The CSIRO has won a bid to

Greg — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:44:09 -0400

The CSIRO has won a bid to play a central role in setting standards for the World Wide Web.

I agree, it is a bit cringe worthy. Hosting the office, which was previously at the DSTC, will not put Australia in any central role for defining standards for the web. In fact the W3C doesn't actually define standards, it offers recommendations. And the process of developing those recommendations is done at an international level.

The W3C office in Australia is (I believe) more of an outreach program for the W3C. Maybe, just maybe there really is a problem with Australia being isolated from the rest of the world. I know that may seem like an insane notion given this the year 2005 and we have cable TV, the Internet yadda yadda yadda. But how much of that information is trustworthy for decision makers in Australia ? What I mean is how often do decisions get made on the basis of information gleaned of the Internet and mailing lists ? In my limited experience with "higher level" political types it is all done on the basis of face to face recommendations from colleagues...

Oh well...

CSIRO to host W3C Australia

Neil — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:26:56 -0400

CSIRO, Australia's governmental science organisation, is to host the local W3C office. There's a short, uninformed and generally poor summary at ABC News and an official press release at CSIRO.

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The CSIRO has won a bid to

CSIRO to host W3C Australia