Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity Statement

The Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity was launched on 30 March 2007 with the vision of enabling value-added services and business models for ubiquitous networked devices, based upon W3C's strengths in declarative representations. The Activity includes the Geolocation Working Group, the Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group (closed), the Device APIs and Policy Working Group, the Model-Based UI Working Group, the Points of Interest Working Group (closed), the System Applications Working Group's and the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group .

The Geolocation Working Group is defining a secure and privacy-sensitive interface for using client-side location information in location-aware Web applications. A geolocation API for accessing device location is under development, and in addition, the Working Group may explore exposing location information via markup or HTTP headers. The Working Group is tasked with identifying and addressing requirements for security and privacy protection.
The System Applications Working Group's goal is to define a runtime environment, security model, and associated APIs for building Web applications with comparable capabilities to native applications.
The mission of the Model-Based UI Working Group, part of the Ubiquitous Web Activity, is to develop standards as a basis for interoperability across authoring tools for context aware user interfaces for Web-based interactive applications.
The Device APIs and Policy Working Group is creating client side programming interfaces to enable Web applications and widgets to access device services, including the calendar, contacts, camera, etc. The group will also provide a framework for expressing security policies to govern access to these APIs.
The Web Real-Time Communications Working Group's goal is to define client-side APIs to enable Real-Time Communications in Web browsers. These APIs will enable applications that can be run directly inside the browser, to communicate in real-time, directly with other Web applications.

Highlights Since the Previous Advisory Committee Meeting

Proposed Recommendation for the Geolocation API
DAP WG recharter
DAP Last Call Working Drafts for Contacts API and others.
Points of Interest Core Last Call Working Draft
First Public Working Drafts from the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group.

Group	Chair	Team Contact	Charter
Device APIs Working Group (participants)	Frederick Hirsch	Dominique Hazael-Massieux	Chartered until 31 July 2013
Geolocation Working Group (participants)	Lars Erik Bolstad	Matt Womer	Chartered until 31 July 2012
Web Real-Time Communications Working Group (participants)	Harald Alvestrand, Stefan Håkansson	Dominique Hazael-Massieux	Chartered until 28 February 2015
Model-Based User Interfaces Working Group (participants)	Gerrit Meixner, Fabio Paterno	Dave Raggett	Chartered until 30 November 2013
System Applications Working Group (participants)	Wonsuk Lee, Mounir Lamouri	Dave Raggett	Chartered until 1 October 2014
Near Field Communications Working Group (participants)	Jacques Bourhis	Dave Raggett	Chartered until 1 November 2014

This Activity Statement was prepared for TPAC 2012 per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.

Matt Womer, Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity Lead

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