diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index f2bee7bd..d296fef8 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - DRAFT Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter + DRAFT Decentralized Interest Group Charter @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
  • Participation
  • Communication
  • Decision Policy
  • - [Keep 'Patent Policy' for a Working Group, 'Patent Disclosures' for an Interest Group] -
  • Patent Policy
  • Patent Disclosures
  • Licensing
  • About this Charter
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    DRAFT Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter

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    DRAFT Decentralized Interest Group Charter

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    The mission of the Decentralized Web Interest Group is to evolve recommendations +

    The mission of the Decentralized Interest Group is to evolve guidelines to further the W3C’s One Web purpose by identifying, balancing and mitigating the unintended impacts of proposals early in the process, encouraging uniform change, and promoting OpenStand principles.

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    Join the Decentralized Web Interest - Group.

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    Join the Decentralized Interest Group.

    This proposed charter is available @@ -157,15 +154,15 @@

    Scope

    individual or group to foresee.

    Where changes to web standards impact stakeholder groups that are underrepresented within the W3C these unintended consequences are often missed or discovered late in the process.

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    To address this challenge, DWIG develops guidelines to assist specification authors in identifying, balancing +

    To address this challenge, DIG develops guidelines to assist specification authors in identifying, balancing and mitigating unintended consequences early in the specification development process. This input enables proposal authors to address those concerns that might otherwise be raised later as issues or objections, thus reducing the overall time from proposal to consensus.

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    DWIG may provide input on request to other W3C groups developing web standards to help identify early impacts +

    DIG may provide input on request to other W3C groups developing web standards to help identify early impacts on the broader web community beyond the focus of their specification.

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    DWIG provides short commentary on matters presented to the AC for consideration where there is a risk the +

    DIG provides short commentary on matters presented to the AC for consideration where there is a risk the matter will impact on the stability or decentralized nature of the web.

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    DWIG aims to include members with diverse skillsets and backgrounds to ensure its work benefits from +

    DIG aims to include members with diverse skillsets and backgrounds to ensure its work benefits from disciplines such as business, economics, law, policy and product, whose broad experience are often underrepresented in other specific interest, incubation and working groups.

    The web must be a stable and sustainable place for all to operate if the W3C are to continue to advance its @@ -174,9 +171,10 @@

    Scope

    Out of Scope

    The following features are out of scope, and will not be addressed by this Interest group.

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    Out of Scope

    Deliverables

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    DWIG maintains a Self-Review Questionnaire for concerns of Decentralization, Choice, Auditability, and +

    DIG maintains a Self-Review Questionnaire for concerns of Decentralization, Choice, Auditability, and Accountability that contribute to the decentralized, stable One Web.

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    DWIG will maintain an introductory document to help proposal authors better understand foreseeable impacts of +

    DIG will maintain an introductory document to help proposal authors better understand foreseeable impacts of their work by summarising and linking to external documents and bodies of work related to relevant topics.

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    DWIG may publish other documents consistent with the above scope.

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    DIG will produce terminology translation guides for use by a) specification authors, b) the legally minded and c) people who use the web.

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    DIG may publish other documents consistent with the above scope.

    Note: drafts of success criteria and the questionnaire @@ -266,7 +265,7 @@

    External Organizations

    Participation

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    Participation in DWIG is open to the public. Participants who do not represent a W3C Member should join as +

    Participation in DIG is open to the public. Participants who do not represent a W3C Member should join as Invited Experts. Invited Experts in this group are not granted access to Member-only information.

    Anyone may subscribe to the group's public mailing list and engage in discussion. Those who intend to @@ -292,10 +291,10 @@

    Information about the group (including details about deliverables, issues, actions, status, participants, and - meetings) will be available from the Decentralized Web Interest Group home page. + meetings) will be available from the Decentralized Interest Group home page.

    - Most Decentralized Web Interest Group teleconferences will focus on discussion of particular specifications, and + Most Decentralized Interest Group teleconferences will focus on discussion of particular specifications, and will be conducted on an as-needed basis.