Re: Moving Touch Events v1 to Recommendation

On 10/2/13 6:30 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> On 10/2/13 2:26 AM, ext Doug Schepers wrote:
>> Hi, folks–
>>
>> TimBL (the Director), while generally supportive of moving the Web 
>> Events spec forward and resolving the WebIDL dependency 
>> expeditiously, wasn't satisfied with the wording we proposed around 
>> conforming only to the WebIDL syntax; he wanted for us to make as 
>> strong a claim as possible, while not exaggerating the conformance we 
>> anticipate.
>>
>> So, PLH and I asked Cameron McCormack, the editor of WebIDL, how he 
>> thinks we could most accurately and precisely characterized the Touch 
>> Events spec's conformance criterion for WebIDL, and he suggested some 
>> text which I've included in the Editor's Draft of the spec [1]. TimBL 
>> accepted this text.
>>
>> We believe that this is both accurate and informative, and neither 
>> overstates nor understates the requirements for an implementation 
>> conforming to WebIDL in the context of Touch Events.
>>
>> Assuming this WG is happy with this text, and if we have no 
>> objections from the WebApps WG (ArtB, can you handle that?), the next 
>> step would be to move the Web Events spec to Recommendation (possibly 
>> as soon as next week).
>>
>> Is this text acceptable to everyone?
>
> The proposed text is OK with me.

Doug, All,

I meant to voice support for this change as an Editor of Touch Events 
and as a Chair of WebAppsWG (the group responsible for Web IDL).

-Thanks, ArtB


>
> If anyone objects to this change, please reply to this e-mail with 
> your concerns by by October 6 at the latest.
>
> Silence will be considered as agreement with this change.
>
> -ArtB
>
>
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webevents/raw-file/v1/touchevents.html#webidl-conform
>>
>> Regards-
>> -Doug
>

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