W3C

– DRAFT –
MiniApps WG Teleconference

24 March 2022

Attendees

Present
Changrong_Ju, Dan_Zhou, martin, QingAn, Tengyuan_Zhang, xfq, Xiangyang_Yao, Xiaoping_Zhao, xiaoqian, Zitao_Wang
Regrets
-
Chair
Zitao_Wang
Scribe
xfq, xiaoqian

Meeting minutes

Lifecycle

QingAn: propose that we merge https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-lifecycle/pull/21
… any objections?

Zitao_Wang: +1 to merge

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-lifecycle/pull/19

QingAn: not urgent
… we can keep it for another month
… I just added some privacy considerations

Zitao_Wang: I agree privacy and security is important
… I want to encourage more people to review this part
… not just for the Lifecycle spec
… also for other WG documents

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-lifecycle/pull/20

QingAn: we haven't talked to the Mobile Accessibility Task Force

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-lifecycle/issues/22

QingAn: define a unified interface between miniapp and native
… I want to hear your opinions

Zitao_Wang: I reviewed this issue
… I think it makes sense
… if some developer develops a miniapp but does not have a standardized lifecycle
… it's not good for wide deployment of miniapp standards
… I also want to hear the comments from people who are familiar with existing Web technologies

QingAn: miniapp is not just for "super apps", it's also for operating systems
… I'm not sure this unified interface is for miniapp developers or miniapp vendors

Zitao_Wang: we need to further discuss this

QingAn: I will keep this issue open for now

Manifest

martin: no new PRs
… if there's no objection I think we can merge https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-manifest/pull/40

martin: next is https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-manifest/pull/41
… xfq added a comment
… I made some changes
… unless you have objections I think we can merge this PR

[silence]

martin: we can keep iterate these sections

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-manifest/issues/43

martin: i think it's important
… it's something we can explore
… IMO we can do it

Zitao_Wang: I think this comment makes sense
… since our goal is to harmonize with PWA
… we can also solicit comments from miniapp vendors
… to see if they agree

martin: if there's no objection we can explore this

Packaging

martin: https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-packaging/pull/45
… editorial changes
… approved by xfq
… unless there are objections we can merge it

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-packaging/pull/47

martin: comments from xfq
… I made the changes
… unless there are objections we can merge it

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-packaging/issues/51

martin: I assigned it to me
… will propose a new PR

Addressing

Dan_Zhou: it's a Draft Note now
… we need more public review

https://github.com/w3c/miniapp-addressing/issues

xfq: We have three open issues. Please fix them.

Zitao_Wang: the document is currently bilingual, and ideally, like the rest of the WG documents, we can make it monolingual (English-only).

Widget Requirements

xfq: The Acknowledgments section currently has no content

xfq: it's better to fill in some content or remove this section for now.
… The URI in the explainer needs to be updated to conform to the new version of the Addressing spec.

White paper

martin: I added some text
… will add some input
… but we'd better do it when it's in HTML

Zitao_Wang: the illustration looks better now
… I added a 'Implementation, converting tool' section
… xfq, do you think it's ready to be converted to HTML?

xfq: I think so

TPAC

xfq: we also discussed this in the CG meeting
… I hope we can find a place in China to have an offline meeting

QingAn: the time of the TPAC survey almost up
… we need to decide
… before next week
… I think we're unlikely to go to Vancouver
… do you agree?

Zitao_Wang: I agree

QingAn: any other comments?

Zitao_Wang: agree with QingAn's comments

QingAn: if there's no objections i'll fill in the form on behalf of the WG

AOB

xfq: we need to find a way to test the implementation of our specs

Zitao_Wang: agree with xfq, we need to make a plan

xfq: I'll file an issue later

Zitao_Wang: yes, that will help us move forward

<martin> +1 to test suite discussion

canfeng: I wonder if there are any examples from other WGs for testing we can learn from

xfq: yes, the WPT project

canfeng: who maintains this project?

xfq: browser vendors, the W3C members

xiaoqian: xfq can give a 5-10 min talk to introduce wpt next month

Zitao_Wang: next meeting, April 28

<martin> +1 Apr 28

Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 188 (Sat Jan 8 18:27:23 2022 UTC).