RE: Request to summarize overall `state` of each spec

Anssi.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kostiainen, Anssi [mailto:anssi.kostiainen@intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 2:08 AM
> To: Wonsuk Lee
> Cc: public-sysapps@w3.org; Mounir Lamouri; Dave Raggett; Christiansen,
> Kenneth R
> Subject: Re: Request to summarize overall `state` of each spec
> 
> On 05 Nov 2013, at 13:53, Wonsuk Lee <wonsuk11.lee@samsung.com> wrote:
> 
> > Concerning to intro of ServiceWorker, I requested this to Alex couple
> > of days ago. But I didn't receive his answer yet. So if he is not
> > possible, could you or Kenneth explain this instead of him?
> 
> I think we can do an intro, if Alex is not available. However, would be
> great to get an update direct from Alex, Anne et al. during the meeting.
> Perhaps we can find additional Tue slot if that would work better?

I agreed. If needed, let's try to meet and arrange a meeting with Alex and
Anne in TPAC.

> Anyway, there's some material in a written form already, so a useful intro
> might be to briefly look at:
> 
> 1) How ServiceWorker is addressing the offline problem by allowing a web
> developer to programmatically intercept resource fetching and manage
> caching (a problem that was not adequately addressed by declarative
> AppCache due to limited expressiveness):
> 
>   https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker/blob/master/explainer.md
> 
> This explainer in pretty detailed. However, it should be noted it only
> describes one kind of an event ("fetch") that ServiceWorker could handle.
> 
> 2) How to extend the model with new events beyond fetch for things like
> application lifecycle, alarms, push and system messages, inter-app
> communication etc. This is discussed e.g. in this gist (via [1]):
> 
>   https://gist.github.com/slightlyoff/7fae65a908ac318f69a3
> 
> Not as detailed as explainer around the fetch event, but gives you the
> basic idea of the extensibility of the model. Much of this is currently in
> scope for this group.
> 
> 3) Should perhaps note and discuss that most (if not all?) of this is
> currently envisioned to work with the usual security model of the Web (the
> concept of origins, no up front permission grants etc).
> 
> 4) Something else?

Thanks for helpful information!

Kr, Wonsuk.

> Thanks,
> 
> -Anssi
> 
> [1] https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker/issues/79=

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