Meeting minutes
MiniApp Lifecycle
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QingAn: xfq made some suggestions
… I agree
… can we merge this PR?
… for a11y and security & privacy, I'm still working on it
… for a11y we still need to meet with the Mobile Accessibility Task Force of the AG WG
MiniApp Manifest
QingAn: manifest
martin: we don't have any update to the spec
Zitao: we need to update the accessibility part
… for other parts I think we're mature enough
… we need to work with the accessibility folks
martin: we're following the discussions about translation in web app manifest
MiniApp Packaging
martin: I updated the packaging spec
… suggestions from xfq
… update some links and references
… ready to move forward
xfq: will publish FPWD next week
MiniApp Addressing
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Dan_Zhou: about addressing, need more comments
… hope to merge the PR
QingAn: I took a quick look
… think it's a big one
… need more time to think
… I would like to ask if there's any comments
Canfeng_Chen: we have suggestions to add some widget-related use cases to Addressing
… will comment on GitHub
QingAn: propose we give another 2 weeks
… to solicit comments
Dan_Zhou: no problem
Canfeng_Chen: sounds good to me
Widget Requirement
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Canfeng_Chen: plan to further improve this document
… and plan to start another widget spec in the CG
… give us 2 weeks
Zitao: you listed some requirements in the document
… related to URI, packaging, lifecycle, manifest etc.
… have you read the current work in the Working Group?
… do you think they're harmonized?
Canfeng_Chen: we have compared each requirement
… with the current work in the WG
… for Packaging, Lifecycle, and Manifest we're satisfied
… for Addressing we think it needs more examples
Zitao: I suggest that you prepare an explainer
… may help others understand
Canfeng_Chen: what is an explainer?
[Zitao explains what an explainer is]
xfq: can we merge https://
Canfeng_Chen: give us two weeks
… need to look at it in more detail
White paper maintenance
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QingAn: do we want to start from the previous version or start a new outline?
Dan_Zhou: I suggest to expand our previous version
Zitao: I see comments from Angel, Dan_Zhou, and xfq
… we need to explain what's the benefit, what's the gap
[QingAn shares his outline]
[Discuss QingAn's updated ToC]
QingAn: I will upload it to GitHub
… let's discuss the outline first
Canfeng_Chen: timeline?
Zitao: plan to publish it around the New Year
angel: MiniApps is not only in China
… there are similar products all over the world
… I was wondering if we should be looking at the international products
… like products from the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea
xfq: yes, maybe we can ask some other participants in the CG
… will look into this
QingAn: I'd be happy to send an invitation to them
QingAn: maybe also those participants of our MiniApps Workshop?
Zitao: +1
… look forward to other partners
angel: we should also collect the information during TPAC?
… we should provide an overview of what happening in the globe
QingAn: good idea
<angel> if needed, I can collect these TPAC info and see if they are useful for the white paper
QingAn: we should also make the most of the materials we prepared for the TPAC
ACTION: angel to collect feedback from TPAC
AOB
xiaoqian: I wonder if we can provide some material on the WG or CG for the developers
… we have prepared a lot of info for TPAC
… can we provide a developer-oriented page?
… learning resource for MiniApp developers
… do people think it's worth doing?
QingAn: MiniApp developers may not work for W3C members
… I think the community group is more suitable than the working group
… could you or xfq collect these materials?
xiaoqian: What do you think of putting them on MDN?
QingAn: I'm supportive of this idea
… developers care more about the implementation support of MiniApp technologies
<martin> +1 for MDN documentation. Specs are usually hard to understand by developers
QingAn: if we have more progress on the converting tool people will be interested
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<angel> + 1 to provide Miniapp dev info
QingAn: MiniApp developers are not interested in standard documents
Zitao: agreed
… we need to have a page about how to develop a standard MiniApp
xiaoqian: maybe we can make it an agenda item for the next meeting
QingAn: next meeting, Dec 23?
angel: Too close to christmas
Zitao: how about joint meeting with CG on Dec 16?
QingAn: OK
Next WG meeting: 16 December 2021, 12:00 -> 13:00 UTC
Next CG meeting: 16 December 2021, 13:00 -> 14:00 UTC
<angel> +1 to Dec 16