Re: State of SysApps specs

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Wayne Carr <wayne.carr@linux.intel.com>
wrote:

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> * Service Worker related - possible move to Web Apps or CG? *
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> 6. Task Scheduler API <http://www.w3.org/2012/sysapps/web-alarms/>
> Published as TR: Yes
> Last Editor's update: 13 October 2014
> Editors: Mahesh Kulkarni, Samsung Electronics; Former Editors: Christophe Dumez, representing Intel and Samsung Electronics (Until January 2013 and mid-August 2014, respectively)
> Possible Move: possible extension to Service Workers in WebApps WG
> Interest: Intel maybe, if it moved to Web Apps or a CG - just starting to consider
> Notes: This would let a Service Worker be awakened at a particular time and would have an event delivered to it. As Service Workers become more capable this could be useful, which sounds in the Web Apps scope for Service Workers.  Likely should move there or if they won't have it, a CG to at least preserve it until it becomes interesting to WebApps.
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> This looks very related to https://github.com/slightlyoff/BackgroundSync.
There's debate about how to do precise alarms (because of concerns that
they tend to waste battery), but they might wind up in either
BackgroundSync or Notifications.