Re: Agenda: DOM3 Events Telcon, 12 October 2010

Hi, folks-

Today's DOM3 Events conference code is 26632 (CONF2).

Regards-
-Doug Schepers
W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs

Doug Schepers wrote (on 10/12/10 2:00 PM):
> Hi, folks-
>
> Sorry about the messed-up date on the subject line. Obviously, the
> correct date is Wednesday, 13 October 2010, tomorrow.
>
> Doug Schepers wrote (on 10/12/10 12:15 PM):
>> Hi,folks-
>>
>> We will be holding the next DOM3 Events telcon on Wednesday, 13 October
>> 2010, at 17:00-18:00 UTC. [1] Please adjust for your local time.
>>
>> We meet on both phone and IRC.
>>
>> IRC channel: #webapps on irc.w3.org:6665 (that's port 6665, not the
>> default)
>> Conference code: (we will have to get an ad hoc conference code...
>> please meet on IRC channel to get the code)
>> Duration: 1 hour
>>
>> Agenda:
>> * discussion of UI Independence for ARIA proposal [1], ISSUE-135 (30
>> minutes)
>> * overview of UIScrollRequestEvent, UIValueChangeRequestEvent, and
>> DOMAttributeChangeRequestEvent interfaces [2] (10 minutes)
>> * 'beforeInput' proposal [3], ISSUE-121 (10 minutes)
>> * MouseEvent.getCoordsAt [4], ISSUE-136 (10 minutes)
>> * other Last Call issues [5]
>>
>> We are inviting some of the WAI Protocols and Formats WG to discuss
>> these issues with us. We have many issues to cover, so we will be
>> adhering to a strict queue for this telcon.
>>
>> There are two separate proposals to add features to DOM3 Events to get
>> editing actions, the UIRequestEvent Interface (with events like
>> 'UndoRequest', 'RedoRequest', 'EscapeRequest', and 'DeleteRequest') [2],
>> and the 'beforeInput' proposal [3], which have some overlap in intent
>> and use cases.
>>
>> Note also that HTML5 defines editing actions and APIs [6], specifically
>> the UndoManager interface [7].
>>
>> I would ask that participants in the call should please familiarize
>> themselves with these proposals and drafts beforehand, so we don't have
>> to go too far into them in the limited time we have for the telcon.
>>
>> Given that there are many edge cases to work out and competing proposals
>> to reconcile, and that we are late in the process for large changes to
>> DOM3 Events, my current inclination as editor is to suggest that we
>> discuss all of these proposals as a single cohesive whole, with close
>> examination of use cases, and come up with a separate spec that
>> addresses these issues, which is built on top of DOM3 Events and HTML5's
>> existing infrastructure. If resources are allocated to this task, it
>> could be done in just as short a time as if the same issues were
>> addressed for inclusion in DOM3 Events, and without slowing down DOM3
>> Events.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/Guide/1998/08/teleconference-calendar#s_3755
>> [2]
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/att-0106/UserInterfaceIndependence.html
>>
>>
>> [3]
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2010JulSep/0786.html
>> [4] http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/issues/136
>> [5] http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/products/2
>> [6] http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/editing.html
>> [7] http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/dnd.html#undomanager
>>
>> Regards-
>> -Doug Schepers
>> W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
>>
>>
>

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Received on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:00:16 UTC