Re: Proposal for an Application Management API

Hi Claes,

On 03 Mar 2014, at 14:05, Nilsson, Claes1 <Claes1.Nilsson@sonymobile.com> wrote:

> In order to open up the possibility to provide web based home screens/application dashboards web runtimes need to provide some kind of Application Management API.

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I think it would be beneficial to a have a bit more elaborate use cases for this feature early on. Currently, the proposal has the following three bullets:

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Examples of use cases for this API are:

* Web based marketplace / app installer
* Web based home screen (application dashboard)
* Company portal

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I assume you’ll be working on expanding the use cases section first? With the use cases at hand, the group would be better equipped to provide feedback.
 
> The context in which this API is to be used is a web runtime that provides some kind of web application installation/bookmarking concept. Furthermore, as with other SysApps APIs the API should only be exposed to content that can be verified as trusted.

Would this API be out of the scope for browsers, assuming the traditional browser security model?

More specifically, do you see this proposal interacting with the Manifest (http://w3c.github.io/manifest/)?

> Could this API be added to agenda for the April F2F-meeting? Unfortunately I am not able to travel to the meeting but I will participate remotely so a morning time slot would be appreciated.

Having use cases at the meeting would be great.

Thanks,

-Anssi

Received on Thursday, 13 March 2014 09:41:03 UTC