/2006/03/webcgm-charter.html#deliverables
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-webcgm20-20070130/
[4] http://docs.oasis-open.org/webcgm/v2.0/OS/webcgm-v2.0-index.html
[5]http://www.w3.org/2006/Graphics/WebCGM/implementation-report.html
[6]http://www.w3.org/2006/Graphics/WebCGM/testsuite.html
[7]http://www.w3.org/2006/WebCGM20-errata.html

[8]  to paste URI


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Received on Monday, 14 May 2007 08:51:21 UTC