- From: Nikunj Mehta <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:38:40 -0700
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
You pretty much answered all my questions. Thanks. I would be support the charter be modified with the original text about storage APIs [[ Offline APIs and Structured Storage for enabling local access to Web application resources when not connected to a network ]] Nikunj On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:44 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: > Hi, Nikunj- > > Nikunj Mehta wrote (on 4/21/09 5:44 PM): >> Apparently the new charter [1] that forces everyone to re-join the >> WG >> also lists among its deliverables as WebStorage with the explanation >> that WebStorage is >> >> "two APIs for client-side data storage in Web applications: a name- >> value >> pair system, and a database system with a SQL frontend" >> >> Clearly, if the WD of WebStorage has in its abstract something more >> general, the charter should not be so specific. > > Yes, I can see where you're coming from. > > >> I now understand that this new piece of text made its way into the >> charter recently. > > Yes, in the final round of revisions after the AC review, we > clarified some of the deliverables, and I pulled the descriptions > from each spec. > > >> The last message I can see about charter change for >> WebApps [1] only talks about adding WebWorkers. Apparently other >> changes >> were also made, but no diff provided to members about the charter >> change >> proposal. > > Here is the original charter: > http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/charter/charter2008.html > > And here is the new charter: > http://www.w3.org/2009/04/webapps-charter > > In the original charter, what is now called Web Storage did not yet > have a formal name, but was called out: > [[ > Offline APIs and Structured Storage for enabling local access to Web > application resources when not connected to a network > ]] > > So, it was already in the charter, but only named recently when the > WebApps WG agreed to publish the spec (after the first draft of new > charter was written). > > >> Can you throw some light on this? >> >> Ian Hickson wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Nikunj Mehta wrote: >>> >>>> Here's what Oracle would like to see in the abstract: >>>> >>>> This specification defines two APIs for persistent data storage >>>> in Web >>>> clients: one for accessing key-value pair data and another for >>>> accessing >>>> structured data. >>> >>> Done. > > Your request to change this (and Ian's subsequent change) came after > the charter was in its final form that was approved by W3M (as you > can see by the timestamp at the bottom of the final version) [1]. > So. it's really a matter of unfortunate timing. Normally, such > changes to the charter after the fact are frowned upon, but under > the circumstances, I will see if it is acceptable to amend this, > since the WebApps WG seems to agree that more general wording is > preferred. > > Sorry for the confusion. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2009/04/webapps-charter > > Regards- > -Doug Schepers > W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
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