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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"/><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><title>RDB2RDF XG Charter</title><meta name="author" content="Karl Dubost"/><meta name="keywords" content="charter, checker, test assertions, W3C Process Document, W3C"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/w3cdoc.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.w3.org/Guide/pubrules-style.css"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.w3.org/2006/02/charter-style.css"/></head><body>
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<div id="template"><ul id="navbar" style="font-size: small"><li><a href="#scope">Scope</a></li><li><a href="#deliverables">Deliverables</a></li><li><a href="#coordination">Dependencies</a></li><li><a href="#participation">Participation</a></li><li><a href="#communication">Communication</a></li><li><a href="#decisions">Decision Policy</a></li><li><a href="#patentpolicy">Patent
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Policy</a></li><li><a href="#additional">Additional Information</a></li><li><a href="#about">About this Charter</a></li></ul>
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/" shape="rect"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"/></a> <a class="domainlogo" href="/2005/Incubator/" shape="rect"><img src="http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/images/incubator" alt="Incubator Activity"/></a></p>
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<h1 id="title">RDB2RDF Incubator Group Charter</h1>
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<p class="mission">The
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<strong>mission</strong> of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator//">RDB2RDF Incubator Group</a>, part of
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the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/">Incubator Activity</a>, has two initiatives.</p>
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<p> The first is to
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examine and classify existing approaches to mapping relational data into RDF and decide whether standardization is possible and/or necessary in this area and, if so, the direction such standardization could take. The goal is to specify how to generate RDF triples from one or more Relational tables without loss of information. Furher, a default mapping should not be used, but, instead, it should be possible for the the mapping to be customized by the user.</p>
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<p>The second initiative is to examine and classify existing approaches to mapping OWL classes to Relational data, or, more accurately, SQL queries, moving towards the goal of defining a standard in this area. Each OWL class would be associated with one or more SQL queries which may be run on separate databases. The results from these queries would then be integrated into a single Relational table. This would be transformed into RDF using the approach defined as a result of the first initiative.
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</p>
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<p>An important problem to be solved as part of this work is the mapping of RDB names to RDF/XML names.</p>
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<div class="noprint">
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<p class="join"><a href="/2004/01/pp-impl/42232/join">Join the RDB2RDF Incubator Group</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<table class="summary-table"><tr id="Duration"><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">End date</th><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14 February, 2009</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Confidentiality</th><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Proceedings are <a href="/2005/10/Process-20051014/comm.html#confidentiality-levels" shape="rect">
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public
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</a></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Initial Chairs</th><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Ashok Malhotra, Oracle -- ashok.malhotra@oracle.com</td></tr>
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<tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Initiating Members</th>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Oracle, HP, PartnersHealthcare, OpenLink Software</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Usual Meeting Schedule</th><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Teleconferences: Weekly
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<br/>
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Face-to-face meetings:
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2-3 per year </td></tr></table>
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<div class="scope">
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<h2 id="scope">Scope</h2>
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<div class="may">
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<h3>Plan of Work</h3>
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<ul><li>Development of use cases and requirements.</li>
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<li>Development of general approach to the problem.</li>
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<li>(Optional) Selection of technology for sample implementation(s).</li>
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<li>Generation of deliverables.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="may">
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<h3>Success Criteria</h3>
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<p>The XG will be deemed successful if and when it produces the deliverables listed below.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="may">
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<h3>Out of Scope</h3>
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<p>Mapping from other data sources such as spreadsheets and PDF documents to RDF is out of scope. Anything not explicitly listed as being in scope is out of scope.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div>
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<h2 id="deliverables">Deliverables</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>A report describing an approach to how Relational data can be transformed into RDF triples in a customized manner.</li>
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<li>A report describing an approach to mapping OWL classes to SQL queries.</li>
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<li>(optional) Sample implementation(s) of the technology described in the above reports.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="dependencies">
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<h2 id="coordination">Contacts and Dependencies</h2>
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<div class="may">
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<h3>W3C Groups</h3>
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<dl><dt>
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/">RDF Data Access Working Group -- contact</a><br/>
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/swap3/swig-charter.html">Semantic Web Interest Group -- contact</a><br/>
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg">Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Working Group -- contact</a><br/>
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/">OWL Working Group -- contact</a>
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</dt></dl>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="participation">
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<h2 id="participation">Participation</h2>
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<p>It is envisioned that the XG will have begin with 60-minute telecons every week at a time that provides an adequate compromise over the various time zones of the interested participants. This can be modified as the work proceeds. During the telecons, the participants will review work done by individuals and sub-groups, and new work items will be defined and assigned. Additionally, it may be useful to have periodic face-to-face meeting at a venue for which a significant number of XG participants are likely to attend.</p>
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<p>
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Expected participation follows the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/process.html#good-standing">W3C Process Document discussion of Good Standing</a></p>
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<div class="communication">
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<h2 id="communication">Communication</h2>
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<p>This group primarily conducts its work on the public
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mailing list
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public-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org
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(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-rdb2rdf/">archive</a>).
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The group's Member-only list is
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member-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org
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(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-xg-rdb2rdf/">archive</a>).
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</p>
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<p>Information about the group (deliverables, participants,
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face-to-face
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meetings, teleconferences, etc.) is
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available from the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator//">RDB2RDF Incubator Group home
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page</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="decisions">
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<h2 id="decisions">Decision Policy</h2>
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<p>As explained in the Process Document (<a href="/Consortium/Process/policies#Consensus" shape="rect">section
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3.3</a>), this group will seek to make decisions when there
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is consensus. When the Chair puts a question and observes
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dissent, after due consideration of different opinions, the
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Chair should record a decision (possibly after a formal vote)
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and any objections, and move on.</p>
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<ul><li>When deciding a substantive technical issue, the Chair
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may put a question before the group. The Chair must only do
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so during a <a href="/Consortium/Process/policies.html#GeneralMeetings" shape="rect">
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group meeting</a>, and at least two-thirds of participants
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in <a href="/Consortium/Process/groups.html#good-standing" shape="rect">
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Good Standing</a> must be in attendance. When the Chair
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conducts a <a href="/Consortium/Process/policies#Votes" shape="rect">formal
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vote</a> to reach a decision on a substantive technical
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issue, eligible voters may vote on a proposal one of three
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ways: for a proposal, against a proposal, or abstain. For
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the proposal to pass there must be more votes for the
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proposal than against. In case of a tie, the Chair will
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decide the outcome of the proposal.</li><li>This charter is written in accordance with <a href="/Consortium/Process/policies#Votes" shape="rect">Section
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3.4, Votes</a> of the W3C Process Document and includes no
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voting procedures beyond what the Process Document
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requires.</li></ul>
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</div>
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<div class="patent">
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<h2 id="patentpolicy">Patent
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Policy</h2>
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<p>This Incubator Group provides an opportunity to share
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perspectives on the topic addressed by this charter. W3C
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reminds Incubator Group participants of their obligation to
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comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in
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<a href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-Disclosure" shape="rect">Section
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6</a> of the W3C Patent Policy. While the Incubator Group
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does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when
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Incubator Group participants review Recommendation-track
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specifications from Working Groups, the patent disclosure
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obligations do apply.</p>
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<p>Incubator Groups have as a goal to produce work that can
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be implemented on a Royalty Free basis, as defined in the
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<a href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy/" shape="rect">W3C
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Patent Policy</a>.</p>
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<p>Participants in this Incubator Group wishing to exclude <a href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential" shape="rect">essential patent
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claims</a> from the licensing commitment must join the Working Group created
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to work on the XG Report and follow the normal exclusion procedures defined
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by the Patent Policy. The W3C Team is responsible for notifying all
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Participants in this Incubator Group in the event that a new Working Group is
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proposed to develop a Recommendation that takes the XG Report as an input.
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</p>
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<p>For more information about disclosure obligations for
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this group, please see the <a href="/2004/01/pp-impl/" shape="rect">W3C
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Patent Policy Implementation</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="additional">Additional Information</h2>
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<p>There is existing work in this area, for example: Virtuoso, D2RQ, SquirrelRDF and investigations at the Univ. of Texas. See <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/03/RdfRDB/accepted">Accepted Papers</a> from the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/03/RdfRDB/">W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases</a>. This work can be used as a starting point for the Incubator Group.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About this Charter</h2>
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<p>This charter for the RDB2RDF Incubator Group has been created according to
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the <a href="/2005/Incubator/procedures" shape="rect">Incubator
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Group Procedures documentation</a>. In the event of a
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conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter
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and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.</p>
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<hr/>
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<address>
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Ashok Malhotra
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</address>
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<p class="copyright"><a rel="Copyright" href="/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright" shape="rect">Copyright</a>©
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2008 <a href="/" shape="rect"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a>
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<sup>®</sup> (<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/" shape="rect"><acronym title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</acronym></a> ,
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<a href="http://www.ercim.org/" shape="rect"><acronym title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</acronym></a>
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, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/" shape="rect">Keio</a>), All Rights
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Reserved.</p>
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<p>$Date: 2008/03/04 22:26:45 $</p>
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