CCI GF Task Force

This page describes the proposal for a  COVID-19 Credentials Initiative Governance Framework Task Force (CCI GF TF). It was created by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay and Chris Raczkowski.

Objectives

1. To make available a set of documents which include (but are not limited to) a governance framework for the establishment of an appropriate governance authority around topics related to COVID-19 emergency response
2. To help enable the development of tools, methods and systems which adopt the governance framework and apply the principles enshrined for public good

Background/Context

The CCI Governance Framework evolved as part of the Rules Workstream within the Covid Credentials Initiative. The focus of the Rules Workstream was, by early June, to produce a first version of a Governance Framework which is aligned with the purpose of the wider CCI effort as well as aligned to the needs of the emerging ecosystem of developers, applications and systems which bring technology centric interventions to addressing the needs originating from the pandemic.

The first set of documents produced by the Rules Workstream include the following <insert hyperlinks to the listed documents?>

1. CCI GF Introduction v1.0
2. CCI GF Master Document v1.0
3. CCI GF <insert the actual name of the issuers document>

As part of its commitment to ensure that the output is widely circulated and understood the workstream also sought out volunteer driven contributions to translations of the above document. As on date (24-Jun-2020), the documents have received translations for <insert the list of languages being published at the CCI newsletter>

Organizers

1. Chris Raczkowski, DignifID
   
2. Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Dhiway
   
3. Drummond Reed, Evernym
4. XXX
5. XXX

Deliverables

The proposed Task Force intends to create a set of easily adapted reference material, best practices and templates thus enabling organizations of diverse nature to respond appropriately with technology while addressing the needs of a community impacted by COVID-19. The availability of this body of knowledge is expected to reduce the tension between public and private bodies around the topic of definition of a structure of authority, implementation of business, legal and technical rules and the assessment of technology infrastructure contributed in context of principles adopted by the public-private partnership.

Key deliverables will include, but are not limited to:

1. A complete second version of the CCI Governance Framework which extends the available v1.0 release with inputs and feedback from the community as well as additional detail required to align with use cases designed within the Covid Credentials Initiative through "sister projects"
   
2. An initial set of templates designed to be easily adapted by any organization desiring to adopt the products of this Task Force
   
3. A methodology to assess any system designed for COVID-19 response for its alignment with the principles of the Governance Framework
   

Intellectual Property Rights (Copyright, Patent, Source Code)

As a Task Force (TF) of the Ecosystem Foundry WG (EFWG), the IoE TF inherits the IPR terms from the EFWG JDF Charter. These include:

• Copyright mode: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. For the IoE TF, this is probably the only relevant licensing provision.
• Patent mode: W3C Mode (based on the W3C Patent Policy). The IoE TF is not expected to produce any deliverables subject to patent rights.
• Source code: Apache 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html. The IoE TF is not expected to produce source code.

Milestones

Key milestones will include, but are not limited to:

1. XXX.
2. XXX.
3. XXX.
4. XXX.
5. XXX.

The work of the CCI GF TF will be complete when the participants are ready to instantiate an XXX governance authority to implement the XXX GF.

Meeting Schedule

Weekly meetings on Monday at: 9:00pm Hong Kong/Beijing; 3:00pm Paris/Berlin/Cape Town; 9:00am New York; 7:00am San Francisco