Web Platform Working Group Charter Extended; Marcos Caceres appointed co-Chair; Charles McCathie Nevile reappointed co-Chair

[Xueyuan]

Dear members of the Web Platform Working Group,

I'm relaying the announcement to the group's primarily public mailing
list, to notify the group of its charter extension.

Best regards,
Xueyuan



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Web Platform Working Group Charter Extended; Marcos Caceres
appointed co-Chair; Charles McCathie Nevile reappointed co-Chair
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:20:17 +0800
From: Xueyuan <***@w3.org>
To: w3c-ac-***@w3.org
CC: ***@w3.org



Dear Advisory Committee representative,
Chairs,

The Web Platform Working Group charter [1] is hereby extended until 31
December 2018.

Rechartered in August 2017, the Web Platform Working Group has continued
the development of the HTML language and provides specifications that
enable improved client-side application development on the Web.
[...]

We also expect the Working Group to prepare a re-charter proposal in the
meantime, adding new deliverables as suggested by the ongoing work in
the Web Incubator Community Group.

Additionally, Marcos Caceres (Mozilla) is appointed as third co-Chair of
the Working Group. As existing co-chair of the Web Incubator Community
Group (WICG), Marcos's appointment will facilitate the transitions from
incubation to the working group in general. Marcos is joining current
co-Chairs Charles McCathie Nevile and Léonie Watson. Charles McCathie
Nevile's affiliation has changed from Yandex to ConsenSys and he is
re-appointed.

Information on how to participate in this group is available [4]. More
information about the Web Platform Working Group can be found on its
home page [5].

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact
Philippe Le Hegaret <***@w3.org>.

This announcement follows section 5.1 and section 5.2.5 of the W3C
Process Document:
   https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#ReqsAllGroups
   https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#charter-extension

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, and
Philippe Le Hégaret, Project Management Lead;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] https://www.w3.org/2017/08/webplatform-charter.html
[..]
[4] https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/join
[5] https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/

[Léonie Watson]

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Web Platform Working Group Charter Extended; Marcos Caceres
appointed co-Chair; Charles McCathie Nevile reappointed co-Chair
Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:20:29 +0000
Resent-From: ***@w3.org
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:20:17 +0800
From: Xueyuan <***@w3.org>
To: w3c-ac-***@w3.org
CC: ***@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee representative,
Chairs,

The Web Platform Working Group charter [1] is hereby extended until 31
December 2018.

Rechartered in August 2017, the Web Platform Working Group has continued
the development of the HTML language and provides specifications that
enable improved client-side application development on the Web.

As reported at the AC meeting in Berlin [2], W3C believes that having
two distinct HTML and DOM specs claiming to be normative is generally
harmful for the community. The WHATWG and the W3C continue negotiations
to provide a single authoritative specification for HTML and DOM.

While progress in this negotiation has been made since May there is no
agreement in place yet. During this extension there will be no REC track
advancement for the joint work with the WHATWG, per the recommendation
of the AB [3] and the Team. This applies to the following documents:
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/html53/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/dom41/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/websockets/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/2dcontext2/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/staticrange/
 * https://www.w3.org/TR/workers/

We also expect the Working Group to prepare a re-charter proposal in the
meantime, adding new deliverables as suggested by the ongoing work in
the Web Incubator Community Group.

Additionally, Marcos Caceres (Mozilla) is appointed as third co-Chair of
the Working Group. As existing co-chair of the Web Incubator Community
Group (WICG), Marcos's appointment will facilitate the transitions from
incubation to the working group in general. Marcos is joining current
co-Chairs Charles McCathie Nevile and Léonie Watson. Charles McCathie
Nevile's affiliation has changed from Yandex to ConsenSys and he is
re-appointed.

Information on how to participate in this group is available [4]. More
information about the Web Platform Working Group can be found on its
home page [5].

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact
Philippe Le Hegaret <***@w3.org>.

This announcement follows section 5.1 and section 5.2.5 of the W3C
Process Document:
   https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#ReqsAllGroups
   https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#charter-extension

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, and
Philippe Le Hégaret, Project Management Lead;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] https://www.w3.org/2017/08/webplatform-charter.html
[2] https://www.w3.org/2018/05/14-ac-minutes.html#item03
[3] https://www.w3.org/2018/08/07-ab-minutes.html#item03
[4] https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/join
[5] https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/

[Geoffrey Sneddon]

Apologies for the slow response, but I'd like to draw attention to one

Post by Xueyuan
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Web Platform Working Group Charter Extended; Marcos Caceres
appointed co-Chair; Charles McCathie Nevile reappointed co-Chair
Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:20:29 +0000
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:20:17 +0800
Dear Advisory Committee representative,
Chairs,
The Web Platform Working Group charter [1] is hereby extended until 31
December 2018.
Rechartered in August 2017, the Web Platform Working Group has continued
the development of the HTML language and provides specifications that
enable improved client-side application development on the Web.
As reported at the AC meeting in Berlin [2], W3C believes that having
two distinct HTML and DOM specs claiming to be normative is generally
harmful for the community. The WHATWG and the W3C continue negotiations
to provide a single authoritative specification for HTML and DOM.
While progress in this negotiation has been made since May there is no
agreement in place yet. During this extension there will be no REC track
advancement for the joint work with the WHATWG, per the recommendation
* https://www.w3.org/TR/html53/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/dom41/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/websockets/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/2dcontext2/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/staticrange/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/workers/

This appears to be the first time this has been mentioned to the
group, despite the AB deciding this a month earlier. Is there any
reason why this hasn't been communicated to the group earlier? I note
that there are participants in this group who do not have access of
Member-only space and therefore couldn't have seen this; I also expect
there's plenty of other people who, like me, don't read AB/AC minutes
as a matter of course.

/g

Post by Xueyuan
We also expect the Working Group to prepare a re-charter proposal in the
meantime, adding new deliverables as suggested by the ongoing work in
the Web Incubator Community Group.
Additionally, Marcos Caceres (Mozilla) is appointed as third co-Chair of
the Working Group. As existing co-chair of the Web Incubator Community
Group (WICG), Marcos's appointment will facilitate the transitions from
incubation to the working group in general. Marcos is joining current
co-Chairs Charles McCathie Nevile and Léonie Watson. Charles McCathie
Nevile's affiliation has changed from Yandex to ConsenSys and he is
re-appointed.
Information on how to participate in this group is available [4]. More
information about the Web Platform Working Group can be found on its
home page [5].
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact
This announcement follows section 5.1 and section 5.2.5 of the W3C
https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#ReqsAllGroups
https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#charter-extension
For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, and
Philippe Le Hégaret, Project Management Lead;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
[1] https://www.w3.org/2017/08/webplatform-charter.html
[2] https://www.w3.org/2018/05/14-ac-minutes.html#item03
[3] https://www.w3.org/2018/08/07-ab-minutes.html#item03
[4] https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/join
[5] https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/

[Philippe Le Hégaret]

Post by Geoffrey Sneddon

Post by Léonie Watson
While progress in this negotiation has been made since May there is no
agreement in place yet. During this extension there will be no REC track
advancement for the joint work with the WHATWG, per the recommendation
* https://www.w3.org/TR/html53/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/dom41/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/websockets/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/2dcontext2/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/staticrange/
* https://www.w3.org/TR/workers/

This appears to be the first time this has been mentioned to the
group, despite the AB deciding this a month earlier. Is there any
reason why this hasn't been communicated to the group earlier?

We were packaging different announcements together, including the new
co-chair announcement. And the advice from the AB needed to go through
the Director before being announced. Effectively, this was an
announcement from the Director, not the AB.

Post by Geoffrey Sneddon
I note
that there are participants in this group who do not have access of
Member-only space and therefore couldn't have seen this;

The announcement was comunicated at the same time to the Members and the
Group. Prior to September 7, no decision was in effect. We've been
working with the WHATWG for several months to find a joint workmode [1].
With the charter running out at the end of December, you should expect
more news before then.

Post by Geoffrey Sneddon
I also expect
there's plenty of other people who, like me, don't read AB/AC minutes
as a matter of course.

Thus, we do send announcements to the Group as well, as Leonie did on
September 7.

Philippe

[1]
https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/06/w3c-strategic-highlights-for-spring-2018-and-advisory-committee-meeting/