- From: Marco Neumann <marco.neumann@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:31:16 +0100
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Cc: Neil McNaughton <neilmcn@oilit.com>, "semantic-web@w3.org" <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CABWJn4S17OPej+oPdvxPKFgRBkaFLivL_gdapqSkKhi55UCyeQ@mail.gmail.com>
Thank you Ivan. On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:27 AM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: > Hi Marco, > > I guess the authoritative list is here: > > https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/trademarks-20021231 > > Ivan > > On 20 Oct 2022, at 12:09, Marco Neumann <marco.neumann@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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: >> >> 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 >> 2022 SPE Regional Data Science and Engineering Analytics Award Winner >> Editor Oil IT Journal – www.oilit.com >> The Data Room SAS >> 7 Rue des Verrieres >> 92310 Sevres, France >> Landline+33146239596 >> Cell+33672712642 >> >> * https://oilit.com/2018+3+3 >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Ivan Herman, W3C >> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> mobile: +33 6 52 46 00 43 >> >> >> > > -- > > > --- > Marco Neumann > > > > > ---- > Ivan Herman, W3C > Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > mobile: +33 6 52 46 00 43 > > > -- --- Marco Neumann
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