[wg/auto] Automotive Working Group closure

[plehegar]

Charter Review

No charter. this is a WG closure.

While relevant for the future of the Web, the automotive industry is still figuring out the software stack for their entertainment systems.

VISS2 adoption remains slow in connected vehicles and is being foreseen to be used in several use cases:

• between CAN and TCU
• between TCU and the cloud
• between entertainment system and user facing applications
• between the cloud and the entertainment system

The automotive industry is still walking through the privacy issues giving the level of data collected by connected vehicles.

The Auto Working Group has been making slow progress on the privacy aspect, mostly tracked through
w3ctag/design-reviews#768 .

Two key deliverables from the Group that did not get produced is:
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• High level architecture for information flows to facilitate understanding of the different standard and proprietary solutions being used within the industry and to further discussions on data privacy considerations throughout
• In-Vehicle Application Best Practices to address many of the issues arising from allowing applications to reside and run on vehicles including but not limited to security, privacy and safety considerations beyond the confines of specifications being delivered.
  ]]
  https://www.w3.org/2021/05/autowg-charter.html

At this point, we don't expect the Group to go beyond VISS2, at best. If the TAG review leads to something useful in the upcoming months (ie, by April 1), the Group could be extended to finish the work on VISS2 given that they have some level of implementations. Otherwise, we'll formally close down the Group.

In the meantime, we're not extending the charter of the Working Group.

cc @caribouW3

[plehegar]

Regarding the future of Automotive and the Web, we're encouraging the creation of a Community Group to keep the conversation happening, focusing on:

1. Auto Privacy Principles
2. Ontology
3. Use Cases/Requirements/Profiles for Input/Collaboration with other W3C Groups (Data/Privacy/Security/Web of Things/WebPayments) (Web & Networks/Safety/Accessibility/Immersive Web) (Devices and Sensors/Spatial Data on the Web) (AI/ML Applications & Data sets/Smart Cities/…)

The CG should foster collaboration with Auto standards entities and ensure participation from a broad automotive eco-system.

[samuelweiler]

For more background, see the thread from the last chartering cycle, in 2020-2021.

[plehegar]

Automotive Privacy Principles Community Group

[plehegar]

The TAG closed w3ctag/design-reviews#768 without further action...

[plehegar]

Pending new last minute information, we're going to close the Automotive Working Group after February 20.

[plehegar]

This Working Group has now been closed.

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2024JanMar/0034.html