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Welcome to the W3C Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls CG (DPVCG) wiki!

To join, visit https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/dpvcg/. A W3C account is needed, which is free to create, and the membership of the DPVCG is open to all.

The DPVCG produces and maintains the Data Privacy Vocabulary and associated resources, which have the aim of providing the following:

1. A machine-readable and interoperable vocabulary to express information about processing of (personal) data and the use of technologies (including AI);
2. An ontology that expresses the above vocabulary as concepts and relationships, thereby enabling 'knowledge graphs', 'schemas', and other forms of information modelling; and
3. Taxonomies that expand the ontology with real-world concepts so that the represented information can express both legal/theoretical as well as practical use-cases.

Participation in Group Activities

The working of the group is fairly open and transparent in its process, with most of the information present on the wiki. For past work, actions, issues, and records – please refer to the wiki and threads on the mailing list. Anyone can use the mailing list to ask questions, suggest topics, raise issues, and offer solutions. Non-members might receive an automated reply asking them to authenticate their email or email address for posting.

Similarly, meeting calls are usually open to attend, with the agenda shared on the public mailing list, and the group's calendar available online at https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/dpvcg/calendar. Call details may be shared on the internal mailing lists accessible to only members for security purposes – so it may be best to ask the chair(s) or a member for attending a call.

General questions regarding what the group considers in scope can be determined from the aims and objectives. Specific queries or propositions should be conveyed to the mailing list or discussed via Github issues.