#1215: [wg/wot] Web of Things Working Group rechartering

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Opened Apr 1, 2026

This issue was created because the 'horizontal review requested' label was added to § https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/509

This review is requested prior to the Advisory Committee Review.

Note: This is a placeholder issue for the WoT WG's rechartering process. The WoT WG Charter is expiring on 2 October 2025.

New charter proposal, reviewers please take note.

Charter Review

Draft Charter (WIP)

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Expected end of charter refinement phase: 2026-03-31

If applicable:

diff from previous charter

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What kind of charter is this? Check the relevant box / remove irrelevant branches.

  • Existing
  • Existing WG recharter
  • Existing IG recharter
  • If this is a charter extension or revision, any issue discussion:

Horizontal Reviews: apply the Github label "Horizontal review requested" to request reviews for accessibility (a11y), internationalization (i18n), privacy, security, and TAG. Also add a "card" for this issue to the Strategy Funnel.

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Known or potential areas of concern

Where would charter proponents like to see issues raised? (this strategy funnel issue, a different github repo, email, ...)

Anything else we should think about as we review?

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Charter facilitator(s)

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Discussed Apr 6, 2026 (See Github)

Jeffrey: No progress yet.

Discussed Apr 27, 2026 (See Github)

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Discussed May 11, 2026 (See Github)

Jeffrey: Was concerned that WoT was having challenges. They are actually using URLs and the .well-known namespace and have provisions for accessing these over the Internet. Biggest concern is that they don't have a description of how they are re-using existing authentication protocols. Need to ask about that. They also don't describe coordination with oauth or any of the standard authentication systems mentioned. Beyond that, no obvious architectural concerns.

Heather: Authentication touches on my favorite things. I'm happy to let this progress but do want to comment on authentication things.

Jeffrey will draft a comment.

Comment by @jyasskin May 21, 2026 (See Github)

I've posted our comment to https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/509#issuecomment-4512908206.