Open Invitation

Ian Hickson: I would encourage everyone interested in working with the HTML working group to go through these steps as soon as possible, so that you will be a member of the group before the work starts.

Sam, I hope this means you’re applying?

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I hope this means you’re applying?

My employer is a member.  Ironically, that may limit my ability to directly participate.  One can imagine an independent invited expert participating casually and sporadically, but not an employee of a multinational behemoth.

All in all, I’m not convinced that the W3C quite gets openness yet.

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Who Will Write It?

The W3C’s proposed HTML charter makes no mention of the editor they supposedly value so highly. I’m forced to concur...... [more]

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W3C To Refocus On HTML Specification

Sam Ruby mentions Ian Hickson’s entry informing that the W3C is restarting the HTML specification effort (press release). Since it was decided that HTML was going to live, X/HTML 5 specification had been in focus. The good part is that the new...

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Sam: Actually the group is specifically designed to allow even W3C members to contribute very sporadically. I encourage you to take part.

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Actually the group is specifically designed to allow even W3C members to contribute very sporadically

What form do I fill out?

Posted by Sam Ruby at

What form do I fill out?

Looks like you need the cooperation of the IBM AC Rep.

Has the official IBM commented on the new WG, yet?

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Ian’s instructions have been updated to state:

if you’re employed but your employer doesn’t know you’re doing this, or doesn’t care, just pick “My employer does not intend to join”.

Unfortunately, it seems that the W3C patent policy doesn’t allow this.

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I’ve applied. Not invited yet, though.

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Sam: If you’re an employee of a member company, you have to follow the steps at: [link]

Could you elaborate on what it is that the patent policy disallows? I’d like to fix the instructions I put up if they are wrong. Mail me — ian@hixie.ch

Thanks!

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Could you elaborate on what it is that the patent policy disallows?

I forwarded on the response I got from Dan.

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[from connolly] Sam Ruby: Open Invitation

lots of good points, here and in the 2004 Atom discussion...

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