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<title>Semantic Web Activity: RDF Interest Group charter</title>
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" border="0" height="48"
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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>
<p>The RDF Interest Group is a forum for W3C Members and non-Members to
discuss innovative metadata applications. The interest group will focus
primarily on applications of the <a href="/RDF">Resource Description
Framework</a>, potential future work items related to RDF, and the
relationship of that work to other activities of W3C and to the broader social
and legal context in which the Web is situated.</p>
<p>The RDF Interest Group will address both architectural/systems issues as
well as application (e.g. <a href="/TandS">T&S</a>) interests; it is a
forum for everyone interested in storing, exchanging, searching, and using
metadata. As such, the RDF Interest Group will also consider a number of areas
addressed previously by the <a href="/PICS">PICS</a> initiative.
Specifically, the Interest Group will explore the application of W3C metadata
technology in the context of the social, legal, and technological issues
surrounding Internet content selection, filtering, labelling, signing, quality
assurance etc. Other topics in scope for the Interest Group include RDF query
in the context of the <a href="/DesignIssues/Semantic">Semantic Web
roadmap</a>, intellectual property rights, <a href="/P3P">P3P</a>, and <a
href="/ECommerce">electronic commerce</a>. Work items from other fora may be
brought to the attention of the RDF Interest Group for comment; in particular,
the <a href="/TR/NOTE-CCPP/">CC/PP</a> vocabulary describing client capability
and user preferences.</p>
<p>An important function of the Interest Group is information sharing within
and between application communities. Conference announcements and
post-conference reviews to the Interest Group mailing list help advise W3C
staff where the W3C might most effectively allocate resources.</p>
<h2><a name="deliverables"></a>2.0 Deliverables</h2>
<p>As an Interest Group, the RDF Interest Group serves to facilitate
discussion that may produce W3C process deliverables. The RDF Interest Group
does not develop specifications or code and as a body it does not have a
specific set of deliverables. The Interest Group may be asked to review "last
call" working drafts and Proposed Recommendations for architectural
consistency with <a href="/1999/04/WebData">Semantic Web data models</a>. The
Interest Group may also make proposals for new Working Groups through the W3C
staff contact when there is evidence of sufficient Member interest in a work
item. Those proposals would then enter the <a href="/Consortium/Process">W3C
Process</a> for Advisory Committee review. The Interest Group will function
primarily through an open e-mail distribution list,
<www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, with a publicly accessible <a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">archive</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="membership"></a>3.0 Membership</h2>
<p>Any person interested in the application of or extensions to the <a
href="/RDF">Resource Description Framework</a> is eligible to participate in
this Interest Group; W3C Membership is not a prerequisite.</p>
<p>The initial Chair of the RDF Interest Group is Dan Brickley (ILRT/W3C).
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>
<p>The RDF Interest Group exists primarily as an email forum; it does not
typically conduct phone conferences or face-to-face meetings. The
Interest Group may sponsor "Birds-Of-a-Feather" sessions at conferences,
at the discretion of the Chair and W3C staff contact.</p>
<h2><a name="communications"></a>5.0 Communications and confidentiality</h2>
<p>The RDF Interest Group is a public forum. The mailing list and <a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/">archive</a> are
publicly accessible.</p>
<h2><a name="duration"></a>6.0 Duration</h2>
<p>The RDF Interest Group is part of the W3C <a href="/2001/sw/">
Semantic Web Activity</a>. The Metadata Activity is presently chartered
until 2003/02. We expect to conduct a review of the effectiveness of the
RDF Interest Group at that time and submit a plan for any followup activity to the W3C
Members.</p>
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Ralph R. Swick <<a href="mailto:swick@w3.org">swick@w3.org</a>> <br>
Dan Brickley <<a
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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