13:58:57 RRSAgent has joined #smart-cities 13:59:01 logging to https://www.w3.org/2026/01/26-smart-cities-irc 14:02:24 meeting: Smart Cities IG 14:02:46 present+ Kaz_Ashimura, Bert_Bos, Hiroki_Endo, Kunihiko_Toumura, Michael_Koster 14:02:55 regrets+ Martin_Bauer 14:03:51 present+ Tomoaki_Mizushima 14:05:00 Mizushima has joined #smart-cities 14:06:18 mjk has joined #smart-cities 14:06:19 hiroki has joined #smart-cities 14:06:28 scribenick: mjk 14:06:53 agenda: https://github.com/w3c/smart-cities/blob/main/README.md#26-jan-2026 14:07:36 Topic: Schedule 14:08:05 kaz: we need to confirm the schedule of monthly meetings 14:09:08 Topic: Minutes 14:09:14 proposed_resolution: taking minutes on IRC and publish the resulted HTML on GitHub 14:09:23 kaz: Propose we copy minutes from IRC to github 14:09:50 ...any objections? 14:10:11 ... no objections 14:10:15 resolution: taking minutes on IRC and publish the resulted HTML on GitHub 14:10:24 rrsagent, make log public 14:10:28 rrsagent, draft minutes 14:10:29 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/26-smart-cities-minutes.html kaz 14:10:48 Topic: minutes review 14:11:08 -> https://www.w3.org/2025/09/08-smart-cities-minutes.html 8 Septemter 2025 14:12:03 kaz: (scrolls through the minutes document) 14:12:29 ... Juanjo presented a description of FiWare 14:13:14 ... We would like to continue the collaboration with NGSI-LD 14:13:42 ... any objections to approve the minutes from January 8th? 14:13:54 ... no objections, approved 14:13:58 s/January/September/ 14:14:32 Topic: Minutes review from the TPAC breakout session 14:15:21 kaz: (scrolls through the minutes documents) 14:16:42 ... presentations from SBCO, IEC SCD3, Echonet, and OGC 14:17:48 ... ISO/IEC JTC1 and JTC4 are the relevant groups 14:19:13 kaz: any objections to approving these minutes? 14:19:23 ... no objections, approved 14:20:50 mjk: any follow on discussion from TPAC? 14:21:11 kaz: let's wrap up from the TPAC meeting and plan going forward 14:22:27 kaz: We would like to continue to invite important stakeholders, including IEC/ISO groups, Echonet, FiWare OGC... 14:22:50 ... Would like to maintain a global scope and focus 14:24:19 mjk: yeah, cities can work with each other, we need to understand that as well 14:24:33 ... sort of the Charter item 14:24:46 kaz: tx 14:24:51 ... and what about you :) 14:24:58 mjk: agree with you about that 14:24:59 ... both internationalization and localization, global interoperability and local use cases 14:25:24 ... use cases are contextful 14:25:35 ... how we do localize is a question 14:25:52 kaz: right 14:25:55 mjk: how do we localize to many diverse cultural factors 14:26:24 kaz: right. I think we can talk with Richard about that as a starting point :) 14:26:41 mjk: and in terms of "stakeholders" 14:26:49 ... people are varied and open 14:27:11 ... smart cities is relatively new but we're covering important ones 14:27:34 ... connected with ISO, IEC, etc., is important 14:27:52 ... ontologies are still waiting to be sorted out 14:28:05 ... building ontology, etc. is being discussed 14:28:33 ... good example what W3C can do and succeed 14:28:42 kaz: right. good point 14:29:10 mjk: what we need to do is looking at people again after the vacation season 14:29:47 kaz: we might want to sync with the BOT community group 14:30:00 ... they are an example of E3C success 14:30:09 s/E3C/W3C 14:32:07 bert: There is a lot of interest around digital twins in the EU organization 14:33:09 endo: The metadata aspect is an interesting part 14:33:50 kaz: the NHK standardization work on metadata should be included 14:35:33 toumura: The interoperability work is also interesting to solve pain points in industry, for example agriculture 14:35:45 ... each area is a broad area 14:36:36 kaz: we should clarify which industries to engage 14:36:56 toumura: mobility, energy... 14:37:40 kaz: we may develop additional connections across industry 14:38:04 kaz: NTT might be another possibility 14:39:04 mizushima: we should collect and categorize input across a wide range of stakeholders; government, industry, and so on 14:39:14 Topic: 2026 Planning 14:39:45 kaz: we've already identified sevaral important points and directions 14:40:20 ... stakeholders, industries, focus on interoperability, metadata 14:40:29 ... any further input? 14:41:02 ... we already have markdown files on resources 14:41:32 ... we could include stakeholders, companies, countries 14:42:03 kaz: we could think about which items to handle first 14:42:41 ... we could generate another markdown for that purpose but could continue to add to this document 14:43:12 ... next step is to think about which ones to invite, etc. 14:46:17 mjk: we could do the refinement in this document, and use the resources as an appendiz 14:46:34 kaz: we could start by creating a structure and Table of COntents 14:46:47 s/appendiz/appendix/ 14:46:51 s/COn/Con/ 14:46:51 ... and think about timeline 14:48:15 ... what are the concrete steps? 14:48:54 kaz: mjk and kaz can work on the milestones and outline with a pull request(s) 14:50:15 kaz: we can create separate sections for specific viewpoints, starting with which segments to engage 14:51:31 kaz: toumura-san, can you start with a list? 14:52:35 ... I can engage construction companies and accessibility 14:54:01 ... attended a teleconference around accessibility and educational content 14:54:39 ... need to redefine and refine the definition of accessibility for smart cities 14:54:57 ... we culd think about customization of standards 14:55:03 s/culd/could 14:55:18 q+ 14:55:41 ack m 14:56:16 mizushima: the charter ends in August, we should think about more long term relationships 14:57:17 kaz: since we're an interest group, we should generate an informal document as a summary 14:58:18 ... we can also extend by a few months to cover TPAC 2026 and review the next steps etc. at that time 14:59:37 q+ 14:59:52 ack m 14:59:53 kaz: the first year was establishing relationships with key stakeholders 15:00:39 mizushima: Is there a session planned for March 26th AC meeting? 15:00:47 kaz: not likely 15:01:49 kaz: please review resources.md and we chairs have an action item to update the document with TOC 15:02:03 kaz: meeting adjourned 15:02:13 rrsagent, draft minutes 15:02:14 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/26-smart-cities-minutes.html kaz 15:08:00 i|yeahm cities can|scribenick: kaz| 15:08:22 i|both internationalization and|scribenick: mjk| 15:09:03 i|use cases are contextful|scribenick: kaz| 15:09:14 i|how do we localize to many|scribenick: mjk| 15:09:26 i|right. 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