W3C

Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group Teleconference
22 May 2008

Agenda

See also: IRC log

Attendees

Present
jeffs, francois, jo, dom, adam, Bryan_Sullivan, Scott, yeliz, miguel, manrique, SeanP, chaals
Regrets
MartinJ, Murari, AlanTai, rob, nacho, PhilA, kemp, Pontus, AlanC, Kai, Abel, EdM
Chair
Jo
Scribe
jeffs

Contents


<dom> [my regrets for next week, while I'm at it :/]

F2F Registration

discussion of face-to-face meeting upcoming

<dom> Registration for F2F meeting in Sophia

reminder to reply to the questionairre ASAP

<dom> Responses to the Registration, 24 answers

<dom> (14 persons)

jo: chair for next meeting needed... francois?

francois: agrees to chair next mtg

Use of ISSUE tracker

jo: reminding folks anybody can raise an issue, and this is probably the best way to do so

<jo> Raise an Issue

Task Force Reports

francois: report no real progress
... will send summary of discussion to clarify

jo: how many topics still open?

francois: thinks just 1 or 2 issues left to close out

jo: new draft of Pro
... please read
... should have new draft of accessibility next week
... MobileOK algprithms

algprithms/algorithms

francois: as far as can tell is mostly okay now
... objects w/o any type attributes now part of testing
... example problem... primary image not MobileOK, fallback is okay, doc should test out okay

<francois> Problem with Included resource and CONTENT_FORMAT

jo: probably relatively easy to fix by tidying up definitions

francois: agrees

jo: will redraft

<jo> ACTION: jo to redraft definition of Included resources according to the points noted by Francois [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action01]

<trackbot-ng> Created ACTION-761 - Redraft definition of Included resources according to the points noted by Francois [on Jo Rabin - due 2008-05-29].

jo: any thoughts about discrepancies? was the original reason for raising the ISSUE

<dom> +1 on the current algorithm being correct

jo: concerned to make sure we get this right this time

MobileOK License (cf. ISSUE-250)

<dom> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-bpwg/2008May/0043.html

dom: discusses license

<dom> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2008/04-mobileok-policy.html

<dom> current discussion: http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/track/issues/250

jo: not sure if this should go to offline conversation

dom: need to separate legal issue(s) from actual policy or technical issues

jo: agrees
... what about where someone puts on page not really qualified? tech issue or policy issue or...?

dom: both tech and legal issues involved
... lists what it takes to put MobileOK on page

jo: discussion of how to write this up in simple fashion
... thinks discussion is really about legal issues and under ISSUE 250
... which do we need to resolve as technical issues, and wish not?

<jo> ACTION: Charles to review ISSUE-250 with a view to how this affects content of mobileOK scheme [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action02]

<trackbot-ng> Created ACTION-762 - Review ISSUE-250 with a view to how this affects content of mobileOK scheme [on Charles McCathieNevile - due 2008-05-29].

dom: more on license
... current thinking: pass tests, get badge... discussion?

jo: cannot imagine rush of products into this space
... progress on this is good

BP-2

jo: asks adam to talk about scope

adam: questions being discussed... what is a web application? bring in widget containers? redrafted scope section and sent out
... wants conclusion on in/out of scope for widget containers

jo: can we accomplish this today?

adam: wants to de-scope issue and simplify discussion
... how can we include BP in that area

<jo> ack

jo: asks Bryan for comments

bryan: says sig stds activities and products out there
... we will lose our leadership position if we do not address this issue

jo: how to accomplish this best?
... asks opinion of chaals

<chaals> CMN: Don't see that these need to be out of scope, but don't think that there is a massive amount there

jo: what is minimum we need to accomplish on this?
... asks for resolution text

adam: wants enumeration of what to address for browsers, what for widget containers

<chaals> [think the text would say that widgets should use W3C widget standard, and then meet other requirements of BP/BP2 (since there is a big escape clause in adapting to your host]

bryan: talks about multithreading browser environments and similarity of issues w what happens w widgets
... took out characteristics list
... issues developers face is equivalent

adam: did not like list, not sure what it added in terms of clarity
... agrees w bryan that much of this also appies to widget containers

bryan: doesn't want to discourage people reading this who are developing for non-browser environments

<jo> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: Widgets are in scope of BP2, we will call out specific best practices that only apply to Widgets

discussion of how to word this

<Zakim> chaalsXO, you wanted to say widgets are apps

adam: say they are in scope and I will rewrite

<chaals> CMN: The only special thing about widgets is the container format, for management, and I think we will say that certain kinds of application should be available packaged as widgets. For the rest, they are just web applications, and should be treated as such, conforming to BP.

jo: reservation... wants to leave resolution as-is to leave room to work

<jo> ACTION: Adam to reword scope section ref Widgets to clairy and introduce caveats [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action03]

<trackbot-ng> Created ACTION-763 - Reword scope section ref Widgets to clarify and introduce caveats [on Adam Connors - due 2008-05-29].

<jo> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: Widgets are in scope of BP2, we will call out specific best practices that only apply to Widgets

<aconnors> +1

+1

<jo> +1

RESOLUTION: Widgets are in scope of BP2, we will call out specific best practices that only apply to Widgets

jo: back to family resemblance list

adam: list too wordy and does not add clarity
... cut it out entirely

jo: likes list, but point is hard to define things sometimes

bryan: is intent to collapse this list?
... discusses items on list that could be represented

<dom> chaals: I don't think we can make a list that'll match the real world for long enough to make that exercice worth it

chaals: does not think we can make definitive list, and we must work with what we can write

<Zakim> chaalsXO, you wanted to say no

zzakimj, unmute me

<Bryan> http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/Drafts/BestPractices-2.0/ED-mobile-bp2-20080514

<Bryan> http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/Drafts/BestPractices-2.0/ED-mobile-bp2-20080521

<jo> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: We back off from the list of Web Applicaiton characteristics originally proposed by Jeffs in favour of the less definitve text currently under scope

RESOLUTION: We back off from the list of Web Application characteristics originally proposed by Jeffs in favour of the less definitive text currently under scope

jo: thinks removal in favor of brevity good idea

<jo> [agreed to remove 1.4.4 and 1.4.5 in present draft]

bryan: discussion of moving text around and renumbering
... took "requirement" part and put as part of "introduction" to "best practices" section
... focus on tweaking 4.1 - 4.6 to make clearer
... 4.6 incorporates more input
... context- and device-info core of new input

jo: timing means many folks have not had a chance to review draft yet
... how close are we to publishing a 1st working draft of this?

bryan: we are close, need to address if structure is meeting needs?
... do we want to put in objectives? or is that just "more words"

adam: likes rearranging, thinks more in-scope, thinks pretty close but wants to re-read end-to-end
... do we still need a requirements section?

jo: discussion of document wording
... review it over the next 1-2 weeks
... how are we going to organize meeting?

<jo> ACTION: Jo to remind DKA that he was going to book a room at Vodafone for the Editorial Meeting [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action04]

<trackbot-ng> Created ACTION-764 - Remind DKA that he was going to book a room at Vodafone for the Editorial Meeting [on Jo Rabin - due 2008-05-29].

any other business

jo: reminder to register for f2f ASAP

<dom> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/37584/BPWG-F2F-June-2008/

<jo> Registration

jo: closing out meeting

<manrique> see you

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: Adam to reword scope section ref Widgets to clairy and introduce caveats [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action03]
[NEW] ACTION: Charles to review ISSUE-250 with a view to how this affects content of mobileOK scheme [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action02]
[NEW] ACTION: jo to redraft definition of Included resources according to the points noted by Francois [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action01]
[NEW] ACTION: Jo to remind DKA that he was going to book a room at Vodafone for the Editorial Meeting [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/05/22-bpwg-minutes.html#action04]
 
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