XML Core Working Group Charter
The mission of the XML Core Working Group, part of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity, is to maintain and develop as needed core XML specifications.
| End date | 31 Jan 2011 |
|---|---|
| Confidentiality | Proceedings are public |
| Initial Chairs | Paul Grosso, Norman Walsh |
| Initial Team Contacts (FTE %: 12.5) |
Henry Thompson, Liam Quin |
| Usual Meeting Schedule | Telcons: Fortnightly Ftf: 1 per year |
Scope
The XML Core Working Group is chartered to consider comments on the following existing specifications:
- XML 1.0, XML 1.1
- Namespaces in XML 1.0, Namespaces in XML 1.1
- XML Information Set
- XML Base
- xml:id
- Associating Stylesheets with XML
- XML Linking Language
- XInclude
- XPointer Framework, xmlns() scheme, element() scheme
The Working Group is responsible for updating errata documents and publishing new editions incorporating published errata when appropriate.
Deliverables
The Working Group expects to publish the following specifications as W3C Recommendations under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy:
All other publications listed in this document are expected to be published under the 24 January 2002 CPP as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure.
The Working Group has current plans to:
- Publish a WG Note defining LEIRIs
- Publish a second edition of the XML Base 1.0 specification.
- Publish a first edition of the XLink 1.1 specification.
- Publish a sixth edition of XML 1.0, to include the changes for the LEIRI specification.
- Publish a third edition of Namespaces in XML 1.0.
- Publish a third edition of XInclude.
Note that the development of new W3C Recommendations not listed in this document would require a new charter revision.
Other Deliverables
The XML Core Working Group is responsible for maintaining the test suites associated with the specifications listed in the Scope section and providing careful updates as warranted.
This WG handles core XML architectural issues and as such may deal from time to time with several other specifications beyond those specifically listed in the scope.
The XML Core Working Group had previously published C14N 1.1 which is now a deliverable of the XML Security WG. Due to patent policy commitments, any new edition of C14N 1.1 would need to be jointly developed by the XML Security WG and the XML Core WG. The XML Security WG is expected to do the development work, and the XML Core WG would review it before publication.
Milestones
| Specification | FPWD | LC | CR | PR | PER | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note: The group will document significant changes from this initial schedule on the group home page. | ||||||
| LEIRI WG Note | Not Rec track, was published in November 2008 | |||||
| XML Base 1.0 2nd Ed | January 2009 | |||||
| XLink 1.1 | June 2009 | November 2009 | ||||
| XML 1.0 6th Ed | June 2009 | October 2009 | ||||
| NS 1.0 3rd Ed | June 2009 | September 2009 | ||||
| XInclude 3rd Ed | July 2009 | October 2009 | ||||
Timeline View Summary
- June 2009: Proposed Recommendation for XLink 1.1
- June 2009: Proposed Edited Recommendation for XML 1.0 6th Edition
- June 2009: Proposed Edited Recommendation for Namespaces in XML 1.0 3rd Edition
- July 2009: Proposed Edited Recommendation for XInclude 3rd Edition
- October 2009: Recommendation for XML 1.0 6th Edition
- September 2009: Recommendation for Namespaces in XML 1.0 3rd Edition
- October 2009: Recommendation for XInclude 3rd Edition
- November 2009: Recommendation for XLink 1.1
Duration
The expiration date of this charter is 31 January 2011.
Dependencies
W3C Groups
- XML Activity
- The XML Core Working Group co-chairs participates in the XML Coordination Group to help track dependencies.
- Internationalization Core Working Group
- This Group is expected to provide last call review of deliverables of this Working Group.
Last call review happens via the XML Coordination Group and its liaisons.
External Groups
The XML Core Working Group needs to review and comment on work on the definition of the Internet Media type for XML (see RFC 3023).
Participation
To be successful, the XML Core Working Group is expected to have 6 or more active participants for its duration. Effective participation to XML Core Working Group is expected to consume 2-3 hours per week for each participant; 5-10 hours per week for editors during active editing periods. The XML Core Working Group will allocate also the necessary resources for building Test Suites for each specification.
Participants are reminded of the Good Standing requirements of the W3C Process.
Communication
This group primarily conducts its work on the publicly archived mailing list public-xml-core-wg@w3.org (archive).
Information about the group (deliverables, participants, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, etc.) is available from the XML Core Working Group home page (member only).
Patent Policy
This Working Group operates under the W3C Patent Policy (5 February 2004 Version). To promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented, according to this policy, on a Royalty-Free basis.
For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.
About this Charter
This charter for the XML Core Working Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.
Please also see the previous charter for this group.
Henry Thompson, Staff Contact
Liam Quin, XML Activity Lead and alternate Team Contact
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