RE: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC): Web Payments API Review

+1. I support this APA CfC.

 

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From: John Foliot [mailto:john.foliot@deque.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:15 PM
To: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
Cc: Accessible Platform Architectures Administration <public-apa-admin@w3.org>
Subject: Re: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC): Web Payments API Review

 

+1 I support this CfC

 

JF

 

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net <mailto:janina@rednote.net> > wrote:

+1


Janina Sajka writes:
> Colleagues:
>
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform
> Architectures (APA) Working Group on our review of three Web Payments
> API specifications.
>
> *     Background Information
>
> APA's review of the following three API specifications relating to
> payment transactions via the web was requested by the Web Payments
> Working Group at:
>
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2016Apr/0050.html
>
> 1.)   Payment Request API
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/payment-request/
>       This specification describes a web API to allow merchants (i.e.,
>       web sites selling physical or digital goods) to easily accept
>       payments from different payment methods with minimal
>       integration.  User agents (e.g. browsers) will facilitate the
>       payment flow between merchant and user.
> 2.)   Payment Method Identifiers
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-id/
>       This document defines payment method identifier strings so that
>       components in the payment ecosystem can determine which parties
>       support which payment methods.
> 3.)   Basic Card Payment
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-basic-card/ This specification
>       describes the data formats used by the Payment Request API to
>       support payment by payment cards such as credit or debit cards.
>
> Review of these three specifications was referred to APA's Web Payments
> Subteam, whose deliberations on these specifications are available in
> recent teleconference minutes and publically archived email threads:
>
> 1.) Subteam Minutes
> https://www.w3.org/2016/08/04-apa-minutes.html
> https://www.w3.org/2016/08/18-apa-minutes.html
>
> 2.) Email Threads
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2016Aug/0015.html
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2016Aug/0067.html
>
> *     Proposed Comment
>
> The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group has found no
> specific problem in these three API specifications themselves. However,
> we do request addition of the following section to each specification:
>
> Accessibility Impact Statement
>
> This specification has no defined user interface. In addition, there are
> no specific accessibility requirements on implementations. However, to
> the extent that an implementation provides user interactions in support
> of this specification, the implementation must ensure that the interface
> for those interactions is exposed to the platform accessibility API.
> Moreover, implementors should take into consideration the needs of their
> users with varying abilities when designing solutions that implement
> this specification. As an example, the use of biometric authentication
> techniques should provide for enough variation to allow for people with
> widely differing physical abilities. See the W3C Accessibility
> Guidelines documents for more information.
>
> *     ACTION TO TAKE
>
> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of
> support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though
> messages of support are certainly welcome.
>
> If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this
> proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later
> than 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time, Tuesday 26 August.
>
> Janina
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka, Phone:  +1.443.300.2200 <tel:%2B1.443.300.2200> 
>                       sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net <mailto:sip%3Ajanina@asterisk.rednote.net> 
>               Email:  janina@rednote.net <mailto:janina@rednote.net> 
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:     http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures      http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>

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Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200 <tel:%2B1.443.300.2200> 
                        sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net <mailto:sip%3Ajanina@asterisk.rednote.net> 
                Email:  janina@rednote.net <mailto:janina@rednote.net> 

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa







 

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