[Swift-devel] [provenance-challenge] W3C Provenance Working Group - call for participation (fwd)

[Ben Clifford]

thsi might be of interest to people here who are still actively interested 
in provenance work and on the delights of w3c bureaucracy.

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:58:39 +0200
From: Paul Groth <pgroth at gmail.com>
Reply-To: provenance-challenge at ipaw.info
To: provenance-challenge at ipaw.info
Subject: [provenance-challenge] W3C Provenance Working Group - call for
    participation

Hello All:

One of the central ideas behind the Provenance Challenge series was to
understand the commonalities between provenance system and work towards
interoperability between them. Many people in this community contributed to the
W3C Provenance Incubator Group[1] and the work of this community influenced
that group greatly.

Early last year, the W3C Incubator Group concluded its
work developing a road-map for provenance on the Web, and recommended
the creation of a Working Group to define a standard for the
interchange of provenance information.

Last week, the W3C management team approved the formation of the
Provenance Working Group [2]. The aim of the group is to support the
widespread publication and use of provenance on the Web through the
creation of a simple, extensible language to exchange provenance
information.

Given the expertise within this community and more importantly the spirt of
cooperation that you show, we would be grateful if you would consider
participating in the Working Group.

Thus, we encourage you to join the Provenance Working Group and help define
this critical language for the Web.  More details on joining can be found at
[4].
If you intend on contributing, please help us select a teleconference time and
first face-to-face meeting date [5].

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

regards,

Luc Moreau
Paul Groth
co-chairs W3C Working Group on Provenance
team-prov-chairs at w3.org

[1] Provenance Incubator Group -
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/prov/wiki/W3C_Provenance_Incubator_Group_Wiki
[2] Provenance Working Group - http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Main_Page
[3] Charter - http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter
[4] Joining - http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/How_to_Join
[5] Poll on Telecon & F2F - http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/prov-sched-1/