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<h1><a href="/2001/01/sw/">Semantic Web Activity</a>: RDF Interest Group charter</h1>
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<h2><a name="purpose"></a>1.0 Purpose</h2>
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<p>The RDF Interest Group is a forum for W3C Members and non-Members to
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discuss innovative metadata applications. The interest group will focus
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primarily on applications of the <a href="/RDF">Resource Description
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Framework</a>, potential future work items related to RDF, and the
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relationship of that work to other activities of W3C and to the broader social
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and legal context in which the Web is situated.</p>
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<p>The RDF Interest Group will address both architectural/systems issues as
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well as application (e.g. <a href="/TandS">T&S</a>) interests; it is a
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forum for everyone interested in storing, exchanging, searching, and using
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metadata. As such, the RDF Interest Group will also consider a number of areas
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addressed previously by the <a href="/PICS">PICS</a> initiative.
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Specifically, the Interest Group will explore the application of W3C metadata
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technology in the context of the social, legal, and technological issues
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surrounding Internet content selection, filtering, labelling, signing, quality
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assurance etc. Other topics in scope for the Interest Group include RDF query
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in the context of the <a href="/DesignIssues/Semantic">Semantic Web
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roadmap</a>, 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 RDF Interest Group for comment; in particular,
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the <a href="/TR/NOTE-CCPP/">CC/PP</a> vocabulary describing client capability
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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 name="deliverables"></a>2.0 Deliverables</h2>
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<p>As an Interest Group, the RDF Interest Group serves to facilitate
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discussion that may produce W3C process deliverables. The RDF Interest Group
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does not develop specifications or code and as a body it does not have a
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specific set of deliverables. The Interest Group may be asked to review "last
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call" working drafts and Proposed Recommendations for architectural
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consistency with <a href="/1999/04/WebData">Semantic Web data models</a>. The
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Interest Group may also make proposals for new Working Groups through the W3C
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staff contact when there is evidence of sufficient Member interest in a work
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item. Those proposals would then enter the <a href="/Consortium/Process">W3C
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Process</a> for Advisory Committee review. The Interest Group will function
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primarily through an open e-mail distribution list,
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<www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, with a publicly accessible <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">archive</a>.</p>
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<h2><a name="membership"></a>3.0 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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<p>The initial Chair of the RDF Interest Group is Dan Brickley (ILRT/W3C).
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The Chair sits on the W3C Semantic Web Coordination Group.
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<h2><a name="meetings"></a>4.0 Meetings and conferences</h2>
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<p>The RDF Interest Group exists primarily as an email forum; it does not
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typically conduct phone conferences or face-to-face meetings. The
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Interest Group may sponsor "Birds-Of-a-Feather" sessions at conferences,
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at the discretion of the Chair and W3C staff contact.</p>
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<h2><a name="communications"></a>5.0 Communications and confidentiality</h2>
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<p>The RDF Interest Group is a public forum. The mailing list and <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">archive</a> are
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publicly accessible.</p>
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<h2><a name="duration"></a>6.0 Duration</h2>
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<p>The RDF Interest Group is part of the W3C <a href="/2001/sw/">
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Semantic Web Activity</a>. The Metadata Activity is presently chartered
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until 2003/02. We expect to conduct a review of the effectiveness of the
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RDF Interest Group at that time and submit a plan for any followup activity to the W3C
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Members.</p>
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<address>
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Ralph R. Swick <<a href="mailto:swick@w3.org">swick@w3.org</a>> <br>
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Dan Brickley <<a
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href="mailto:danbri@w3.org">danbri@w3.org</a>>
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$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2001/03/30 15:20:47 $
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