Fwd: Proposal for new WG to specify "Concrete APIs"

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- Regards, Art Barstow


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Art Barstow" <Art.Barstow@nokia.com>
> Date: April 23, 2009 8:19:13 PM EDT
> To: "public-device-apis@w3.org" <public-device-apis@w3.org>
> Subject: Proposal for new WG to specify "Concrete APIs"
> Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/D11E7D60-62A0-426A- 
> B379-62A950A9C487@nokia.com>
>
> We want to standardize some of the "Concrete APIs" discussed at last
> December's Device API workshop [1]. More specifically, we propose
> creating specifications for the following APIs:
>
> 1. Calendar
> 2. Camera
> 3. Contacts (aka Address Book)
> 4. Messaging
> 5. System Information
>
> For each of the above APIs, I attached a separate input and an
> appendix that includes common definitions shared by some of these
> APIs. We offer these inputs, under the terms of the W3C Patent
> Policy, as a starting point (strawman proposals) for the
> standardization effort.
>
> We also propose the attached draft Charter for a new Working Group
> whose deliverables will include these APIs.
>
> If the W3C agrees to add these APIs to a WG Charter, we will commit
> resources to drive the specification work including the Editor role.
>
> -Regards, Art Barstow
>
> [1] <http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/report#Concrete>
>