Re: [xml-dev] W3C Launches Incubator Activity

[sterling <sstouden@thelinks.com>]

does this mean, you give them your ideas and if they like them enough they 
will allow a member to patent them and sell them back to you? Since, they 
have taken on patenting it is problematic to discuss idea with standards 
groups at w3?  or do I have it all wrong?
please explain 

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Eric van der Vlist wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I find it interesting that the W3C is launching a new "Incubator
> Activity" (http://www.w3.org/2006/02/incubator-pressrelease.html.en)
> "for discussing and developing interesting and possibly controversial
> ideas that are not (or not yet) clear candidates for standardization"
> while we're wondering if the community could have had more influence on
> the design of W3C XML Schema
> (http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200602/msg00057.html).
> 
> Controversial ideas that are not (or not yet) clear candidates for
> standardization? Too bad WXS hasn't been incubated!
> 
> Eric
>