RE: CfC: publish FPWD of "app: URI scheme"; deadline April 26th

Qualcomm Innovation Center requests the following changes before this doc is moved to FPWD:

1. Abstract be changed from "This specification defines the app: URI scheme and rules for dereferencing an app: URI, which can be used to address resources inside a package (e.g., a packaged application). The dereferencing model relies on HTTP semantics to return resources in a manner akin to a HTTP GET request. Doing so allows this URI scheme to be used with other technologies that rely on HTTP responses to function as intended, such as [XHR]."

to

" This specification defines the app: URI scheme, which can be used to address resources inside a package (e.g., a packaged application).  This URI scheme may be used with other technologies that rely on HTTP responses, such as [XHR]."

2. Section 6.3: Removal of the statement "However, when dereferencing, the query and fragment components don't play any part in locating a file inside of package" and all ensuing text in this section.

3. Removal of Section 6.4.

Additional:  I have provided comments on other non-normative and normative sections in another email: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sysapps/2013Apr/0200.html.


Additional:  I believe Section 1 needs a total re-write, but would like to see the Editor's response to my comments before suggesting appropriate text for this section.

Additional: I would recommend under the Security Considerations section that the text be modified to be "The user agent needs to make sure that a symbolic link (or similar) inside a package does not break out of the package and end up pointing to a physical file on the end-users device."  I also don't believe everyone has a common understanding of what "break out of the package" means in this context, so it would be good to clarify this phrase.

-Giri Mandyam

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcos Caceres [mailto:w3c@marcosc.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:34 PM
To: public-sysapps@w3.org
Subject: Re: CfC: publish FPWD of "app: URI scheme"; deadline April 26th




On Friday, April 19, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> This is a Call for Consensus to publish a First Public Working Draft 
> of the "app: URI scheme" specification using the following ED as the basis:
> http://app-uri.sysapps.org/

> 
> This CfC satisfies the group's requirement to "record the group's 
> decision to request advancement".
> 
> By publishing this FPWD, the group sends a signal to the community to 
> begin reviewing the document. The FPWD reflects where the group is on 
> this specification at the time of publication; it does not necessarily 
> mean there is consensus on the spec's contents.
> 
> If you have any comments or concerns about this CfC, please send them 
> to public-sysapps@w3.org (mailto:public-sysapps@w3.org) by April 26th 
> at the latest. Positive response is preferred and encouraged and 
> silence will be considered as agreement with the proposal.

Document has now been moved to the sysapps repository and has been updated to an Editor's draft (it was "unofficial"). 

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Kind regards,
Marcos

Received on Monday, 22 April 2013 15:20:01 UTC