- activity
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
One of the formal areas of work of the W3C, as defined in
the
Process
Document
.
- advisory board
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
- advisory committee
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
The group consisting of the "official representatives" of
each W3C Member organization.
- bot
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n. A software agent found on IRC channels. e.g. Zakim
- bridge
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n. A teleconference bridge. A device which connects multiple
telephone lines for the purpose of holding meetings.
- chair
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n. (1) A person designated by the Director who leads a
Working Group. (2) The leader or moderator of any W3C gathering.
v. To moderate a meeting.
n. The person designated by the Process Document who holds
some of the executive authority in the W3C. By tradition, the Chairman
is mostly concerned with management issues. (This position is vacant at
the present time.)
- chairman
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
The person designated by the Process Document who holds
some of the executive authority in the W3C. By tradition, the Chairman
is mostly concerned with management issues. (This position is vacant at
the present time.)
- comm
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
Communications, in the sense of communication with the
public and Members. Primarily the responsibility of the
Comm Team
, a group
within the W3C Team.
- COO
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
"Chief Operating Officer". A new executive position in
W3C, with duties not fully defined yet.
- date space
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
The part of the
W3C Web Site
for
which the top level of the hierarchy after www.w3.org is a year
number.
- director
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
(1) The person designated by the Member Agreement who
holds most executive authority in the W3C. By tradition, the Director
is mostly concerned with technical issues. (2) Tim Berners-Lee.
- fellow
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
A W3C Team member employed by a W3C Member organization,
on loan to W3C.
syn:
Visiting Engineer.
- FTF
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
abbr:
Face to Face: A meeting held with most participants
physically in the same room.
- host
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
One of the sponsoring organizations of W3C, presently
MIT, ERCIM and Keio. The part of the Team who are not Fellows are
employed by or contracted to the Hosts.
- IRC
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
Internet Relay Chat: A protocol [
RFC 1459
]
for real-time text communication over the Internet, commonly used by
the W3C for internal communications and to augment meetings.
- longfellow
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
(1) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet, educator,
and linguist, after whom a highway bridge linking Cambridge and Boston
was named. (2) A W3C teleconference bridge with 24 line capacity.
- member
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
(1) An organization (or, occasionally, individual) which
has contracted through the
Member
Agreement
to partake in the activities of the W3C. (2) A person
employed by or otherwise designated by a Member (in sense 1) who
participates in the activities of the W3C.
- mystic
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
(1) The river separating Chelsea and Charlestown, MA. (2) The
original name of the Tobin highway bridge. (3) A W3C teleconference
bridge with 6 line capacity.
- note
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
A publication on the W3C Web Site, found in the "
Technical Recommendations
" area, which does
NOT constitute a technical recommendation, but only work deemed worthy
of publication.
- office
-
From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11)
n.
An
outpost of th
e W3C staffed and operated by a
Member organization, under contract to W3C, which provides outreach in
one or more designated countries.