- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:49:18 +0200
- To: W3C Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>, Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
We can use the Credential Management API as a "litmus test" on how simple it is introducing new Web APIs and getting them implemented and used. I may (of course) be completely wrong, but I have a feeling that this API is already dead in the water, joining "forces" with SysApps, WebCrypto.Next, and any number of incubator schemes. Why is that? Because creating a universal Credential Management API is *way* outside of what an SDO (at this stage) can efficiently deal with, while a limited API probably won't gather enough interest. The Web2Native Bridge scheme was designed for enabling the market to launch *different takes on the same topic* which is some cases could lead to a next step and becoming a "real" standard. However, you can actually build real standards based on a specific application interface as well. Unlike browser-based standards such standards can be developed by the most interested parties which I think could speed-up Web development by *magnitudes*. In fact, the Web could even begin to seriously compete with "Apps" since it would suddenly have the power of *both* worlds. Anders, Enthusiastic developer, terribly poor salesman and politician
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