Re: WE3 - qu'est que c'est?

Ivan, does W3C have "ownership" on the name W3C and "World Wide Web" or
short WWW ?

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:03 AM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:

> Not as an official standpoint of W3C, but as a member of the W3C team...
>
> On 20 Oct 2022, at 10:06, Neil McNaughton <neilmcn@oilit.com> wrote:
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> Hello
>
> I see a lot these days about “Web3” (e.g. https://ethereum.org/en/web3/)
> which appears to turn around a ‘new’ web based on blockchain technology. I
> am wondering what the W3C’s stance is on this. Both as a possible
> usurpation of the W3/Web3 moniker and also as a technology. Is W3C working
> towards a ‘new generation’ blockchain-based web?
>
>
> No.
>
> Also, while there are technologies developed at W3C that may *use*
> blockchains, but there is no dependency either. Maybe the only "theme" that
> resonates both around web3 and in some work happening in W3C is the concept
> of decentralization. But that is fairly vague...
>
> As for the Web3 moniker: W3C does not have any ownership on a term like
> Web, whether Web1, Web2, or Web3…
>
> Cheers
>
> Ivan
>
> In case you are wondering, my position on blockchain is one of great
> circumspection not to say skepticism*. Please feel free to share my enquiry
> with other W3C folks.
>
> Best regards,
> Neil McNaughton
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