Dear Advisory Committee Representative, Chairs,
I am pleased to announce that the following document is now W3C Candidate Recommendation:
Web Annotation Protocol http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-annotation-protocol-20160712/
The approval and publication are in response to this transition request: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2016AprJun/0086.html
The disposition of comments since the last Working Draft is available at: https://github.com/w3c/web-annotation/issues?page=3&q=is%3Aissue+-label%3Apostpone+-label%3Atesting&utf8=%E2%9C%93
The group welcomes feedback by email to its public mailing list public-annotation@w3.org, or as issues raised in: https://github.com/w3c/web-annotation/issues
A document with test cases, how to test, etc. is at: https://github.com/w3c/web-annotation-tests/blob/master/README.md
Patent disclosures relevant to these specifications may be found on the Web Annotation Working Group’s patent disclosure page in conformance with W3C policy: https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/status
The Web Annotation Working Group expects to satisfy its implementation criteria by 30 September 2016.
This Call for Implementations follows section 6.4 “Candidate Recommendation" of the W3C Process Document: https://www.w3.org/2015/Process-20150901/#candidate-rec
Thank you,
For Tim Berners-Lee, Director, and Ralph Swick, Information and Knowledge Domain Lead; Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
This version: http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-annotation-protocol-20160712/ Latest published version: http://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-protocol/
Abstract:
Annotations are typically used to convey information about a resource or associations between resources. Simple examples include a comment or tag on a single web page or image, or a blog post about a news article.
The Web Annotation Protocol describes the transport mechanisms for creating and managing annotations in a method that is consistent with the Web Architecture and REST best practices.
Status of This Document:
This document was published by the Web Annotation Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-annotation@w3.org (subscribe, archives). W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 30 September 2016. All comments are welcome.
Please see the Working Group’s implementation report.
Publication as a Candidate Recommendation does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.
This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
This document is governed by the 1 September 2015 W3C Process Document.