Status: This is a draft that has been reviewed by the IG Chairs.
W3C Invited Experts are individuals who are invited by a chair of a Working or Interest Group to participate in that group. The chair and the W3C staff must agree that the individual brings particular expertise to the group prior to inviting the individual.
The Sustainable Web Interest Group charter states that “The group [...] welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration, although active contributors are expected to join the group.”
The Chairs expect to invite individuals to participate in the Interest Group as Invited Experts in a manner consistent with the W3C Invited Expert policy and IG Charter. The Chairs will also take into consideration whether individuals:
- Have participated in the Sustainable Web Design Community Group and have contributed to the work of that group.
- Have contributed to the Sustainable Web IG (e.g., via the mailing list or GitHub) as non-participants.
- Have expertise that the Chairs deem important to the success of the group, even if they have not previously contributed to either the CG or IG.
Once the Chairs have extended an invitation to someone to join as an Invited Expert, that person should review the instructions for joining the group.
Individuals are welcome to contact the Chairs to initiate a discussion about participation as an Invited Expert.
Potentially, yes (per this policy).
No. Individuals who work for a W3C Member organization participate as representatives of their organization and not via the Invited Expert program.
No. There are no patent licensing obligations associated with participation in an Interest Group. However see the disclosure obligations for Interest Group participants.
Yes. Anyone may subscribe to the group’s mailing list and post to it. (People who join the group are automatically subscribed.)