W3C’s Relationship to de jure Standards

Steve Holbrook (IBM)

Sanction vs Traction

Open Process & Sanctioning helps but there are LOTS of sanctioned, open standards out there (both

in W3C and ISO) …with no up-take!

Market traction matters Vendors react to market pressure

Customer demand & competition Ability to make money

Government Regulations * (I’ll come back to this…)

… in the end: de facto matters more than de jure

W3C in the Middle

ISO/IEC/ITU W3CmicroFormats

New Kids Old SchoolNew Old(?) School

InnovateSanction & Ratify

IBM’s (and others’?) Ideal Model

We’re all resource constrained Need a smart approach

Do technology work once @ consortia level Await traction in market Pursue further sanctioning @ de jure level

2004 vs 2010? ISO/IEC JTC-1 Web Services Study Group (WSSG)

started in 2003 Don Deutsch (chair) presentend on WSSG in May 2004 AC

2004: Advisory Board “advised” W3C become a PAS Submitter Team: “thanks, but no thanks” (Mike will address)

We’ll achieve int’l recognition in other ways Other SDOs? (Eduardo will address OASIS)

OASIS was already a PAS Submitter, WS-I became one 2010: voices again calling for W3C to be a PAS Submitter

What changed?

China & others

Struggling to fit in w/ W3C & Consortia Prefer Top-down

Identify ideal framework & fill in holes in Int’l Stds Caused creation of JTC-1 SC38

Web Service WG SOA WG Cloud Computing Study Group