The POWDER Working Group is specifying a protocol for publishing descriptions of (e.g. metadata about) Web resources using RDF, OWL, and HTTP.
The POWDER Working Group Charter shows what the W3C has asked this working group to do.
The POWDER Working Group (member only link) is open to W3C members and invited experts. The working group meets weekly by phone. Face-to-face meetings are held up to four times per year.
The following W3C Member organizations have appointed participants to this Working Group (details are Member-only):
If your organization is already a member of W3C, ask your W3C Advisory Committee Representative to appoint you using the join/leave Web forms. This will also automatically subscribe you to the WG mailing list.
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