15:33:20 RRSAgent has joined #backplane 15:33:20 logging to http://www.w3.org/2008/12/02-backplane-irc 15:33:25 rrsagent, make log public 15:33:38 Meeting: Rich Web Application Backplane telecon 15:33:44 Chair: Charlie Wiecha 15:34:54 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-app-backplane/2008Dec/0000.html 15:40:44 Regrets: Jack 15:50:28 Regrets: Jack, Uli 15:51:49 oedipus has joined #backplane 15:56:48 rrsagent, make minutes 15:56:48 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/12/02-backplane-minutes.html oedipus 15:57:10 Scribe: Gregory_Rosmaita 15:57:17 ScribeNick: oedipus 15:57:18 INC_RWAB()11:00AM has now started 15:57:20 +[IBM] 15:57:28 trackbot, start telcon 15:57:32 zakim, [IBM] is CharlieWiecha 15:57:33 +CharlieWiecha; got it 15:58:21 i invoked trackbot, but didn't realize that rrsagent and zakim were running 15:58:37 trackbot, this is INC_RWAB 15:59:51 trackbot has joined #backplane 15:59:51 Sorry... 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I don't know anything about this channel 16:00:13 If you want to associate this channel with an existing Tracker, please say 'trackbot, associate this channel with #channel' (where #channel is the name of default channel for the group) 16:03:12 zakim, what's the passcode? 16:03:12 the conference code is 7922 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 tel:+33.4.89.06.34.99 tel:+44.117.370.6152), oedipus 16:05:17 +Gregory_Rosmaita 16:09:16 CW: sent out draft - working on it this morning - few comments in minutes 16:09:32 TOPIC: XG Report 16:10:08 CW: skipped over question of "what is a rich web application" -- perhaps need to loop back a bit to address declarative languages for rich web applications 16:10:41 CW: prototyping early next year had been the plan, but perhaps have opportunity to begin first report with discussion of "what is a rich web application" 16:11:00 CW: re-read and think that the info is there, but needs to be compiled and conflated 16:11:38 CW: we are RWAB XG -- struck at TPAC about what other WGs doing; HTML5 not interested; Dave Raggett has new XG 16:11:59 CW: aim is that RWAB XG report that could trigger thinking across community 16:12:08 CW: what is need for RWA? 16:12:54 CW: evolution of web from content platform to application platform; HTML came from content-publishing background and incrementally changes, but current working groups are concentrating on cross-platform apps 16:13:23 CW: both API and format -- continuing need for someone in W3C to investigate this issue in detail, not ad hoc 16:14:27 CW: what do we mean by "rich"? stems from functionality; definition of "rich" can factor that - not enough to provide graphics (presentation) -- think from MVC PoV it is an application, and each level has its own levels of richness 16:14:58 CW: pre-fill screen intelligently in conformance with past actions, saved preferences, etc. --- functionality of interactino 16:15:12 CW: context feedback - what controls are active at any point and time 16:15:25 CW: rich graphics PoV is limited; open discussion of richness 16:15:39 GJR: sounds to me like ARIA for those who don't use AT 16:18:42 CW: performance benefits, accessibility benefits, persistence with local cache 16:19:23 CW: second section to broaden definition of RWA so people don't think about rich graphics, but providing data-, view-, control/logic aspects 16:19:43 see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-app-backplane/2008Dec/0000.html for paper draft outline 16:19:50 GJR: Rich Web Application equals "Smart" Web Application 16:20:02 CW: how does one build one 16:20:10 CW: architectural patterns 16:20:26 CW: sub-section for each? just made list of what could think of offhand, so please add 16:20:56 CW: MVC patterns trying to incorporate into ubiquity-xforms -- feeding data by ubiquity binding - MVC pattern 16:21:12 CW: using events coordinated across page so more transparent 16:21:22 CW: Mark Birbeck very keen on this; 16:21:41 CW: JackJ keen on what he's developed in SMIL paper: implicit coordination pattern 16:21:59 CW: Rahul's submissions pattern - other uses of mechanism (incremental data refresh, etc.) 16:22:11 CW: can fill out sections on patterns 16:22:29 CW: section on problem of platform support: how to deliver XML to client? 16:22:54 CW: javascript as tag library not model for page author - javascript in XML rather than XSLT 16:23:07 CW: ODF implement in client using javascript; vertical standards 16:23:42 CW: XML not data definition, but processing model of life cycle; when have behavior need script library to do that - been traditional problem 16:24:00 CW: bridging what Forms WG doing - how did we get from here to there 16:25:01 GJR: for the sub-section you outlined, i will provide prose as to how one could could repurpose from backend to deliver what is most appropriate/useable 16:28:16 -Gregory_Rosmaita 16:28:17 -CharlieWiecha 16:28:17 INC_RWAB()11:00AM has ended 16:28:18 Attendees were CharlieWiecha, Gregory_Rosmaita 16:28:25 ADJOURNED 16:28:33 zakim, please part 16:28:33 Zakim has left #backplane 16:28:38 rrsagent, make minutes 16:28:38 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/12/02-backplane-minutes.html oedipus 16:38:54 rrsagent, please part 16:38:54 I see no action items