Re: Web Payments Interest Group Charter draft ready for review

On 2014-05-15, at 6:28 AM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
 > The option to run the payments work in a closed group, except for the
 > publication of drafts, is now on the table. This is concerning

+1
Where is this proposal made? I can't see it in the links you sent. The 
IG is so far listed as Public. ?

But IMO It already looks from the proposed Charter that the various 
forms and arms of the existing financial services industry are being 
overly recognized and served by the IG, with 'users' tacked on at the 
end as sort of an afterthought, as if a revolution in the way finances 
are carried on isn't going to happen. That may be true, but it may not.

I agree with you that secrecy at this point would make it harder for 
the W3C to remain relevant to what is unfolding in the payments world 
(distributed; mobile; direct between buyer and seller), especially if 
a substantially different model of financial interaction is emerging.

Steven

Received on Thursday, 15 May 2014 17:35:19 UTC