Submission request to W3C (W3C Team Comment)
We, W3C members National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Research Council of Canada, SRI International, Stanford University, Toshiba Corporation, and University of Southampton hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification, comprising the following document(s) attached hereto:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the SWSF submission.
This submission presents the Semantic Web Services Framework (SWSF), which includes the Semantic Web Services Language (SWSL) and the Semantic Web Services Ontology (SWSO). This is the work of the Semantic Web Services Language Committee of the Semantic Web Services Initiative.
The authors expect to continue evolution of SWSF until such time as a W3C Semantic Web Services working group is formed. After that time, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
The below statements concerning Copyrights, Trade and Service Marks, and Patents, have been made by the following people on behalf of themselves and their affiliated organizations:
(*) Sheila McIlraith was affiliated with Stanford University (Knowledge Systems Laboratory) for a substantial part of the time that she worked on SWSF.
Each organization, respectively, hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any of its copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.
Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, each organization grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Each organization further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
We agree that the trade and service marks that are associated with and identify this specific submission (Semantic Web Services Framework and SWSF) will be governed by the W3C Trademark and Servicemark License.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Research Council of Canada, SRI International, Stanford University, State University of New York at Stony Brook, The RuleML Initiative, Toshiba Corporation, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Toronto, University of Southampton, and University of Zurich agree to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Lucent Technologies and HP do not agree to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Additionally, all co-authors claim to have no personal knowledge of any IPR claims held by their respective organizations regarding SWSF.
We suggest that the Consortium consider this as a starting point for work in a new Semantic Web Services working group at W3C.
To help with this work, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Research Council of Canada, SRI International, Stanford University, Toshiba Corporation, and University of Southampton each expect, but do not commit, to be able to provide one member of the working group. Other of the creators also expect to be able to serve on the working group.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to the authors.
this 9th day of May, 2005,
David Martin, SRI International
Deborah L. McGuinness, Stanford University
Glen Newton, National Research Council of Canada
David De Roure, University of Southampton
Mark Skall, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Hideki Yoshida, Toshiba Corporation