Proposal to transfer the ownership of the domain name topicmaps.org
to SC34 (or its representative)
November 16, 2005
by Michel Biezunski
1) Topicmaps.org ownership would be transferred to SC34, through the
Canadian Standards Organization on topicmaps.org, and will be
controlled by SC34 with the exception of a section devoted to the
history of topicmaps.org. This section would be placed under the
management of Michel Biezunski with full authority over the
content. There will be a disclaimer saying that SC34 is not
responsible for the content of that section. SC34 understands that
the section of the web site is done as a service provided to the
TopicMaps community, and that SC34 acknowledges that it won't be
able to influence the content of that section. There should be no
time limit to this agreement.
Michel Biezunski intends to have an archivist be in charge of
that section of the web site. The plan is to publish a
comprehensive history with a record of the various versions of the
documents that were created by topicmaps.org. It will be used and
presented as archival material and will be done in a very rigorous
and professional manner.
2) A notice will be published on topicmaps.org saying that this domain
name was donated by Michel Biezunski, who was the initiator and
co-founder of the activity once called "topicmaps.org", as well as
a co-editor of the XTM specification from the beginning until
January 2001. This notice will be permanent and will be put on the
home page (http://www.topicmaps.org)
The historical part of the web site will be at the URL:
www.topicmaps.org/history.
The historical section will be addressable from the home page.
3) A formal request from SC34 should be addressed to Michel Biezunski
in the form of an email that should be sent with a copy to the
mailing list. Any correspondence on that matter should be done
in the open, i.e., all emails should systematically be copied
to the mailing list. The letter should document the reasons why
it is important for SC34 to use topicmaps.org.
