W3C TAG

[Gregory Alan Bolcer]

Sent to me from Reza; Roy's now part of the Techical Architecture
Group along with David Orchard, Tim Bray, Dan Connolly, Chris Lilley among
others.   That puts 50% are current FoRK subscribers, 75% of them have posted on
FoRK at some point or another, and I can confirm 87.5% of them have
been mentioned on FoRK.

First order of business?  Find out why Ms. Daly hates
WebDAV so much.

Greg



Tuesday December 11, 9:59 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: World Wide Web Consortium
World Wide Web Consortium Forms Technical Architecture Group
W3C TAG to Document Principles of Web Architecture, Help Resolve Technical Issues

http://www.w3.org/--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2001--The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today announced the 
creation of the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG), whose mission is to build consensus around principles 
of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary.

The composition of the TAG is balanced between elected and appointed participants, from W3C Members, the W3C 
Team, and from the larger Web community. They have all been selected for the strength of their technical 
backgrounds, their experience with Web technologies, and their ability to put the common good above 
proprietary considerations.

W3C Commits to Building Shared Understanding of Web Architecture

As W3C has grown, there have been more frequent requests (from W3C Members and other parties) for 
documentation of architectural principles that influence a range of technologies. People ask, ``How do W3C 
technologies fit together? What basics must people know before they start developing a new technology?'' Some 
discussions and debates within W3C have highlighted the need for documented architectural principles, as well 
as a process for resolving disagreements about architecture.

``The Web is a minimalist design: there are as few arbitrary constraints as possible. However, as Web 
technologies must be interoperable and consistent, it is very important to stick to those constraints,'' said 
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. ``The TAG's role is to articulate these constraints, and to apply them to 
conflicts that may arise.''

The stated mission of the TAG is stewardship of Web Architecture. To accomplish this mission, the TAG will:

1. Document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these 
principles when necessary;

2. Resolve issues involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG;

3. Help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C.

The TAG does not replace the Director in the W3C Process. However, it is likely that the Director will consult 
the TAG when issues of Web architecture arise.

W3C Attracts Technical Leaders to Document Web Architecture

As described in the TAG charter, five TAG participants are elected by the W3C Membership and three are 
appointed by the Director. The Director is the Chair of the TAG.

Those TAG participants nominated and elected by the W3C Membership (in alphabetical order by last name) are:

Paul Cotton, Chair of W3C XML Query Working Group and Member of the XML Protocol Working Group (Microsoft 
Corporation)

Roy Fielding, Co-author of HTTP/1.1 (eBuilt, Inc. and Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation)

David Orchard, Member of the W3C XML Core and XML Protocol Working Groups (BEA Systems)

Norman Walsh, Member of the W3C XSL and XML Core Working Groups, and the URI Interest Group (Sun Microsystems)

Stuart Williams, Member of the W3C XML Protocol Working Group (Hewlett-Packard Company)

Those TAG participants appointed by the W3C Director (in alphabetical order by last name) are:

Tim Bray, Co-editor of W3C XML 1.0 (Antarcti.ca)

Dan Connolly, Semantic Web developer, former W3C HTML Working Group Chair and XML Activity Lead (W3C)

Chris Lilley, Chair, W3C SVG Working Group, and W3C Graphics Activity Lead (W3C)

In general, TAG participants other than the Director serve two-year terms. In order to stagger terms, some 
participants of the initial TAG will serve a one-year term.

Public Work Mode Supports Accountability

As the issues that the TAG will address are important to the Web community at large, the discussion list for 
the TAG, as well as the list of deliverables, the charter, and status reports, will be public documents. 
Please refer to the public TAG home page for more information.

About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its 
evolution and ensure its interoperability. It is an international industry consortium jointly run by the MIT 
Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS) in the USA, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science 
and Control (INRIA) in France and Keio University in Japan. Services provided by the Consortium include: a 
repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users, and various prototype and sample 
applications to demonstrate use of new technology. To date, over 510 organizations are Members of the 
Consortium. For more information see http://www.w3.org/
Contact:

World Wide Web Consortium
      America --
      Janet Daly, +1.617.253.5884 or +1.617.253.2613
      janet@w3.org
OR
      Europe --
      Marie-Claire Forgue, +33.492.38.75.94
      mcf@w3.org
OR
      Asia --
      Saeko Takeuchi, +81.466.49.1170
      saeko@w3.org

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