13:01:59 RRSAgent has joined #dap 13:01:59 logging to http://www.w3.org/2010/05/05-dap-irc 13:02:01 RRSAgent, make logs world 13:02:01 Zakim has joined #dap 13:02:03 Zakim, this will be DAP 13:02:03 ok, trackbot; I see UW_DAP()10:00AM scheduled to start in 58 minutes 13:02:04 Meeting: Device APIs and Policy Working Group Teleconference 13:02:04 Date: 05 May 2010 13:02:19 Chair: Robin_Berjon, Frederick_Hirsch 13:02:32 Present+ Robin_Berjon, Frederick_Hirsch 13:03:23 Regrets: Alissa_Cooper, John_Morris 13:03:55 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010May/0006.html 13:10:48 Regrets+ Dom 13:16:35 Regrets- Dom 13:16:43 Regrets+ Dominique_Hazaƫl-Massieux 13:32:59 arve has joined #dap 13:48:36 Dzung_Tran has joined #dap 13:48:43 Present+ Dzung_Tran 13:49:40 Marcos has joined #dap 13:53:02 marengo has joined #dap 13:55:26 Regrets+ Ilkka_Oksanen 13:56:34 darobin has joined #dap 13:57:29 UW_DAP()10:00AM has now started 13:57:32 +??P21 13:57:35 zakim, ??P21 is me 13:57:35 +fjh; got it 13:58:42 AnssiK has joined #dap 13:59:11 soonho has joined #dap 13:59:32 +AnssiK 13:59:48 LauraA has joined #dap 13:59:50 +enewland 13:59:50 enewland has joined #dap 13:59:57 +suresh 13:59:59 Present+ Soonho_Lee 14:00:04 Present+ LauraA 14:00:04 Present+ enewland 14:00:19 Present+ Anssi_Kostiainen 14:00:31 Suresh has joined #dap 14:00:41 Present+ Suresh_Chitturi 14:01:11 brianleroux has joined #dap 14:01:16 Present+ Robin_Berjon 14:01:20 +LauraA 14:01:33 Present+ Brian_Leroux 14:01:44 +darobin 14:01:44 Claes has joined #dap 14:01:47 +maxf 14:02:03 Present+ Claes_Nilsson 14:02:08 + +1.604.685.aaaa 14:02:24 Present+ Max_Froumentin 14:03:23 zakim, who is here? 14:03:23 On the phone I see fjh, AnssiK, enewland, suresh, LauraA, darobin, maxf, +1.604.685.aaaa 14:03:26 On IRC I see Claes, brianleroux, Suresh, enewland, LauraA, soonho, AnssiK, darobin, marengo, Marcos, Dzung_Tran, arve, Zakim, RRSAgent, fjh, tlr, maxf, ilkka, ingmar, dom, shepazu, 14:03:28 ... trackbot 14:03:29 +Claes 14:03:43 - +1.604.685.aaaa 14:03:53 zakim, who is here? 14:03:53 On the phone I see fjh, AnssiK, enewland, suresh, LauraA, darobin, maxf, Claes 14:03:55 On IRC I see Claes, brianleroux, Suresh, enewland, LauraA, soonho, AnssiK, darobin, marengo, Marcos, Dzung_Tran, arve, Zakim, RRSAgent, fjh, tlr, maxf, ilkka, ingmar, dom, shepazu, 14:04:00 ... trackbot 14:04:24 + +1.604.685.aabb 14:05:01 zakim, aabb is brianleroux 14:05:01 +brianleroux; got it 14:05:18 scribenick: enewland 14:05:34 Scribe: Erica 14:05:50 +Bryan 14:05:52 TOPIC: administrative 14:06:01 arve has left #dap 14:06:10 Call for Exclusions, System Info API 14:06:12 call for exclusions for system info 14:06:21 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-device-apis/2010May/0000.html 14:06:23 no other announcements 14:06:34 TOPIC: Minutes approval 14:06:39 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010Apr/att-0117/minutes-2010-04-28.html 14:06:49 bryan_sullivan has joined #dap 14:06:56 RESOLUTION: minutes from 28 April 2010 approved 14:07:27 meeting to be held next week as usual 14:07:40 TOPIC: Policy requirements and rulesets 14:07:57 policy framework 14:07:58 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010May/0011.html 14:08:08 Laura: introducing email she sent morning of May 5, 2010. 14:08:22 zakim, who is here? 14:08:22 On the phone I see fjh, AnssiK, enewland, suresh, LauraA, darobin, maxf, Claes, brianleroux, Bryan 14:08:24 On IRC I see bryan_sullivan, Claes, brianleroux, Suresh, enewland, LauraA, soonho, AnssiK, darobin, marengo, Marcos, Dzung_Tran, Zakim, RRSAgent, fjh, tlr, maxf, ilkka, ingmar, 14:08:26 ... dom, shepazu, trackbot 14:09:06 ...outlined some differences between NOKIA document and policy document 14:09:14 ....NOKIA document covers trust domain and access policies 14:09:29 ...trust manager and access manager are independent elements 14:09:50 ...first major difference: to match NOKIA's input, need to define trust policies and access policies separately, instead of one generic security policy for everything. 14:10:49 ...for example. Trust domain request picture: data flow from access request to assign appropriate trust domain to given Web content. 14:12:30 ...NOKIA document has separate trust manager, with separate trust domain and sends that back to access requester. when access requester needs to request access to specific api it sends trust domain that had been requested previously, 14:12:54 ...trust policy and access policy would be handled by same PDP 14:13:12 q+ 14:13:29 ...concerns: if we follow this approach, there are a few major changes that need to be done to security model as it now stands 14:13:36 ...need to define trust policies from scratch 14:13:47 ...different structures, naming, etc. 14:14:04 ...this trust domain approach can already be done using security model as we have it now. 14:14:21 ...may not need explicit trust manager or trust policy. possible to write a security policy following a trust domain approach 14:14:31 ...one section for each trust domain that policy writer wants to define 14:14:57 ...first question to answer: where are we now and what are steps forward? 14:16:04 choice between having explicit trust domains as nokia has proposed versus doing as we have in bondeye submission 14:16:33 s/bondeye/bondi 14:18:11 q+ 14:18:38 fjh: we need to think more deeply about this. Figure out what else the implications are there. 14:18:48 q- 14:19:42 LauraA: I understand we need to be explicit defining trust domains. We could modifiy what we already have to make it more trust domain explicit. Trying to explain how a policy will be written following trust domain approach but not necessarily demanding such an approach from the beginning. 14:19:48 ack bryan 14:20:22 bryan_sullivan: changes are what is necessary. Trust domain concept and management of trust domains as separate set of directives is something that was discussed early in bondi as well. To manage trust separately from policy 14:20:49 ...to simplify evolution of what we wanted to do in bondi. To find mechanisms for delegation of trust, etc. It is easily doable throughwhat LauraA has presented. 14:21:08 q+ 14:21:13 ack Suresh 14:21:13 fjh: it might be beneficial to go through with trust domain approach but let's give it a little time on the list 14:21:48 zakim, call thomas-781 14:21:48 ok, tlr; the call is being made 14:21:50 +Thomas 14:21:58 zakim, I am thomas 14:21:58 ok, tlr, I now associate you with Thomas 14:22:00 zakim, mute me 14:22:00 Thomas should now be muted 14:22:37 suresh: question for clarification. In current draft, step #2 is access request. Seems as though this access request, which is same as bondi's, is generic in that it combines trust domain and access information. But with this new, modified approach, trust domain and access are separated. So, in document it is difficult to understand what gets passed in step #2 in terms of data and how this is a change. is it just making things more explicit or is there more 14:22:57 my understanding from conversation is that from BONDI perspective changing to make explicit trust domains should not be a big problem, and could be done 14:24:02 LauraA: In step 2 there is this access request. When access requester has to request access to a specific API, this access request would be sent together with the trust domain that was assigned before hand. For widgets, the trust domain request may usually be carried out by the installer, so trust domain is assigned from beginning 14:24:29 suresh: so you would first validate trust domain and then make access request, but if trust domain is already available then you can skip the first step. 14:24:52 Suresh: so key difference in terms of data flow is one-step approach versus goosestep approach. 14:25:06 fjh: you wouldn't need first step repeatedly in goosestep approach. 14:25:11 q- 14:25:31 LauraA: web content would be assigned trust domain and that would work for all access requests afterward 14:25:37 s/in goosestep approach/in a series of API calls/ 14:26:10 fjh: seems like this change is doable. If we think this is right thing to do, we can go ahead and do it. 14:26:17 q+ 14:26:37 q- 14:26:41 fjh: We will talk about it next week. 14:26:44 There is an email from Paddy on this subject 14:27:47 TOPIC: Privacy requrements and rulesets 14:28:04 enewland: nothing new to report 14:28:25 TOPIC: APIs - SysInfo 14:29:13 darobin: is it enough to have four positions in sysinfo orientation? 14:29:51 max: four positions is enough. 14:30:00 RESOLUTION: SysInfo - four orientations are enough 14:30:13 keep current list of camera properties? supportsVideo, hasFlash, 14:30:13 sensorPixels, maxZoomFactor 14:30:26 darobin: list of camera properties. is current list enough? 14:30:45 maxf: there is no need to go beyond that. 14:31:37 Claes: what we have today is fine. 14:31:47 q+ 14:31:51 ack thomas 14:32:04 Thomas: we have maximum zoom factor, do we have minimum zoom factor? 14:32:18 ...for example, wide angle lenses 14:33:06 Claes?: idea was to avoid going into focal length. 14:33:21 s/Claes?/Max 14:33:30 Max: idea was to avoid going into focal length 14:33:44 -LauraA 14:34:09 +LauraA 14:35:06 darobin: We are near last call, could ask for some review before last call and make that part of the email. 14:35:31 RESOLUTION: SysInfo - the current list of camera properties is enough 14:35:39 darobin: flag it as a resolution that we are ok but will flag as needing to be reviewed in email 14:35:50 darobin: should we have no sensors, such as heart rate, step counters 14:35:53 ...etc 14:36:03 including question of focal length in email requesting review 14:36:49 max: ambient noise, atmospheric pressure, etc. are environmental sensors. But what about more human sensors? heart rate, etc. 14:37:42 Claes: The main purpose in including sensors in this specification is that this specification is supposed to be a simple interface that explains common use cases. 14:38:00 human sensors have even more privacy considerations 14:38:30 ...perhaps it is a bit inconsistent to say that the current sensors are all environmental sensors but not the user. So perhaps we should change scope of sensors we support. 14:38:55 q+ 14:39:30 ack fjh 14:39:32 ...more generic specification for sensors may be coming in the future, but if we want to get something out within this release, that would be good. there are common use cases for heart rate and step counter 14:39:38 fjh: there are privacy implications here 14:39:42 q+ 14:39:49 q? 14:39:54 ack tlr 14:39:54 ...different privacy concerns, ways of addressing them, limits on how they can be used 14:39:58 ack Thomas 14:40:20 Thomas: We are not talking about the properties of the device but of the individual. This is a different set of sensors from what we have been discussing so far 14:40:26 I like the idea of specifying that the sensors we are supporting is environmental type 14:40:50 We address the heart rate and other type of sensors in next release 14:41:04 ...we are starting to talk about the user, and should probably put them in separate API 14:41:05 +1 to tlr, different type of information 14:42:09 /me what french accent? :) 14:42:10 darobin : probably want to make it a separate spec 14:42:28 s/\/me what french accent? :)// 14:42:59 RESOLUTION: scope of SysInfo stays the same, we will look into user sensors later 14:43:05 darobin: this is on the road map for future improvements 14:43:52 ISSUE-76? 14:43:52 ISSUE-76 -- Available/Preferred Networks in sysinfo -- OPEN 14:43:52 http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/track/issues/76 14:44:12 close ISSUE-76 14:44:12 ISSUE-76 Available/Preferred Networks in sysinfo closed 14:44:14 darobin: that issue should be closed 14:44:18 ISSUE-79? 14:44:18 ISSUE-79 -- Fingerprinting privacy issue related to sysinfo, need for feedback on privacy risk -- OPEN 14:44:18 http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/track/issues/79 14:44:34 close ISSUE-79 14:44:34 ISSUE-79 Fingerprinting privacy issue related to sysinfo, need for feedback on privacy risk closed 14:45:02 q+ 14:45:03 darobin: intend to release last call of ISSUE-79 within week. how does that sound? 14:45:39 darobin: clarification. The idea is to tell people that we are planning to go to last call, point them to draft and go to last call 14:45:41 ack Suresh 14:46:10 suresh: clarification - is intention of last call to gather feedback on current draft or also can we change something if we notice something missing. Is it open to new properties? 14:46:44 darobin: the idea is to ask people to review it very carefully and if all goes well then we move on to the recommendations and implementation testing. would not be open to new things 14:46:59 suresh: unfortunately, we haven't done throgouh review of the scope of this draft. Could we delay by one week? 14:47:24 darobin: proposal was to give people one or two weeks to review before going to last call. Purpose was to announce that we were thinking of going to last call soon. 14:47:44 2 weeks 14:47:55 s/throgouh/thorough/ 14:48:17 RESOLUTION: announce a two week pre-LC review period for SysInfo, then move it to LC if all goes well 14:48:30 ack thomas 14:48:49 RESOLUTION: The WG love Max 14:49:02 TOPIC: APIs - Testing 14:49:03 :) 14:49:19 http://docs.jquery.com/QUnit 14:49:28 http://github.com/phonegap/mobile-spec 14:49:29 darobin: Appropriate given that we are planning first last call. Last call is period when we should start thinking seriously about testing. 14:50:08 ...we discussed using qnix and mobile spec. 14:50:42 s/qnix/QUnit/ 14:50:55 s/mobile spec/mobile-spec/ 14:51:08 brian: mobile-spec is suite of QUnit spec. We have been favoring performance over total compliance. 14:51:30 brian: For the most part it works well. Supports asynchronous testing, which is critical. 14:52:10 brian: automation is still a problem. You can run inside emulators but they don't really emulate anything. Tend to have manual tests, run on actual devices 14:52:48 brian: there will be failures on some devices. Sometimes device doesn't have capability to run a particular interface. For example, if phone doesn't have GPS then that test will fail, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have GPS test. 14:53:24 ...QUnit is good. mobile-spec is a good starting point, even if we don't eventually use it. It is complete and well organized. 14:54:24 ...we also have some techs coming in soon from Deutch Telecom, they have added Bondi 1.1 APIs. Soon you will be able to choose which APIs you want to use. 14:54:41 darobin: Having looked at number of testing frameworks, it seems that QUnit is most adapted to our needs. 14:54:51 ...has anyone else looked into similar questions? 14:55:03 q+ 14:55:12 ack AnssiK 14:55:23 AnssiK: QUnit is a fairly sold choice. 14:55:27 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010Apr/0132.html 14:56:13 ...good presentation by John Rissak. Will find it and paste it to IRC 14:57:01 brian: There's also another program, device anywhere. Proprietary but offer automated testing. Perhaps could look into that so we could take this to next step of automation 14:57:01 q+ 14:57:08 http://www.slideshare.net/jeresig/understanding-javascript-testing 14:57:44 darobin: presumably DAP would not get involved in creating an automated framework. But if tests we produce can be imported into another system, that would be a big plus. People can feed their tests back to us. 14:57:51 ack bryan_sullivan 14:58:07 bryan_sullivan: We can compare this to test framework that has been developed for use in bondi. 14:58:28 s/sold/solid/ 14:58:39 s/Rissak/Resig/ 14:58:50 -Claes 14:58:59 ...Question. If I want to validate that I can send a message - sending an email to myself, for example - is that easily done within this test framework. 14:59:46 darobin: When people fill out instantation reports they report whether or not they successfully, for instance, received an email afterwords. 14:59:47 +Claes 15:00:24 bryan_sullivan: Will test framework directly support ability to send and receive a message, for example. Or do we need to create mini-test apps. 15:01:31 brianleroux: Get into functional testing.... 15:02:03 bryan_sullivan: The problem is that to fully test an API, you need to see if API supports normative validation. 15:02:27 q- 15:02:49 darobin: There is some level of agreement on qUnit and moving forward with mobile specs. 15:02:58 ....group should look into sysinfo testing in mobile spec 15:03:13 brianleroux: i can work on putting that in over the next week 15:03:46 brianleroux: will send message to list with pointers to documentation 15:03:47 q? 15:04:03 darobin: no other comments with respect to testing. moving on 15:04:40 TOPIC: APIs messaging 15:05:04 \me =) 15:05:24 darobin: any other API topics 15:05:43 ...none raised. 15:05:57 frederick: request that people look at LauraA's email on policy framework. 15:06:28 -Bryan 15:06:29 darobin: adjourned for this week. darobin won't be here next week 15:06:31 -Thomas 15:06:34 -darobin 15:06:35 -Claes 15:06:38 -AnssiK 15:06:47 AnssiK has left #dap 15:06:51 -LauraA 15:06:52 -suresh 15:06:52 -brianleroux 15:06:54 -enewland 15:06:54 -fjh 15:07:02 rrsagent, generate minutes 15:07:02 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/05/05-dap-minutes.html fjh 15:07:04 -maxf 15:07:05 UW_DAP()10:00AM has ended 15:07:09 Attendees were fjh, AnssiK, enewland, suresh, LauraA, darobin, maxf, +1.604.685.aaaa, Claes, +1.604.685.aabb, brianleroux, Bryan, Thomas 15:07:43 ScribeNick: darobin 15:07:51 rrsagent, generate minutes 15:07:51 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/05/05-dap-minutes.html fjh 15:07:51 enewland has left #dap 15:09:01 shepazu has joined #dap 15:14:06 Marcos has joined #dap 16:07:37 tlr has joined #dap 17:07:53 Zakim has left #dap