Community Group for Markdown Standardization

[Jelks Cabaniss]

Paul,

I haven't kept up with the W3C policies in a long time -- do you need a
"patent policy" now to get a Rec?  If so, I, and I doubt JG and many,
probably most others on this list would even give a hoot.  :)

Jelks

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Karl Dubost <karld at opera.com> wrote:


> Jelks, and others.

> Just a note about W3C community groups.

>

> Le 21 nov. 2012 à 17:20, Jelks Cabaniss a écrit :

> > Secondly, I'm glad to see Markdown even being considered by the W3C for

> standardization.

>

> It is not.

>

> Community Groups are groups that *anyone* can start about a topic related

> to the Web :) You do not need to be a W3C Member, to pay anything, etc. You

> just need to open a public W3C [account][], and be a bunch of motivated and

> open ;) people to discuss about a topic of interests.

>

> W3C gives the platform for free. In the case of Markdown, it means:

>

> * Home page

>   http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/

>   http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/feed/

> * Archived mailing-lists

>   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-markdown/

> * A wiki

>   http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/wiki/Main_Page

> * An irc channel

>   irc://irc.w3.org:6665/#markdown

>

>

> [account]: http://www.w3.org/community/account/request

>

>

> That said if the community group has been successful, published a

> document, etc. There might be interests from the W3C Members to make it on

> W3C Rec track and then go into the patent policy dance, etc.

>

>

> --

> Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/

> Developer Relations, Opera Software

>

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