Decentralized IG

[wseltzer]

A group from the Improving Web Advertising BG is proposing discussion of a draft charter for a Decentralized IG https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/decentralized-charter.html

[wseltzer]

Evaluation

A core part of our Strategic work is the evaluation of how proposed work serves the Web. In the "Evaluation" phase at the end of the funnel, we make the case whether work is ready to proceed to Chartering of a Recommendation-track deliverable. At that point, we need to identify:

• Will this work help to lead the web to its full potential?

• Is the work Rec-track ready?

  • Rec Track Readiness (AB)
  • Intent to Migrate (WICG)

Proposed IG, no rec-track deliverables

• Do we have the ecosystem of participants needed to make the work successful?
  • users, developers, implementers; industry sectors
  • from that we can dig into
    • who specifically is involved? interested, opposed?
    • what tools and frameworks do they use?

digging deeper:

Will it add value?

• something good for web users. what are the alternatives?
• have "horizontal" (a11y, i18n, security, privacy) issues been considered and identified?
• what's its importance/opportunity cost?

Will we be able to make it succeed?

• right participants interested. What does the ecosystem look like?
• implementation likely
• manageably sized problem
• achievable timeline
• minimum viable product
• does it raise architectural issues that need to be addressed before it can succeed?

Special considerations?

• risk factors
• incentives
• openness, decentralization

Procedural

• Advance notice to AC when team feel a WG charter is likely to be developed, we send "advance notice" to the AC and public-new-work.

Sent: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-new-work/2020Sep/0006.html

• Horizontal review: in this phase, team should request review of charter-in-development from a11y, i18n, arctec, privsec.

[wseltzer]

Issue discussion on the draft charter

[michael-n-cooper]

APA took a look, can't tell from mission and scope exactly what this group is meant to do, and it seems to overlap some horizontal review and TAG functions. We would like a clearer description of intended activities and how the group would coordinate deliverables with similar deliverables from other groups.

[r12a]

+1 to @michael-n-cooper remarks, from i18n review.

[wseltzer]

@michael-n-cooper and @r12a Can you take a look at w3c/charter-drafts#291 ?