RE: XQuery - Why is the Charter secret?

[Jonathan Robie <Jonathan.Robie@SoftwareAG-USA.com>]

Andrew Watts wrote:

 > Does anyone know why the Charter of the XQuery Working Group
 > is withheld from  the public when other W3C Working Group
 > Charters are available to the public?

I think it is pretty much up to the Working Group whether to make their 
charter public. Sometimes charters contain information, such as the 
schedule and projected completion dates, that may need to be modified based 
on experience. It is a lot harder to change those dates if the general 
public is relying on them.

Jonathan