Summary of TAG activity from 1st November 2005 to 31 January 2006

[Vincent Quint]

This is a summary of the TAG's activity from 1st November 2005 (end
date of the previous summary [1]) to 31 January 2006.

1. Meetings

   During this period the TAG held nine teleconferences and one
   face-to-face meeting:
      *  5-6 December 2005, Cambridge, MA, USA [2]

   Agendas for these meetings are available in TAG public email
   archive [3]. Minutes are linked from the TAG's home page [4].

2. Issues

   All TAG issues are detailed in the issues list [5].
   During the reporting period the TAG did not open any new issue.

3. Findings

   A TAG finding was approved: The Disposition of Names in an XML
   Namespace [6].

   Two new draft findings were added: Associating Resources with
   Namespaces [7], The Principle of Least Power [8].

   Two draft findings were updated: Authoritative Metadata [9],
   URI Schemes and Web Protocols [10].

   More information about TAG findings [11] is available.

4. Communication

   Following a request sent by the TAG, the Web Services Addressing
   Working Group has added some advisory text [12] about the use of
   EPRs in its specification.

   During the W3C Technical Plenary week in Mandelieu, the TAG expects
   to meet with a number of W3C Working Groups to discuss issues of
   mutual interest.

5. Upcoming

   The next TAG face-to-face meetings are scheduled for
      *  28 February and 4 March 2006, during the W3C Technical
         Plenary in Mandelieu, France
      *  12-14 June 2006 in Western Mass., USA

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[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2005Oct/0062.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2005/12/5-6-agenda.html
[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/
[4] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/Overview.html#about
[5] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html
[6] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/namespaceState
[7] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/nsDocuments/
[8] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/leastPower
[9] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect.html
[10] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/SchemeProtocols.html
[11] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/findings
[12] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2006Jan/0074.html

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