Re: [odata] Agenda for OData TC meeting 2012.12.06

[Stefan Drees <stefan@drees.name>]

Dear Ken,

all subsequent comments are made as a member (not as a secretary):

On 05.12.12 03:48, Ken Baclawski wrote:
> I met with Ivan Herman and Eric Prud'hommeaux at the W3C exploring
> possible connections between OData and RDF.  Ivan is the Semantic Web
> Activity Lead at the W3C.  They suggested that I start a W3C Community.
> See http://www.w3.org/community/about/#cg for what this means.  You
> might also look at http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/ for
> the IPR issues that this involves.
>
> I would like to know how the TC feels about this, and what the scope of
> such a group should be if you think it is a good idea.  Could we devote
> a few minutes to discuss this issue?
>
> ...

This topic (relating OData to RDF) has initially been brought on the 
table by Giovanni Bartolomeo (seconded by John Willson) all in August 
2012 as documented in the mailing list and minutes of our meetings in 
that period.

The consensus reached was: "that we let the issue ripen further before 
we discuss it again upon request by a member", so I think your request 
is IMO of course valid and in line with the planned continuation.


With regard to suggested "channels", may I suggest that regardless of 
time and place of discussing the topic we please all ensure that:


1. All discussions leading to decisions in the OData TC are permanently 
accessible to the public and recorded on OASIS systems as mandated by 
the OASIS (and specifically the TC) guidelines.


2. Any liaison is compatible with the OASIS [Liaison 
Policy](https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/liaison) esp. in 
our case at the end of the document inside section "Liaisons to a 
Technical Committee or Member Section".


I do not think that this is "rocket science", but I remember that w.r.t. 
these W3C Commuities, individual members need an "umbrella" company to 
join and collaborate within these W3C networks.


Side note:
In the two cases I tried to participate as an individual during the 
course of this year, I had to stay out. My life did not deteriorate, :-) 
but it left a not so good taste in my mouth, which I vividly remember 
now, as as this "platform" is suggested again and in our open context.

All the best,
Stefan.

> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Ram Jeyaraman (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
>
> > Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee)
> > meeting scheduled on Thursday December 6, 2012 during 8-9am PT. For
> > additional information, such
> > as dial-in details and chat room, refer to [2]. Feel free to suggest
> > additions or modifications.
> > ...