Summary of TAG activity from 22 Feb to 30 Jun 2005

    This is a summary of the TAG's activity from 22 February 2005 (end date
    of the previous summary[1]) to 30 June 2005.

    [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2005Mar/0029.html

 1. Meetings

    During this period the TAG held thirteen teleconferences and two
    face-to-face meetings:

       *  28 February 2005 during the Technical Plenary Week in Boston, MA,
          USA
       *  14-16 June 2005 in Cambridge, MA, USA

    Minutes of those meetings are available in TAG public email archive[2],
    linked[3] from the TAG's home page.

    [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/
    [3] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/#about

 2. Issues

    During the reporting period the TAG accepted four new issues onto its
    general issues list[4]:

       *  nameSpaceState-48[5]: Adding terms to a namespace
       *  schemeProtocols-49[6]: Relationship of URI schemes to protocols and
          operations
       *  URNsAndRegistries-50[7]: URNs for namespace names used in XML
          formats
       *  standardizedFieldValues-51[8]: squatting on link relationship
          names, x-tokens, registries, and URI-based extensibility

    [4] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html
    [5] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#nameSpaceState-48
    [6] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#schemeProtocols-49
    [7] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#URNsAndRegistries-50
    [8] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#standardizedFieldValues-51

    Details about discussions and related actions are available in the
    meeting minutes.

    One issue was resolved[9], httpRange-14[10]: What is the range of the
    HTTP dereference function?

    [9] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2005Jun/0039.html
    [10] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#httpRange-14

 3. Findings

    A new draft finding, URI Schemes and Web Protocols[11], was added. No new
    findings were approved during this period.

    More information about TAG findings is available[12].

    [11] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/SchemeProtocols.html
    [12] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/findings

 4. Communication

    During the W3C Technical Plenary Week[13] in Boston, MA., the TAG has
    arranged a number of liaison meetings[14] with other W3C WGs, including
    WS-Addressing WG, CDF WG, XML Core WG, Voice Brower WG, XML Schema WG.
    TAG participants have also participated in Technical Plenary panel
    sessions[15].

    [13] http://www.w3.org/2004/12/allgroupoverview.html
    [14] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2005/01/TechnicalPlenaryLiaisons.html
    [15] http://www.w3.org/2005/03/02-TechPlenAgenda.html

    The TAG reported to the June AC Meeting in Cannes[16] (member only).

    [16] http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tag-summary.html

 5. Upcoming

    The TAG will take a summer break. The calls of 26 July, 2, 9, 16 August
    are cancelled.

    The next TAG face-to-face meetings are scheduled for 20-22 September 2005
    in Edinburgh, Scotland and 5-6 December 2005 in Cambridge, MA, USA.

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    Tim Berners-Lee and Vincent Quint, TAG co-chairs

Received on Monday, 4 July 2005 15:00:48 UTC