W3C Value Proposition
W3C value proposition, gathered from various discussions and comments as part of task force about Making W3C the place for new standards. Comments or suggestions? public-vision-newstd@w3.org
- International community with strong values
- Respect for participants
- People are there to work on specs; staff helps navigate process
- Vendor neutrality
- Principles for the Web (open, available to all, implementable at no cost, etc.)
- Open Process
- Consensus-driven
- Royalty-Free patent policy
- Public Accountability, transparency in decision-making
- Exposure
- Strong relationship with IT members focused on standards
- Liaisons with governments and other standards bodies (including de jure, e.g., PAS Submitter status effort)
- Relationships with research bodies
- Quality control, horizontal reviews (e.g., accessibility, internationalization), consensus-building apparatus
- Experience and Reputation
- Track record (including of helping people build consensus)
- Relevance of current W3C work
- Tim Berners-Lee visibility
- Staff expertise (mentoring, helping to coordinate work, discussion, share institutional experience, building community, diplomacy role)
- Given broad scope of work, W3C can help sew pieces of technology together so that the whole works more ffectively (architecture).
- Infrastructure and tools (list archives, IRC, teleconf services, wikis, blog, etc.)
- Communications and marketing staff
Value Proposition for Incubator
- Gentle introduction to standardization; mentoring through the process