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<h1>Semantic Web Interest Group Charter</h1>
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<p style="font-size: 120%; font-style: italic"><strong>Note:</strong> This is
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the charter for the Semantic Web Interest Group (formerly the RDF Interest
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Group). This document supersedes the Interest Group's <a
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href="/RDF/IGcharter">previous Charter</a> but it is also made obsolete by
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the new SW Activity started in July 2006, in favour of the <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2006/07/swig-charter">current SW IG charter</a>.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<em>Per section <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/groups.html#GAGeneral">6
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Working Groups, Interest Groups, and Coordination Groups</a> of the W3C
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Process, this charter, and any changes to it, take effect by way of an
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announcement to the W3C Membership via <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/">w3c-ac-members</a>.</em></blockquote>
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<h2>About</h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group is designed as a forum to support
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developers and users of Semantic Web technologies such as RDF and OWL. The
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group in particular serves to help developers create vocabularies and
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applications to support a Web data marketplace combining harvesting,
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syndication, metadata and Web Service techniques.</p>
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<h2 class="toc">Table of Contents</h2>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#Mission">Mission statement</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Scope">Scope of the work</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Deliverables">Deliverables</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Coordination">Coordination with other Activities and
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Groups</a></li>
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<li><a href="#meetings">Meetings and Discussion fora</a></li>
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<li><a href="#membership">Membership</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Communications">Communication and Confidentiality</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Duration">Duration</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Ipr">Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)</a></li>
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<!-- <li><a href="#Home">Home Page</a></li>-->
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<li><a href="#Contact">Contact</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h2><a id="Mission" name="Mission"></a></h2>
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<h2>1. Mission statement</h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/groups.html#GroupsIG">Interest
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Group</a> is a forum for W3C Members and non-Members to discuss innovative
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Semantic Web applications. The group will focus primarily on applications of
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the <a href="/RDF">Resource Description Framework</a> technology (including
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<a href="/2001/sw/WebOnt/">OWL</a>), on potential future work items related
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to RDF, and the relationship of that work to other activities of W3C and to
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the broader social and legal context in which the Web is situated.</p>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group will host discussions of both
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architectural/systems issues and application (e.g. <a
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href="/TandS">T&S</a>) interests; it is a forum for developers and users
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of Semantic Web technology. The group is a continuation of the earlier RDF
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Interest Group, and as such continues to provide a forum for everyone
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interested in storing, exchanging, searching, and using metadata.</p>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group also considers a number of areas addressed
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previously by the <a href="/PICS">PICS</a> initiative. Specifically, the
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Interest Group will explore the application of W3C metadata technology in the
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context of the social, legal, and technological issues surrounding Internet
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content selection, filtering, labelling, signing, quality assurance etc.</p>
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<p>Other topics in scope for the Interest Group include RDF query in the
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context of the <a href="/DesignIssues/Semantic">Semantic Web roadmap</a>,
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intellectual property rights, <a href="/P3P">P3P</a>, and <a
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href="/ECommerce">electronic commerce</a>. Work items from other fora may be
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brought to the attention of the Interest Group for comment; in particular,
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the <a href="/TR/NOTE-CCPP/">CC/PP</a> vocabulary describing client
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capability and user preferences.</p>
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<p>An important function of the Interest Group is information sharing within
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and between application communities. Conference announcements and
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post-conference reviews to the Interest Group mailing list help advise W3C
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staff where the W3C might most effectively allocate resources.</p>
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<h2><a id="Scope" name="Scope"></a>2. Scope of the work</h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group is designed as a forum to support
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developers and users of Semantic Web technologies such as RDF and OWL. The
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group in particular serves to help developers create vocabularies and
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applications to support a Web data marketplace combining harvesting,
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syndication, metadata and Web Service techniques.</p>
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<p>Semantic Web developers are already collaborating on vocabularies for
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areas such as Sitemaps, robots.txt, RSS, Dublin Core, FOAF, favicon;
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syntactic inclusion and association of metadata etc. The Interest Group
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provides a forum to support such collaborative vocabulary development,
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through the use of email discussion, scheduled topical chats (using IRC),
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Wiki and Weblog tools.</p>
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<h2><a id="Deliverables" name="Deliverables">3. Deliverables</a></h2>
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<p>As an Interest Group, the Semantic Web Interest Group does not develop
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specifications or code, and, as a body, it does not have a specific set of
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deliverables. The Interest Group may be asked to review Last Call Working
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Drafts and Proposed Recommendations. The Interest Group may also make
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proposals to other W3C Groups through the W3C Team contact when there is
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evidence of sufficient Member interest in a work item.</p>
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<p>The Interest Group may work on (non recommendation-track) <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/tr.html#Reports">W3C
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technical reports</a>, for publication as 'Interest Group Notes'.</p>
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<h2><a id="Coordination" name="Coordination">4. Coordination with other
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Activities and Groups</a></h2>
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<p>Informal coordination is done via the Interest Group's mailing lists. More
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formal coordination is done within the Semantic Web Coordination Group. The
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Chair is a member of the <a href="/2001/sw/CG/">W3C Semantic Web Coordination
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Group</a> (W3C <a href="/Member/">member</a> only).</p>
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<p>Discussion of Web Service applications and technology is welcome within
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the Semantic Web Interest Group, however detailed collaboration and design
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discussions on the relationship between Semantic Web and Web Service
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technology should be directed to W3C's <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/swsig/">Semantic Web Services Interest
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Group</a>.</p>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group shares common goals with the <a
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href="/2001/sw/BestPractices">Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment</a>
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(SWPBD) Working Group, but differs in its participation model. The SWBPD
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Working Group consists of a relatively small number of W3C Member
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representatives, each making a substantial commitment to the weekly
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activities of the SWBPD Working Group. The Semantic Web Interest Group, by
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contrast, has a far larger number of participants, each of whose commitment
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of time and resources may vary unpredictably. The two groups are thus
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designed to compliment each other, for example through findings and
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suggestions from the larger Interest Group community being reviewed and
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documented through the SWBPD Working Group.</p>
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<h2><a name="meetings" id="meetings"></a>5. Meetings and Discussion fora</h2>
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<p>The Interest Group functions primarily through open e-mail distribution
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lists hosted by W3C. The main IG list is <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>,
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with a publicly accessible <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">archive</a>.
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Other lists sponsored by the Interest Group include <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-logic/">www-rdf-logic</a>,
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<a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-calendar/">www-rdf-calendar</a>,
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<a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-rules/">www-rdf-rules</a>,
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<a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-semweb-lifesci/">public-semweb-lifesci</a>,
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<a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-annotation/">www-annotation</a>.
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The <a href="/2001/sw/interest/">Interest Group</a> home page provides the
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authoritative list of W3C email lists sponsored by the Group.</p>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group exists primarily as an online forum; it
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does not typically conduct weekly phone conferences. The Interest Group may
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also conduct virtual meetings using email, IRC, wiki and teleconference
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facilities, although the large scale, International nature of the group
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motivates a focus on low cost, asynchronous mechanisms such as email. The
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Interest Group may on occasion meet or sponsor "Birds-Of-a-Feather" sessions
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at conferences, W3C Technical Plenaries or alongside other W3C meetings, at
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the discretion of the Chair and W3C staff contact.</p>
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<p>The Interest Group communicates primarily in English, yet seeks to serve
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an International community. Individuals and groups that can help support
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cross-language discussion and collaboration are particularly welcome as
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participants in the Interest Group.</p>
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<h2><a name="membership" id="membership"></a>6. Membership</h2>
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<p>Any person interested in the application of or extensions to the <a
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href="/RDF">Resource Description Framework</a> is eligible to participate in
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this Interest Group; W3C Membership is not a prerequisite.</p>
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<h2><a name="Communications" id="Communications"></a>7. Communications and
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confidentiality</h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group is a public forum. SW IG mailing lists and
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their archives (primarily <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">www-rdf-interest</a>)
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are publicly accessible.</p>
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<h2><a name="Duration" id="Duration"></a>8. Duration</h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group is part of the W3C <a
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href="/2001/sw/">Semantic Web Activity</a> and is chartered until the end of
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the Activity, 31 January 2006.</p>
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<h2><a id="Ipr" name="Ipr">9. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)</a></h2>
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<p>The Semantic Web Interest Group provides an opportunity to share
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perspectives on Semantic Web technology and applications. W3C advises that
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information shared in the interest group through mailing list and meetings is
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publicly visible. W3C reminds participants to disclose, where known, the IPR
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status of information that they share in the Interest Group meetings and
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materials, in accordance with <a
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href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20030520.html#sec-Disclosure">Section 6</a>
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of the W3C Patent Policy.</p>
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<h2><a id="Contact" name="Contact">10. Contact</a></h2>
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<p>The contact for the Semantic Web Interest Group is <a
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href="/People/DanBri/">Dan Brickley</a>, W3C.</p>
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