Web Annotation Invited Experts

Hi, folks–

We've gotten several applications for Invited Experts to the Web 
Annotation WG. We appreciate the interest and enthusiasm.

Because we've gotten overwhelming response to the Web Annotation WG 
already, with a very large number of attendees on the telcons (25+ 
people!), we are not accepting Invited Expert applications right now.

We'll re-evaluate the situation in a few months when things settle down, 
and we know what the telcons and mailing list activity will look like.

In the meantime, everyone is welcome to join the technical discussion on 
the mailing list. Because this is a public working group, most of the 
activities available to members are also available to the community, 
including:
* reviewing and commenting on specifications
* reading and participating in the technical email discussions
* contributing use-cases and requirements
* contributing tests
* filing Formal Objections on technical decisions (though we hope it 
doesn't come to this :P)

(If you have relevant IP, you can even grant Royalty-Free patent 
licenses by filling out a form, but at that point, perhaps you should 
consider joining W3C.)

Unless invited under special circumstances, the public cannot join 
telcons or attend f2f meetings (though they can read the minutes for all 
meetings), edit the specifications, or answer polls or calls for 
consensus. Those privileges are restricted to W3C members or Invited 
Experts.

When we begin to evaluate Invited Expert applications, we will look at 
several criteria for each individual:

* Fills a known gap in the current WG (such as expert knowledge, 
industry/research ratio)
* Proven ability to participate politely, constructively, and with 
strong technical ability (for example, through participation in the 
public mailing list)
* Implementer of an Annotation project or product (especially Open 
Annotation support)
* Willing and able to participate at a level beyond regular WG members 
(such as test lead, editor, permanent scribe)

If you feel that you meet these criteria, and that public participation 
is insufficient, and your organization (if any) is unable to join W3C, 
then contact the WG chairs and staff contacts about Invited Expert 
status at the proper time.

You can read more about working group roles and our work mode in our 
wiki [1].

Thanks for understanding, and we look forward to an active community 
discussion!

[1] https://www.w3.org/annotation/wiki/Roles_and_Work_Mode

Regards-
-Doug

Received on Monday, 22 September 2014 18:59:00 UTC