Device APIs and Policy Working Group

Mission

As defined in its charter, the mission of the Device APIs and Policy Working Group is to create client-side APIs that enable the development of Web Applications and Web Widgets that interact with devices services such as Calendar, Contacts, Camera, etc. Additionally, the group will produce a framework for the expression of security policies that govern access to security-critical APIs (such as the APIs listed previously).

Specifications

Group specs

• Device APIs Requirements, Working Group Note, Oct 15 2009

Input

The following were submitted as starting points for this group's deliverables:

• Nokia's calendar API
• Nokia's camera API
• Nokia's contacts API
• Nokia's messaging API
• Nokia's System Info API
• Nokia's DeviceException Interface
• BONDI APIs (including Application Launcher, Messaging, User Interaction, File System, Gallery, Device Status, Application Configuration Camera, Communication Log, Contact, Calendar, Task)
• 1.0 BONDI Architecture and Security (1.01)
• (and also BONDI 1.0 specifications and 1.01 specifications)

Also relevant are the following:

• Policy Based Device Access Security. (earlier workshop paper: Web Runtime Policy Based Security)

Roadmap

NB: this roadmap has not been approved by the Working Group yet.

Spec	1st Editor’s draft	FPWD	LC	CR	Rec	Comments
Priority APIs
Contact	Oct 2009	Dec 2009	Apr 2010	Jul 2010	Sep 2010	Uses vCard properties
Calendar						Editor: Rich/Suresh Matches iCalendar expressivity
Filesystem						Editor: Robin Relates to the FileReader API Needs Use Cases
Capture (audio/video)						Editors: Dzung, Ingmar
Messaging						Editor: Niklas, Daniel Coloma
Other
Systems info and events	Oct 2009	Apr 2010				Editors: Dzung, MaxF
Tasks
Application Launcher
User Interaction
Communication Log
Gallery						Editor: Wonsuk Relates to API for Media Resource?
Informative docs
APIs Requirements	Oct 2009	Oct 2009				When to declare victory?
Policy Requirements	Oct 2009	Dec 2009
APIs Design Patterns	Nov 2009

The Working Group is not planning to work on the following items:

• Application configuration: already possible through localStorage, and with the Widget interface APIs
• Orientation / Acceleration: taken over by the Geolocation Working Group
• Notification: taken over by the WebApps Working Group

APIs that have been suggested as worth consideration for the group but not currently prioritised (and therefore not up for discussion) are kept in the FutureWork page on the group's wiki.

Participate

If you are employed by a W3C Member and want to join this group, please ask your Advisory Committee Representative to nominate you to the group as explained in the relevant instructions.

If you are not employed by W3C Member and have specific expertise to bring to this group, the said instructions explain how to get Invited Expert status.

See the list of current participants.

Meetings

Weekly teleconference Wednesdays, at 10am US Eastern Time on Zakim teleconference bridge (+1.617.761.6200, +33.4.89.06.34.99 and +44.117.370.6152) code 3279, IRC channel #dap on irc.w3.org port 6665 (Web IRC client).

• See time in your time zone.
• W3C Calendar entry

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Minutes are taken in rotation, please consult the list of scribes for further details.

Minutes are posted to the public list and once approved are linked from the minutes page.

First F2F meeting during TPAC 2009: registration, registrants.

We're tracking issues and action items using Tracker.

Communications

The main communication channel for this group is the publicly archived mailing list <public-device-apis@w3.org>.

Member-confidential messages and logistical discussions can be addressed to the member-only archived mailing list <member-device-apis@w3.org>

Documents

Here are some documents of interest to participants in the WG:

• Workshop Report and Position Papers from the W3C Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web
• Recommended reading
• Editorial resources
• Internal process
• Editorial pool

Patent Policy

This group operates under the W3C Patent Policy - see its Patent Policy status for more details.

History

The Working Group was first chartered in July 2009, as a follow-up to the workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web held in December 2008.