W3C Workshop on Delivery Context
Position Paper
Art Barstow
Nokia
February 11, 2002
art.barstow@nokia.com
Delivery Context
Section 3.2 (Future Work - Implementation of delivery context)
of the
Device Independence Principles
implies recommendations are needed to define:
- The way in which delivery context should be generated by the access mechanism
- The interpretation of the delivery context by the server
With respect to item #1, my position is that any specification(s)
done by the W3C in this area must:
- Accommodate devices with limited capabilities (simplicity principle)
- Use existing standards (e.g. UAPROF)
- Avoid the proliferation of vocabularies
With respect to item #2, it isn't clear if this is something
the W3C should standardize.
Device Independent Authoring
Section 3.3 (Future Work - Framework for device independent authoring)
of the
Device Independence Principles
provides a brief description of a framework for device independent authoring.
Although defining such a framework is not (currently) within the
Device Independent Working Group's Charter
the Workshop should include a discussion of the framework's
requirements and potential solutions.