RE: Joint meeting of the CSS/WebApps/WebFonts WGs

Thank you Art,

Oct. 31 at 11:00 - 12:00 would work fine for WebFonts WG.

Best regards,
Vladimir


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Barstow [mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:14 PM
> To: Levantovsky, Vladimir
> Cc: Linss, Peter; Daniel Glazman; chaals@opera.com; schepers@w3.org;
> Chris Lilley; www-style@w3.org; public-webapps@w3.org; public-webfonts-
> wg@w3.org; public-webappsec@w3.org; Brad Hill; Eric Rescorla
> Subject: Re: Joint meeting of the CSS/WebApps/WebFonts WGs
> 
> [ + WebAppSec WG ]
> 
> I included the WebAppSec WG since CORS is now a joint deliverable of
> WebApps and WebAppSec. (CORS is generically named "Secure Cross-Domain
> Resource Sharing" in their charter [1].)
> 
> If we are going to have a joint meeting, I have a strong preference for
> October 31. WebApps currently has some open time slots that day:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/TPAC2011#Agenda_Monday.2C_October_3
> 1
> 
> I just allocated the 11:00-12:00 slot for this topic and if that
> doesn't
> work for others, please propose (as soon as possible) an alternate time
> that day.
> 
> In the meantime, if there are any related technical issues, please use
> public-webapps (I don't think there is need for a bunch of cross-
> posting).
> 
> -Art Barstow
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/08/appsecwg-charter.html#deliverables
> 
> 
> On 10/5/11 3:36 PM, ext Levantovsky, Vladimir wrote:
> >
> > Dear WG Chairs, W3C Staff contacts and WG members,
> >
> > The WebFonts WG has recently published WOFF specification as W3C
> > Candidate Recommendation. The specification flags two features as "at
> > risk", both of them related to font loading behavior with default
> > same-origin restriction and CORS as a mechanism to relax it when
> > needed. The WebFonts WG believes that these features are best to be
> > specified as part of the CSS3 Fonts module that defines font loading
> > behavior. The most recent version of CSS3 Fonts WD contains section
> > 4.8 that provides for default same-origin restriction and CORS, but
> > they are also marked as "at risk" pending the resolution on the
> recent
> > proposal to specify "From-Origin" HTTP header as an alternative
> > mechanism to control the resource loading on the Web.
> >
> > I would like to respectfully ask the chairs and the members of the
> CSS
> > and WebApps working groups to allocate a time during the W3C TPAC
> week
> > for a joint meeting with WebFonts WG to discuss the mechanisms for
> > access control (CORS) and resource loading (From-Origin) to be able
> to
> > determine the way forward and resolve the features at risk that are
> > now parts of the CSS3 Fonts and WOFF specifications.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > On behalf of the WebFonts WG,
> >
> > Vladimir Levantovsky, WebFonts WG chair
> >

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