- From: Janet Daly <janet@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:23:15 -0400
- To: www-talk@w3.org
On behalf of the W3C Chairman and the Advisory Board, I am pleased to announce the publication of the Technical Architecture Group (TAG) Charter and revised Process Document. 19 July 2001 TAG charter: http://www.w3.org/2001/07/19-tag 19 July 2001 Process Document: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/ W3C has created the TAG to document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary. The TAG will also resolve issues involving general Web architectural brought to the TAG, and help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C. The W3C Process Document has been modified to include provisions relevant to the TAG. The list of changes to the Process Document is available at: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ProcessChanges A home page for the TAG is in place at: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/ Comments on Web Architecture principles, the TAG itself, or its charter may be sent to the public mailing list: www-tag@w3.org This list is publicly archived, and serves as the workspace for the TAG. It's worth noting that the TAG operates in public, with public lists, and following its publicly posted charter and the W3C Process. The TAG is expected to start work in September 2001, after nominations and elections. ----------------------------- Upcoming call for nominations ----------------------------- The Chairman expects to send a call for nominations to the W3C Advisory Committee in early August, so we encourage W3C members to start thinking about qualified individuals. Nominees need not be employees of a Member organization. The Director will announce his three TAG appointees no later than the call for nominations. Each nomination should be accompanied by a short biography of the nominee, to be made available to the Membership in case there is an election. There are 5 slots on the TAG for elected participants. The charter sets expectations about the qualifications of all participants, who should: * Demonstrate depth of experience in broad areas of Web development; deep understanding of the architectural issues surrounding the Web and related technologies. * Be available to spend approximately 25% percent of their time writing and resolving issues. * Demonstrate the ability to resolve disputed technical issues and to build consensus. * Demonstrate the ability to put the common good above proprietary considerations. TAG participants must be willing, when circumstances require, to recuse themselves from decisions where proprietary interests might interfere with their judgment. Questions on the TAG are better directed to the TAG list (www-talk@w3.org) rather than to www-talk. Best regards, Janet -- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Janet Daly, Head of Communications MIT/LCS NE43-363 200 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 voice: 617.253.5884 fax: 617.258.5999 http://www.w3.org/ janet@w3.org
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