Hi. On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:15:36 -0500, Kartik Kanakasabesan <[email protected]> wrote: > This is simply an experiment with a set of tools we believe to be better > for our workgroups. Using W3C Community Groups does not mean that OSLC is > endorsed by W3C. Likewise, W3C will not interfere with the day-to-day > operations of the OSLC workgroups. To participate in a W3C community > group, you do not have to be a member of W3C. To learn more about > participation at various venues at W3C, see > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities.html#about
I'm not a member of the W3C and don't have any clue about its politics, membership, etc. But I'm a bit puzzled by this proposal, which would, IMHO convey some kind of political links between OSLC and the W3C for most newcomers to OSLC. Even if the W3C is providing resources for projects not under its umbrella, I'm not sure this would improve clarity on "who" is the OSLC community. Not that I wouldn't like to see OSLC becoming a W3C project, rather than an IBM project (OK, troll_mode="on" ;-) On the contrary it seems to me that the (ab)use of Web technology in OSLC would probably be very much compatible with the W3C standards, so there can be no harm in more tightening of links between OSLC participants and W3C. I'm just a bit surprised... but maybe I missed some elements of understanding. In any case, an experiment can't harm, and may bring good surprises. Just my own 2 cents, Best regards. -- Olivier BERGER http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8 Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF Institut TELECOM, SudParis (http://www.it-sudparis.eu/), Evry (France)
