FW: [Fwd: Call for Participation: W3C Workshop on Constraints and Capabilities for Web Services]

This will be of interest to members of this TC.

Hal

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> From: "Ian B. Jacobs" <>
> Date: July 1, 2004 8:17:05 AM PDT
> To: 
> Subject: Call for Participation: W3C Workshop on Constraints and 
> Capabilities for Web Services
>
>
> Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
>
> W3C is holding a workshop on Constraints and Capabilities for Web
> Services. This workshop is being held to discuss the establishment of a
> framework for the expression of constraints and capabilities and their
> association with Web services, in order to promote their
> interoperability and scalability.
>
>   When:  12-13 Oct 2004
>   Where: The Oracle Conference Center at Oracle Headquarters
>          (Redwood Shores, California, USA)
>
> Other details about the workshop are available at:
>
>      http://www.w3.org/2004/06/ws-cc-cfp.html
>
> The event is being organized by the W3C Architecture Domain. The
> workshop will be chaired by by Mark Nottingham
> <> and Philippe Le H嶲aret <>.
> Philippe is the W3C Contact for this workshop; please direct any
> questions you have to him.
>
> ---------------------
> Important Information
> ---------------------
>
> Other important dates and deadlines for this workshop are:
>
>      27 Aug: Position papers due
>      24 Sep: Final agenda available
>       1 Oct: Registration closes
>
> Please note that:
>
>   - There will be a limit of 60 participants.
>   - Attendance is open to everyone, including non-W3C members,
>     but each organization or individual wishing to participate
>     must submit a position paper.
>   - To ensure maximum diversity among participants, only two
>     participants may attend per organization.
>   - There is no registration fee.
>
> -----
> Scope
> -----
>
> Because of the breadth of this topic, there are many potential
> interactions with existing efforts, including (but not limited
> to):
>
>  * WSDL extensibility / features and properties
>  * WS-Policy Framework and Attachment specifications
>  * SOAP's abstract model, SOAP modules, features and properties
>  * The Semantic Web; e.g., OWL-S, Rei, Ontologies for Web services
>  * Rule languages; e.g., RuleML
>  * Web Content Negotiation and Composite Capabilities/Preference
>    Profile (CC/PP)
>  * Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) and EPAL
>  * HTTP headers and other Web-based policies; e.g., robots.txt,
>    WebDAV properties
>  * XACML, including WSPL
>  * The IETF Policy Framework
>  * The boundary and interactions between policy, service level
>    agreements, and business level agreements in web services.
>
> Discussion of the relationship of these areas to the Workshop
> topic is encouraged.
>
> We are looking forward to your participation and
> contributions to this workshop.
>
> For Philippe Le H嶲aret, W3C Architecture Domain Leader;
> Ian Jacobs, Acting W3C Head of Communications
> -- 
> Ian Jacobs ()   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
> Tel:                     +1 718 260-9447