Re: Web Payments IG (Steering Group) Charter - Final Call for Comments

Hi David,

thank you very much for your comment.
I perfectly understand your request. However, note that this charter is 
for an interest group and not for a Working group. As stated in the 
intro: "Technical development of standards is not in scope for the 
Interest Group. However, this group will encourage the development or 
adaption of technical standards to bridge the gaps that are identified."
It is the same for the the terminology element: we will not be able to 
run a rec track (aka w3c standard) to define terminology. This charter 
recognize that further investigation is needed. It might be that the 
different sources are coherent or one already covers all others. This 
needs to be explored. If these investigations lead to the conclusion 
that there is a need to define a new authoritative terminology, then the 
IG will have to decide:
-whether W3C is the place to do the job
-if yes, a specific working group will be needed
-if no, which org is likely t be the best place and we will provide IG 
analysis and requirements (e.g. in the form of an IG note).

I hope this clarifies a bit the process
Best
Stephane

Le 16/07/2014 18:58, David Nicol a écrit :
>
> The charter includes this within its initial scope statement:
>
> Web Payments terminology:
>
> Identify and review existing terminology that has been established by a
> variety of international organizations and standards. This includes e.g.
> UNCITRAL terminology, World Bank Terminology, ISO20022 or ISO29115.
> Adopt, refine or extend existing terminology(ies) to cover needs
> identified in new use-cases or scenarios
>
> Somewhere within the charter document, explicitly declare production and
> maintenance of a deliverable, authoritatively versioned, normative
> glossary of recommended and deprecated terminology as a goal and purpose
> of the working group. This goal may be considered implied within "Adopt,
> refine or extend" but those seem to this reviewer to be insufficiently
> explicit internal-facing verbs.
>
> This Official Glossary would be a third deliverable, with a success
> criteria of references made to it in other documentation.
>
> Claiming maintenance of The Official Glossary would give the WG a
> permanent focus and reason to exist, and afford opportunities to reward
> volunteers with intrinsically amusing debate on word choice as well as
> glory of authoritative recognition.
>
>
> Thank you
>
>

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