- From: James Salsman <james@bovik.org>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:06:47 -0400 (EDT)
- To: sean@mysterylights.com (Sean B. Palmer)
- Cc: www-talk@w3.org
>> be it resolved that we [...] ask the immediate inclusion >> of all people as invited experts in all groups organized >> within the W3C. We respectfully ask that the W3C >> leadership approve this invitation without delay, and >> provide for unrestricted access to all W3C "members >> only" archives and discussion groups, and announce the >> availability of this information [...] > > This is a highly commendable goal (and one that I fully support), > but has anything come of it yet? No, and I doubt anything will, either. I've been shown the safeguards against this action. Primarily, an invited expert is required to make a formal commitment of time, so it is not at all easy to invite more than a few people at a time. As for the private archives, due to contractual obligations of W3C members, even a unanimous vote of the Advisory Committee might not be enough to open them up. Each member (and possibly former members, too) would have to sign a release. Good luck. > All I know is that there is > still a significant corpus that will benefit the Web community at > large hidden behind the W3C's draconian and wholly unnecessary > privacy veil. > > -- > Kindest Regards, > Sean B. Palmer > @prefix : <http://purl.org/net/swn#> . > :Sean :homepage <http://purl.org/net/sbp/> . >
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