Re: ACTION-562: Text on sections for folks with PKI knowledge and UI

I think the UI folks particularly Maritza (who raised this topic) needs 
to answer.

Thomas Roessler wrote:
> Please send substantive notes to the public list.
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> I'm not sure that I agree with this text -- reviewing the spec, we now 
> almost exclusively address implementers, and these will indeed need to 
> have an understanding of PKI technology.  Since this is not a 
> selective-read textbook, I'm not sure why we're identifying sections 
> relevant to readers with particular skillsets.
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> Cheers,
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> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
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> On 23 Jan 2009, at 22:04, Anil Saldhana wrote:
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>> * This action item is to basically summarize Maritza's proposal and 
>> introduce some text in section 1 to educate readers as to which 
>> sections apply to UI designers*
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>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wsc-ui-20090121/
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>> Now (Section 1: Overview)
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>> This document is intended to provide user interface guidelines but 
>> assumes that the audience has a certain level of understanding of 
>> core PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technologies as used on the Web.
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>> Proposed Change (Section 1: Overview)
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>> This document is intended to provide user interface guidelines but 
>> assumes that the audience has a certain level of understanding of 
>> core PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technologies as used on the Web. 
>> If the reader has no prior knowledge of PKI technologies, then the 
>> sections that are relevant are (Conformance), (Interaction and 
>> Content Model) and (Robustness Best Practices).
>>

Received on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 15:53:20 UTC