- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:36:14 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> George's comment: The World Wide Web *Consortium* W3C does not develop in > secret. It is composed of member companies and organizations who all Yes it does. The reasons behind W3C decisions are not in the public domain. Mailing lists like www-html or www-svg are vechicles for non-members to influence members, but they can be ignored and input from members is not made public. There are closed mailing lists, where the real discussion takes place. > collectively contribute to the development of specifications. This is > accomplished by clearly defined working group activities that are staffed by > its membership (all those companies and organizations) who develop the But the minutes of those working groups are not made public. One could find many references on the public mailng lists to tbe fact that reasons for doing things are only available to the members.
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