From c9abe4ad03228233d84a87358015764980fb5967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:19:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Removed reference to the patent policy which is not relevant to an interest group. Changed "recommendations" to "guidelines" to avoid confusion with W3C definition of "recommendation". #280 --- decentralized-charter.html | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index 53ae1459..4791eca9 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -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
    • @@ -70,7 +68,7 @@

    Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter

    -

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

    The mission of the Decentralized Web 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.

    From cbfe9fdc5cc7358cec4345413c952ec20813409d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:37:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Revert "Removed reference to the patent policy which is not relevant to an interest group." This reverts commit c9abe4ad03228233d84a87358015764980fb5967. --- decentralized-charter.html | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index 4791eca9..53ae1459 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
  • 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
    • @@ -68,7 +70,7 @@

    Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter

    -

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

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

    From 1162185f5ae58e104aa2702271dbd257c7399eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:40:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Removed reference to the patent policy which is not relevant to an interest group. Changed "recommendations" to "guidelines" to avoid confusion with W3C definition of "recommendation". #280 --- decentralized-charter.html | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index f2bee7bd..46c1c579 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -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
    • @@ -71,7 +69,7 @@

    DRAFT Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter

    -

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

    The mission of the Decentralized Web 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.

    From 12f2b7d8be9e6449a647464a4723b753cdcaa170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:58:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Modified the proposed group name from Decentralized Web Interest Group (DWIG) to Decentralized Interest Group (DIG). Within the W3C the name is unique. Outside the W3C the group would be prefixed with W3C and become known as the W3C DIG. Naming conflicts are hard to avoid and exist with other organizations outside the W3C. --- decentralized-charter.html | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index 46c1c579..19798239 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - DRAFT Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter + DRAFT Decentralized Interest Group Charter @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
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    DRAFT Decentralized Web Interest Group Charter

    +

    DRAFT Decentralized Interest Group Charter

    -

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

    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.

    @@ -155,15 +155,15 @@

    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.

    -

    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.

    -

    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 @@ -172,9 +172,9 @@

    Scope

    Out of Scope

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

      -
    • DWIG does not incubate standards or specifications work to avoid overlap with other incubation, interest +
    • DIG does not incubate standards or specifications work to avoid overlap with other incubation, interest and working groups.
      • -
    • DWIG does not define policy decisions related to what are “good” or “bad” changes, but instead provides +
    • DIG does not define policy decisions related to what are “good” or “bad” changes, but instead provides guidance to proposal authors and reviewers to ensure they consider potential impacts to stability and decentralized nature of the web beyond the scope of their group.
    @@ -185,11 +185,11 @@

    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.

    +

    DIG may publish other documents consistent with the above scope.

    Note: drafts of success criteria and the questionnaire @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@

    External Organizations

    Participation

    -

    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 @@ -290,10 +290,10 @@

    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.

    From 14376d5a9ecf1a0bb02fddf699c282d5d1650960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:12:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Removed previous name in join text. --- decentralized-charter.html | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index 19798239..9ad8857d 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -74,8 +74,7 @@

    DRAFT Decentralized Interest Group Charter

    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 From 559caa3ef1af829a4203b55d15936e72fe9c99a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:02:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Explicitly state that the group will not engage in horizontal review. --- decentralized-charter.html | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index 9ad8857d..cf65494d 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@

    Scope

    Out of Scope

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

      +
    • DIG does not engage in horizontal review.
    • DIG does not incubate standards or specifications work to avoid overlap with other incubation, interest and working groups.
    • DIG does not define policy decisions related to what are “good” or “bad” changes, but instead provides From eaaabf4cae182f42d384c971af261a68199cbbc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:03:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Added deliverable associated with translating between three different disciplines. --- decentralized-charter.html | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/decentralized-charter.html b/decentralized-charter.html index cf65494d..d296fef8 100644 --- a/decentralized-charter.html +++ b/decentralized-charter.html @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@

      Accountability that contribute to the decentralized, stable One Web.

      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.

      +

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

      DIG may publish other documents consistent with the above scope.

      Note: drafts of success criteria and the