Organization of the World Wide Web Consortium

• Domains (Architecture, User Interface, Technology and Society, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI))
• Activities (e.g. XML).
• Organized into groups:
  • Working Groups: chartered technical development.
  • Interest Groups: more general work.
  • Coordination Groups: manage dependencies between related groups.
• Discussion happens on (member restricted or public) mailing lists, teleconf, and face-to-face meetings.

W3C Process

• W3C follows the W3C Process Document.
• Technology development cycle:
  • Working Draft -- Intermediate steps
  • Last Call Working Draft -- WG thinks its addressed its requirements
  • Candidate Recommendation -- Implementation/interop.
  • Proposed Recommendation -- referred to W3C Advisory Committee (AC)
  • Recommendation -- Recommended by W3C Director.

Working Group Roles

Chair

A Chairperson is responsible for the operation of the WG towards satisfying its charter.

Editor

An Editor is responsible for reflecting the proposals and consensus of the WG within the specification.

Staff Contact

A Staff Contact is a process/publication consultant to the Chair(s)/WG and liaison to the Director/Team.

Intellectual Property

Copyright

• The XKMS submission can be used as a contribution towards the WG deliverables. (We need one more author to sent the approriate copyright terms to formally permit this.)
• The products of the Working Group are held by the W3C and distributed under the W3C License.

Patents

• Participants are obligated to disclose patents that might be relevant to the work.
• "Any intellectual property essential to implement specifications produced by this Activity must be at least available for licensing on a royalty free license."