Re: APA Response: Reviewing Social Web Specs

Thank you. I've opened an issue on the Micropub repo to track this.
https://github.com/w3c/Micropub/issues/34 We can continue the discussion
there. <https://github.com/w3c/Micropub/issues/34>

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Aaron Parecki
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Janina Sajka, Chair, Accessible Platform
Architectures <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
>
> 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
>
>
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