Re: Fwd: W3C's four domains are not clearly defined.

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 22:59 -0500, Simon Cockayne wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I notice that the division of the W3C into its four domains is not
> made from the w3c.org website.
> 

Correct. The primary reason is that the ___domain structure is largely
an internal management struture and therefore is not widely reflected
on the public Web site (though there are public pages for each ___domain;
they are just not widely used so we do not emphasize them).

> The clarification and the definition of the relationship between
> domains and goals would be a boon. 
> 
> 
> *** http://www.w3.org/WAI/about.html states:
> 
>    "WAI is one of four Domains within the W3C". 
> 
>    But there is no suggestion of what the other three domains are...or
> any link to such a definition. 
> 
>    Perhaps "Domains" could be a hyper link to definition of the
> domains?
> 
I would rather not do this for the other domains, in fact. WAI has
established its own brand; the other domains have not, nor is it our
current intention to make them more recognizable brands.

> 
> *** http://www.w3.org/Consortium/mission states:
> 
>    "W3C has these long-term goals for creating one World Wide Web: 
> 
>       Web for Everyone
>       Web on Everything 
>       Knowledge Base
>       Trust and Confidence"
>    Yet, there is no clear indication of how these goals link to the
> domains.

Right; that's because the internal management of this work tends to
change and is much less important publicly than the work itself.

Thank you for your comment,

 _ Ian

> 
> *** Searching for "___domain" in the W3c search reveals these top four
> domains
> 
>    http://www.w3.org/Interaction/
>    http://www.w3.org/Architecture/
>    http://www.w3.org/TandS/
>    http://www.w3.org/UI/
> 
> 
> Most kind regards,
> 
> Simon Cockayne
> 
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