[Sigcr-l] Fwd: Announcing Semantic Web Deployment Working Group (SWDWG); SKOS to W3C Recommendation

[Joseph Tennis]

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Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: public-esw-thes at w3.org
> From: Alistair Miles <a.j.miles at rl.ac.uk>
> Date: July 31, 2006 5:32:13 AM PDT (CA)
> To: public-esw-thes at w3.org
> Cc: public-swd-wg at w3.org
> Subject: Announcing Semantic Web Deployment Working Group (SWDWG);  
> SKOS to  W3C Recommendation
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> As of 14 July this year, the W3C's Semantic Web Activity has been  
> officially extended. See the W3C's Semantic Web Activity homepage  
> for an overview of all current and planned activities:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
>
> As part of the extended activity, a "Semantic Web Deployment  
> Working Group" (SWDWG) has been chartered. A significant  
> responsibility of this new working group will be to develop a W3C  
> Recommendation based on the current SKOS Working Drafts, within a  
> timeframe of 20 months from September/October this year.
>
> The SWDWG hopepage is at:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
>
> The SWDWG charter, which includes background information and a  
> breakdown of the schedule for the planned deliverables, is at:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/swdwg-charter
>
> The publicly archived mailing list for the SWDWG is public-swd- 
> wg at w3.org - however I expect all SKOS related discussions to  
> continue to be conducted primarily via the public-esw-thes at w3.org  
> mailing list.
>
> All of the business relating to the development of SKOS will be  
> conducted via public mailing lists, which means that everyone on  
> this mailing list (public-esw-thes at w3.org) will be able to comment  
> and to contribute. However, if you wish to take a more formal role  
> in the development of SKOS (and you belong to an organisation that  
> is a W3C member) then you may join the SWDWG as a member  
> representative. If you wish to join the working group, speak to  
> your W3C Advisory Committee representative ("AC rep").
>
> In preparation for the standardization of SKOS, I have written a  
> paper called "SKOS: Requirements for Standardization", which I will  
> present at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata  
> Applications in October of this year. You can obtain a copy of the  
> final version of this paper from:
>
> http://isegserv.itd.rl.ac.uk/public/skos/press/dc2006/camera-ready- 
> paper.pdf
>
> I've tried in this paper to lay out the critical assumptions that  
> have gone into the development of SKOS to date, and some  
> suggestions for developing clear and concise requirements for a  
> SKOS W3C Recommendation. Hopefully we can discuss these in the lead  
> up to the kick-off of the SWDWG, and give ourselves a head-start on  
> the requirements deliverable (scheduled for start+3 months). Many  
> thanks to those who offered comments on earlier versions of this  
> paper - I made some fairly substantial changes in response to  
> comments, so you might want to take a look at the final version  
> linked above.
>
> Finally, I'd like to offer many heartfelt thanks to everyone who  
> has contributed to the development of SKOS so far. I very much hope  
> you will all continue to offer your invaluable insight, as we enter  
> the last mile!
>
> Yours,
>
> Alistair.
>
> Please feel free to forward this announcement.
>
> -- 
> Alistair Miles
> Research Associate
> CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> Building R1 Room 1.60
> Fermi Avenue
> Chilton
> Didcot
> Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
> United Kingdom
> Web: http://purl.org/net/aliman
> Email: a.j.miles at rl.ac.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)1235 445440
>

Joseph T. Tennis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Coordinator for the MAS and MLIS First Nations Concentration
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
The University of British Columbia
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