Roy T. Fielding wrote: > I'd like to propose a lab for experimenting with Web Architecture. > > The Web Architecture Lab would be a work area for specifying and > experimenting with the interrelated shared agreements (protocols) > that make the World Wide Web a happy place. The goal is to produce > a central storage for Web protocol evolution, including both existing > Web protocols and new ones, that Apache developers can refer to, > comment on, prototype alternatives, and provide examples and test cases. > > A secondary goal is to experiment with tools for integrating > public commentary with the specification process, similar to the > way FSF has integrated commentary on GPLv3 by interleaving > comments stored in an issue tracking system with the document > being commented on. > > This is, essentially, a documentation project consisting of a group > of editors' sandboxes under version control. There are no releases > and most discussion, if any, will be on other organizations' lists > (aside from the chatter among the committers working on the lab itself). > A public version history is extremely important for this kind of work > in order to combat attempts to monopolize certain standards after the > ideas have been published. > > DOAP is below. > > ....Roy > > ================= > <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"; > xmlns="http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#"; > xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"; > xmlns:labs="http://labs.apache.org/doap-ext/1.0#"; > xmlns:projects="http://projects.apache.org/ns/asfext#";> > <Project rdf:about="http://labs.apache.org/labs#webarch";> > <name>Web Architecture Lab</name> > <shortname>webarch</shortname> > <shortdesc xml:lang="en">Experiments in specifying protocols for the > World Wide Web</shortdesc> > <description xml:lang="en">The Web Architecture Lab is a work area for > specifying and experimenting with the interrelated shared agreements > (protocols) that make the World Wide Web a happy place. The goal is to > produce a central storage for Web protocol evolution, including both > existing Web protocols and new ones, that Apache developers can > refer to, comment on, prototype alternatives, and provide examples and > test cases. A secondary goal is to experiment with tools for integrating > public commentary with the specification process.</description> > <homepage rdf:resource="http://labs.apache.org/webarch/"/> > <license rdf:resource="http://usefulinc.com/doap/licenses/asl20"/> > <created>2007-1-10</created> > <labs:status>active</labs:status> > <maintainer> > <foaf:Person rdf:about="http://roy.gbiv.com/#me";> > <foaf:name>Roy T. Fielding</foaf:name> > <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://roy.gbiv.com/"/> > <foaf:mbox_sha1sum>c280214fd2d3c3cbcbc108be3692f6778b91f27c</foaf:mbox_sha1sum> > > </foaf:Person> > </maintainer> > <repository> > <SVNRepository> > <location rdf:resource="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/labs/webarch/"/> > <browse rdf:resource="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/labs/webarch/"/> > </SVNRepository> > </repository> > </Project> > </rdf:RDF> > ===================
Ok, the 48 hours have passed. Go ahead and create your lab, find instructions at http://labs.apache.org/getting-started.html -- Stefano. -- Stefano. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
