[+openid-specs@ to reach a wider audience] +1 for closing the 6 working groups listed in Mike's post.
While we're doing spec housecleaning, we should also try to finalize the OpenID/OAuth Hybrid and OpenID UI Extensions. AFAIK, there has been no changes to either of these specs for about a year, and vendors have already launched implementations. Allen On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Mike Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > At the latest OpenID board meeting, I took the action item to have the > specifications close down inactive working groups. This is to help > eliminate confusion among the members about where work is occurring and > focus people’s efforts on the active working groups. > > > > Per section 4.4 of the OpenID process > document<http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2010/01/OpenID_Process_Document_December_2009_Final_Approved.pdf>, > “The Specifications Council may recommend closure of a WG at any time that > the WG has not had Minimum Membership for six consecutive months at the time > of closure, and such recommendation will promptly be submitted to a vote of > the OIDF membership, in accordance with the voting procedures in §3.” > “Minimum Membership” is defined in section 1.6 as “five contributors”. > > > > It’s clear that all of these working groups meet this criteria in terms of > lack of participation by 5 members within the last 6 months: > > · v.Next Core > > · v.Next Discovery > > · v.Next Attributes > > · v.Next Certification > > · v.Next User Experience > > > > Also, given the consensus to merge the Connect work into the Artifact > Binding work, I would argue that we should close the Connect working group > at the same time, so that it’s clear that people wanting to contribute to it > should join the Artifact Binding working group, where the work is actually > proceeding. Formally, there have been 7 contributors on the Connect working > group list in the last 6 months: Breno de Medeiros, Chris Messina, Chuck > Mortimore, David Recordon, John Bradley, Joseph Smarr, and Nat Sakimura. > The most recent contribution was 11/3/10. So we could either wait a few > months to close it, or if three of the above contributors agree that it > should be closed, I believe we could proceed with the membership vote to > close the working group at the same time. (I’d rather not have two > membership votes closing working groups.) > > > > So after a discussion period, unless people form consensus around a > different course of action, I’m going to propose a specs council vote that > we close all 6 of these working groups. > > > > Thanks all, > > -- Mike > > > > P.S. The present membership of the specifications council is: > > · Johnny Bufu > > · Breno de Medeiros > > · Dick Hardt > > · Mike Jones > > · David Recordon > > · Nat Sakimura > > · Allen Tom > > >
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