Call for Exclusions: Canonical XML 1.1

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track document:
- Canonical XML 1.1
  (http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n11),
  exclusion opportunity ending on 18 February 2007

This specification was produced by the XML Core Working Group.

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required.

Participants made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining this
Working Group. With the publication of this document, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1], Participants have an opportunity until 18
February 2007 to exclude patent claims reading on this Last Call draft.
At Last Call, exclusions are limited to matter in the Last Call draft
that was not present or apparent in this draft:
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xml-c14n11-20060915

Please note that there is another exclusion opportunity open
for this document, which ends 12 February 2007:
 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2006Dec/0042

While the two exclusion opportunities overlap in time, they do not
cover the same material. Please see this FAQ entry for more information:
   http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#mult-exclusions

Excluded claims are not subject to the licensing requirements of the W3C
Patent Policy for this document. For more information about exclusions,
please see
  http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use the following form:
 http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/18796/exclude

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
 http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/18796/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the XML Core Working Group:
 * Philippe Le Hégaret at plh@w3.org
 * Henry Thompson at ht@w3.org

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim
exclusions, see:
  http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications

[1]
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with
[2]
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign
-- 
Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
Tel:                     +1 718 260-9447