Initiatives - The DataPortability Project

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Below are a list of initiative currently being run by the DataPortability project. Initiatives are specific tasks and work groups on a issue, as determined by an action group. An attempt is currently being made to list all current initiatives. For further information and as to how you can get involved, please visit the following pages and if in doubt, add a comment

Initiative	Description	Key contacts	Action group supervision
Communities Research Project	Investigation and research into existing communities in the data portability space. Led by the Steering action group but involving all groups.	J. Trent Adams	Steering
Technical Documentation	Reference material on Use Cases, solutions and technologies		Technical
Standards Community DataPortability Suggestions	Identifying weaknesses in the standards communities	Julian Bond	Technical
Web Site DataPortability Suggestions	Identifying weakness with current web applications	Julian Bond	Technical
Labs	A place for coding experiments to investigate possible solutions		Technical
The GraphSync Project		Chris Saad	Implementation
Policy Documentation	Reference material on license, privacy and ownership issues		Policy
Business models initiative	Create new thinking about how business can be done in a data portability enabled world	[Devin Holloway] / Elias Bizannes	Evangelism
Reference Library (Links)
DataPortability Project Governance	Determing the decision making framework of the DataPortability project	Entire action group	Steering
DataPortability Logo Competition	Help the DataPortability community create a Trust Mark	Mary Trigiani	Evangelism
DataPortability.org website	An initiative to redevelop our web presence so as to enable understanding about how we work and what we do to new participants, consumers, and vendors		Evangelism
DataPortability Definitions	A place to define terms used in the DataPortability project		Evangelism
Wiki Development	Tidy and maintain the wiki and encourage participation in building it.		Evangelism
DataPortability progress reports	Showing our progress and communicating key deliverables, decisions and set backs of the overall Project during the month	Mary Trigiani / [Daniela Barbosa]	Evangelism
DataPortability Legal Entity Taskforce	Researching the formal legal structure of the DataPortability organization	Brady-Brim-DeForest	Steering
Governance & Workflow Taskforce	Researching the governance model for the DataPortability organization	Elias Bizannes	Steering

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