Purpose

The purpose of the GSWG Governance Architecture Task Force (GATF) is to draft a TSS (ToIP Standard Specification) that defines the standard requirements for all ToIP-compatible governance frameworks regardless of their level in the ToIP stack. Note: this is meant to be a counterpart to a ToIP Technical Architecture TSS deliverable from the Technical Stack WG.

Deliverables

1. ToIP Governance Architecture TSS—a specification of the requirements that any ToIP-compatible governance framework must meet. Some requirements are expected to be layer-independent while others will depend on the specific ToIP layer the governance framework is intended to govern. The Pre-Draft Deliverable is here (Google doc format).
   1. One component of this TSS is the ToIP Governance Metamodel. See this wiki page for the proposed structure. Comments gladly accepted!

Conveners

Please add your name to this list if you wish to be a convener:

• Drummond Reed, Evernym
• Scott Perry, SSPCPA

Members

Please add your name to this list in any desired role:

• Primary Editors

  • Drummond Reed

  • Scott Perry

  • Jim St. Clair

  • Wenjing Chu

• Secondary Editors

• Primary Reviewers

  • Scott Whitmire

  • Kalyan Kulkarni

• Secondary Reviewers

  • Ken Adler

• Observers
  • Karl Kneis
  • Steve Magennis
  • Steven Milstein
  • sankarshan

Meeting Schedule

This TF is expected to start scheduling meetings in October 2020. Watch this page for updates.

Milestones

Key milestones will include, but are not limited to:

1. ToIP Governance Architecture TSS
   1. First Draft — 15 November 2020
   2. Second Draft — 15 December 2020
   3. Final Draft — 31 January 2020

Intellectual Property Rights (Copyright, Patent, Source Code)

As a Task Force (TF) of the Governance Stack WG (GSWG), the GATF inherits the IPR terms from the GSWG JDF Charter. These include:

• Copyright mode: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. 
• Patent mode: W3C Mode (based on the W3C Patent Policy).
• Source code: Apache 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html. The GSWG TA TF is not expected to produce source code.

Mailing List and Communications

This task force uses the following for communications

• Mailing List: This TF is preparing to set up its own mailing list. Watch this page for details.
• Slack: This TF has its own dedicated Slack channel: #gswg-gov-architecture-tf