W3C

– DRAFT –
WoT-WG/IG

08 January 2025

Attendees

Present
Charith_Perera, David_Ezell, Ege_Korkan, Josh_Thomas, Kaz_Ashimura, Kunihiko_Toumura, Michael_Koster, Michael_McCool, Sebastian_Kaebisch, Tomoaki_Mizushima
Regrets
-
Chair
Koster, McCool, Sebastian
Scribe
mjk

Meeting minutes

Pending IE requests

McCool: we need to document the process for IEs
… Koster will provide a draft policy

Quick Items

Binding Registry

Ege: we are discussing rules for the binding registry
… for example, when linking a document for a binding, is the document freely available?
… beyond that, what are the legal constraints for using the binding?
… should we require that the binding content be available for use?

McCool: we should have a written rule for this that we can discuss
… is there a github issue?

Ege: it's part of a PR currently

Sebastian: We should create our own registry with a defined policy for a starting point, keep it siimple, and modify over time

McCool: let's discuss the details at another time, create an issue for now

Kaz: agree with MM
… we should decide which part of the registry rule needs to be discussed in the whole group, and then we can clarify when to discuss it during the main call

McCool: we should let the TD task force organize the issue and discussion

McCool: let's continue the minutes review now
… are there any other pressing items to discuss?

<kaz> (none)

Minutes

Dec 11

<kaz> Dec-11

McCool: reviewing minutes from the December 11 meeting
… next NGSI-LD meeting is Monday January 13th

McCool: any objections to publish the minutes?
… no objections, minutes from December 11 are approved

review minutes from face to face meeting

McCool: there are some gaps we need to review

McCool: I emailed people so they could review the minutes off line
… (scanning through the minutes)

<McCool> https://github.com/w3c/wot/blob/main/PRESENTATIONS/2024-11-wot-week/Plugfest-Outcomes/Plugfest-Outcome-McCool.pdf

McCool: there seem to be broken links due to folder names being changed
… look for "@@@" in the files for gaps

McCool: we could defer this review until next week to make some more corrections

Kaz: agree

ACTION: kaz to check the links within the F2F minutes

Schedule and cancellations

Kaz: Ege unavailable the week of January 20th

<dezell> apologies for being late

Sebastian: there is a break in Germany the first week in March (3rd to 7th)

McCool: what about US spring break?

Koster: there is no nationally recognized time

McCool: (scanning for upcoming holidays)

Kaz: Will not be available February 26th

McCool: February 17th is a holiday in US and Canada

McCool: nothing in the short term

McCool: back to the agenda, does anyone have any discussion items?

<kaz> (Kaz suggests we quickly check the Meetups information and then talk about possible policy for IE handling.)

CG schedule

McCool: we will clear out the agenda items for the CG

Smart City IG

Kaz: 2nd shot for the Doodle poll to decide the monthly call slot to be distributed.

Policies

Registry policy

McCool: there are 2 policies, and we could look at the inclusiveness issue

<kaz> wot-binding-templates Issue 393 - Registry Inclusiveness

Kaz: the first person to talk with at W3C is Philippe Le Hegaret
… regarding policy matters

McCool: would like to discuss process and not specific policy

IE policy

<kaz> wot Issue 1171 - [Policy Proposal] Invite Expert Selection Procedure

McCool: we currently have a draft from Ege
… no PR yet

McCool: the process is supposed to start with a nomination from a chair
… typically there is a suggestion to the chairs or a self-suggestion from a candidate

McCool: is there an official W3C document for this?

<kaz> Invited Experts page

McCool: basically we need the nominee to demonstrate their ability and willingness to contribute
… we have asked for a presentation
… expect meeting attendance and Github contribution

Charith: it should be a relatively short presentation and there should be a template to help set expectation

Kaz: agree, also clearly define the expected contribution

McCool: we need someone to create a template based on an outline for the presentation
… background, expertise, prior experience with standards

McCool: there could be an initial approval step by the chairs

Kaz: we usually expect members to pay membership fees, and IE status is for when payment isn't possible for some reason

McCool: we don't need a full CV, but a one page summary could be good

Kaz: we need to be able to determine the contribution from the presentation

McCool: we'll have a written policy to refer to

AOB

McCool: we can close the meeting now, are there any other topics?
… is there a profile call today? It is on the calendar, so we expect to have a meeting
… if there is no meeting, we need to update the calendar

Kaz: we should send a notice about the time slot

McCool: we probably won't need a testing call for a while

McCool: no business, meeting adjourned

<kaz> [ main call adjourned; Kaz waits for Luca to make sure ]

Summary of action items

  1. kaz to check the links within the F2F minutes
Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 242 (Fri Dec 20 18:32:17 2024 UTC).