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- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:25:01 +0000
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The following answers have been successfully submitted to 'Making W3C the place for new Web standards' (public) for by . --------------------------------- About You ---- Please check all that apply to let us know about your primary roles with respect to W3C work. * [ ] application developer * [ ] web designer * [ ] browser or other software developer * [x] standards professional * [ ] current or former incubator group chair * [ ] other (see below) Other role not listed above: --------------------------------- W3C as Host for New Work ---- Do you think W3C would be an appropriate host for this work? Please use the comment box for any additional detail, such as why you think W3C would make an appropriate host, why it would not, what we should change to make W3C a more interesting option, why you think another organization would be a better fit, etc. * ( ) Yes * (x) No Additional detail: Its the old story: W3C is perceived to be over-organized, closed, and driven by large entities. Some of these community members rather design unprofessional specs using absurd IPR policies before they would associate themselves with W3C (or OASIS or...) --------------------------------- Elements of W3C Offering ---- Please rank the importance of the following elements for the sort of work or work environment you want. Use the comment field for other important elements. * Importance of royalty-free patent policy for pre-standards documents: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of open document license: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of individual (not organizational) licensing and other commitments: [ 7 +++++++ (highest) ] * Importance of zero (or nominal) fee to participate: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of easy transition to the W3C Recommendation Track: [ 1 + (lowest) ] * Importance of connectivity with significant players in industry, research, standards, government (while maintaining vendor neutrality): [ 3 +++ ] * Importance of technical review by broader community: [ 4 ++++ ] * Importance of W3C technical staff to help mentor, connect, and facilitate: [ 1 + (lowest) ] * Importance of communications and marketing support from W3C staff: [ 1 + (lowest) ] * Importance of W3C brand for your customers or audience: [ 1 + (lowest) ] Other important components to an offering that would interest you: These questions seem to highlight the fundamental disconnect W3C appears to have with these communities. These guys are not interested in W3C's organizational help (as much as they may need it), or marketing power. Entirely too many folks are "I know it all" guys, armchair lawyers etc. etc. --------------------------------- Meetings and communications ---- Please rank the importance of the following meeting and communications options. A low value means "don't like or want" a high value means "this is important to the way I work". Please use the comment space for additional detail or other important meeting and communications options. * Importance of teleconferences: [ 3 +++ ] * Importance of face-to-face meetings (say, 2-3 annually): [ 2 ++ ] * Importance of video conferences: [ 3 +++ ] * Importance of mailing lists (spam-controlled): [ 7 +++++++ (highest) ] * Importance of irc: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of chat system(s) other than IRC (details in comment box): [ Not applicable ] * Importance of blog: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of microblog: [ 5 +++++ ] * Importance of wiki: [ 4 ++++ ] * Importance of rss or atom feeds: [ 4 ++++ ] * Importance of calendar feeds: [ 3 +++ ] Additional detail or other important meeting and communications options: Many of the communities I have some relationship with are really only a handful of people, who meet in bars (literally) and discuss things over drinks. The fact that the list above does not even list "meet in a social environment, but still discuss business" shows, to me, another disconnect W3C may have with these people. --------------------------------- Additional Infrastructure ---- Beyond the communications tools listed above, what infrastructure services do you expect while doing your work? Please rank the importance of the following items, and if you have used the W3C infrastructure, let us know your level of satisfaction. If there are other important elements of infrastructure not listed here, please let us know in the comment box below. * ability to publish on w3.org Importance: [ 2 ++ ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * issue / action tracking Importance: [ 5 +++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * irc bots for connectivity with bridge, minutes, issue tracker Importance: [ 1 + (lowest) ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * version control system (cvs, mercurial) Importance: [ 5 +++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * tool for accepting review comments Importance: [ 4 ++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * tool for managing how review comments have been handled Importance: [ 3 +++ ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | * test harness Importance: [ Not applicable ] | Satisfaction: [ No opinion ] | Additional infrastructure: Re "test harness": in many communities there is an aversion against anything that even remotely smells like conformity tests. These answers were last modified on by Answers to this questionnaire can be set and changed at http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/newstd2/ until 2010-11-15. Regards, The Automatic WBS Mailer
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