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P3P Specification Working Group Charter
First charter after Recommendation
The W3C Process Document describes what is required for a Working Group's charter. Its guidelines are followed here.
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| 2 July 2002 |
First charter after Recommendation
The W3C Process Document describes what is required for a Working Group's charter. Its guidelines are followed here.
The P3P Specification Working Group is chartered to support and maintain the P3P 1.0 Recommendation, help facilitate the deployment of P3P 1.0, liaison with other Working Groups within the W3C and other organizations to strengthen the position of P3P and foster privacy and trust on the Web, and gather suggestions for further P3P development work.
The continuation of the work on privacy on the Web falls well within the Technology and Society Domain.
The P3P Specification Working Group was originally chartered in July 1999. It distributed to the public a first Last Call draft in November 1999 and a second last call draft in October 2000. It distributed a Candidate Recommendation in December 2000 and a third Last Call draft in December 2001 as well as a Proposed Recommendation in January 2002 and a Recommendation in April 2002. This new charter will extend the Working Group until the end of 2002 and cover post-recommendation activities and preparation of the possible commencement of work on P3P version 2.
The precise Documents and Workshop Proceedings in production at a given time are listed on the WG page. Minutes of teleconferences and face to face meetings are also available from the P3P Specification WG Page.
P3P is dependent on the following W3C technologies and IETF technologies: XML, XML Namespaces, XML Schema, HTML, and HTTP. P3P is also related to the XML Protocol Activity, CC/PP, and mobile web work. XForms, Web Services and VoiceXML should have to address Privacy in their work.
The level of participation expected of P3P Specification WG members requires that they become experts in P3P; and that they meet the minimum level of participation specified in the W3C Process Document. In addition, WG members are expected to volunteer for assignments such as following up on public comments; creating examples, guidelines, or test cases; reviewing implementations; and taking minutes at working group meetings. All working group members are expected to review working group minutes and drafts and actively participate in working group discussions. Participation is expected to consume one half day per week of each WG member's time, though the time commitment for the Chair and editors of testsuites and guidelines may require up to two full days per week.
To become a member of the P3P Specification Working Group, a representative of a W3C Member organization must be nominated by their Advisory Committee Representative (please send email to the Working Group chair and the W3C team contact). The nomination must include explicit agreement to this charter, including its goals, an IPR disclosure and the level of effort required of the representative. Membership is also open to invited experts from the community, selected by the chair in order to balance the technical experience of the group.
In order to maintain good standing status, WG members must consistently participate in two out of three working group meetings (both remote and face-to-face), take on working group assignments, and complete working group assignments in a timely fashion. These criteria may be relaxed at the discretion of the WG Chair and Team Contact for WG members who are contributing to the success of the working group but are frequently unable to participate in meetings due to funding, scheduling, or language issues.
Phone calls will be once or two times a month. Face-to-face meetings are expected in conjunction with the workshops. An up-to-date schedule is kept on the P3P Specification WG homepage at http://www.w3.org/P3P/Group/Specification/
Voting rules are as specified in the W3C process.
Minutes of WG meetings shall be reported as required by the Process Document. Minutes are required only to show members present, the results of formal votes, and significant action items; further information is at the discretion of the Chair.
The P3P Specification WG has a home page that records the history of the group, provides access to the archives, meeting minutes, updated schedule of deliverables, membership list, and relevant documents and resources. It is maintained by the Chair in collaboration with the W3C staff contact.
Each Member of the Working Group pledges if at any time the member owns intellectual property rights essential to implement the P3P Recommendation then the Member will grant a royalty free license to anyone who implements the P3P Recommendation.
The Director will review the pledge made by each Member seeking to participate in the group before approving that Members request to participate.The W3C Team expects to dedicate the services of one staff member to serve 75% of his time as staff contact and coordinate outreach activities. The W3C Team also expects to dedicate staff (or contractor) resources to develop P3P implementation guides and help with outreach activities.