APA Response: Reviewing Social Web Specs

Hello Sandro, All:

The APA has now reviewed 5 specs from your group. We found only one spec
were we would propose changes.

The spec where we do have concerns is:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2016Jul/0012.html

An early draft of our proposed accessibility related changes can be
found in the thread beginning at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2016Jul/0012.html

We can work with your group on appropriate spec language to cover this item. 

The 4 specs we've reviewed where we did not have issues are:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Webmention
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Activity_Streams_2.0
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Activity_Vocabulary
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Social_Web_Protocols
 
 Janina


Sandro Hawke writes:
> I'm writing on behalf of the Social Web WG.  Some of our specs are now
> stable, and if we would value a review from your group at your earliest
> convenience.  While our primary use cases are often framed in terms of
> social media and blogging, the technologies may be broadly applicable.
> 
> So far we have three specs in or near CR:
> 
>    * *Webmention* lets you tell a website you're linking to it.  This
>    supports ad hoc federation of sites
> 
>    https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/
> 
>    * *Activity Streams* (2.0) is a standard (and extensible) way to
>    share a stream of what people do online (eg, "liking", posting a
>    photo, etc)
> 
>    https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/
>    https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/
> 
>    * *Micropub* provides a standard Web API to create and control posts
>    on your own website
> 
>    https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/
> 
> 
> Additionally:
> 
>    * *Social Web Protocols*: provides an overview, including an
>    explanation for how the parts fit (and sometimes do not fit)
>    together.  This document does not currently have any normative content.
> 
>    https://www.w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols/
> 
> 
> There are other documents not yet ready for horizontal review. You'll see
> them linked from Social Web Protocols, and we'll send another email when
> they're in or near CR.
> 
> Note that the group is producing multiple stacks which are not entirely
> compatible, reflecting the fragmentation in this space. Basically, we
> decided having multiple competing specs, while not an ideal situation, would
> still be a step forward.
> 
> If you think your group will be doing a review, please reply-all and let us
> know your timeframe.  We'd very much appreciate the actual review comments
> being raised as issues on the repo for each particular spec (linked in the
> title section), and then a high-level email or summary issue stating when
> the review is complete.
> 
> Please feel free to share this call-for-review with anyone likely to be
> interested.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
>    -- Sandro Hawke, Staff Contact, W3C Social Web Working Group

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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	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

Received on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 00:41:03 UTC