Identity Schemas Charter

Name
Identity Schemas Working Group

Purpose

 * 1) To create a web catalog of identity-related ontologies (schemas) in order to promote interoperability between identity systems through ontology reuse. These ontologies must be represented in HOWL, RDFa or XDI.
 * 2) To create a common ontology (in HOWL, RDFa or XDI) for the domain of people.

Principles
See Purpose And Principles.

Practices

 * discussion on mailing lists
 * contributions of ontologies
 * informal get-togethers at other identity-related events

Requirements of Participation and How to Join
Participants are required to contribute to at least one of:
 * 1) populating the catalog (thesaurus)
 * 2) developing the technology behind the identityschemas.org site/catalog
 * 3) contributing to the "person" ontology (in one of its three formats)

Join by joining one of the mailing lists.

Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product
The contents of the site will be licensed under Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution license. The code developed for the site will use an open source license similar to EPL or Apache 2.0 (the exact license is TBD). Note: the preceding is how this Working Group was originally chartered, the group has described here (click "IP Policy") an alternative proposal regarding IP.

Current Deliverables and Milestones
Deliverables:
 * A db-backed web-based catalog/thesaurus that allows peer co-production
 * A person ontology in RDFa, HOWL and XDI

Current Meeting Schedule
List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

Current Membership

 * Paul Trevithick
 * Mark Wahl
 * Dick Hardt
 * Peter Davis
 * DanielPerry
 * Johannes Ernst
 * JoaquinMiller
 * Iain Henderson
 * Bob Morgan
 * Dale Olds
 * DrummondReed (http://xri.net/=drummond.reed)
 * FenLabalme

Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate

 * Representative: JoaquinMiller
 * Alternate: Paul Trevithick

Current Links

 * wiki: http://www.identityschemas.org
 * mailing list: