Forwarding message by Jim Melton (XQuery WG chair)

[Benjamin Nguyen]

Gentlepeople,

Liam Quin, the W3C Staff Contact for the W3C XML Query WG and the W3C 
XSL WG, forwarded to the WGs a note that he received from James 
Fuller.  James made us aware of the EXQuery and EXPath projects, 

suggesting that the WGs might wish to consider how those projects 
could enhance the value of the WGs' work.

The WGs were pleased to learn of the projects' existence and asked 
Liam and me to put in place a way that we can collaborate within the 

W3C structure under which we must operate.  To this end, Liam plans 
to create a new "Interest Group" public mailing list on the W3C 
servers to which we hope participants interested in XQuery/EXQuery 

and XPath/EXPath will subscribe.  We expect that most, or all, WG 
members will subscribe to that IG list.  This seems to us to provide 
a good mechanism through which the two projects and the two WGs can 
collaborate and communicate openly.


As soon as the mailing list has been established, we will announce it 
more widely (including, of course, these two project lists).

Hope this helps,
    Jim

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[Florent Georges]

2009/6/10 Benjamin Nguyen wrote:

Hi Jim, Benjamin,

> To this end, Liam plans to create a new "Interest Group" public
> mailing list on the W3C servers to which we hope participants
> interested in XQuery/EXQuery and XPath/EXPath will subscribe.
> We expect that most, or all, WG members will subscribe to that
> IG list. This seems to us to provide a good mechanism through
> which the two projects and the two WGs can collaborate and
> communicate openly.

I am glad to read the interest the WGs bear at those projects.

However, I am a bit concerned about dispersing good will by
creating a new list yet. I think federating all people among
our communities is a key point for the success of the new EX*
projects, as it has been for the original EXSLT project. But
maybe that's just the way the consortium does work.

Anyway, I am sure that's going to be a useful collaboration
and I hope we'll have interesting discussions soon, here or
there.

Regards,

--
Florent Georges
http://www.fgeorges.org/

[Adam Retter]

I think this is excellent news, it would seem like a more official and
open channel for the XQuery and XPath community(s) to interact with
the W3C :-)

A big well done to Jim Fuller.




2009/6/10 Benjamin Nguyen <benjie...@gmail.com>:

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Adam Retter

EXQuery Founder
t: +44 (0)7714 330069
e: adam....@exquery.org
w: www.exquery.org

[James Fuller]

great news,

Adam, Florent any chance of getting together (perhaps via skype or irc) to discuss more in full.

cheers, Jim

2009/6/10 Benjamin Nguyen <benjie...@gmail.com>