Summary of TAG activity from 1st February to 30 April 2006

This is a summary of the TAG's activity from 1st February 2006 (end date
of the previous summary[1]) to 30 April 2006.

1. Meetings

   During this period the TAG held nine teleconferences and one face-to-face
   meeting:

   *  27 Feb & 3 Mar 2006 in Mandelieu, France, during the Technical
      Plenary week.

   Agendas for these meetings are available in TAG public email archive[2].
   Minutes are linked from the TAG's home page[3].

2. Issues

   All TAG issues are detailed in the issues list[4].

   During the reporting period the TAG accepted a new issue:

   *  passwordsInTheClear-52[5]: Sending passwords in the clear.

   Two issues were resolved:

   *  putMediaType-38[6]: Relation of HTTP PUT to GET, and whether client
      headers to server are authoritative, with the publication of
      Authoritative Metadata[7].
   *  nameSpaceState-48[8]: Adding terms to a namespace, with the
      publication of The Disposition of Names in an XML Namespace[9] and
      an updated namespace policy document[10].

3. Findings

   The TAG approved two findings:

   *  The Rule of Least Power[11] (23 February 2006)
   *  Authoritative Metadata[12] (12 April 2006), an update to the
      previously approved finding of 25 February 2004[13].

   The TAG also published a new draft finding:

   *  State in Web application design[14] (15 February 2006)

   More information about TAG findings[15] is available.

4. Upcoming

   The next TAG face-to-face meetings are scheduled for

   *  12-14 June 2006 in Amherst, MA, USA
   *  4-5 October 2006 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tag-announce/2006Feb/0000.html
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/
[3] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/Overview.html
[4] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html
[5] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#passwordsInTheClear-52
[6] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#putMediaType-38
[7] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect-20060412
[8] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#nameSpaceState-48
[9] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/namespaceState.html
[10] http://www.w3.org/2005/07/13-nsuri
[11] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/leastPower.html
[12] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect-20060412
[13] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect-20040225
[14] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2006Feb/att-0076/State.html
[15] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/findings

Received on Monday, 1 May 2006 15:25:08 UTC