2009/dap/camera Overview.html,1.89,1.90

Update of /sources/public/2009/dap/camera
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv18536

Modified Files:
	Overview.html 
Log Message:
note on format attribute indirection


Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/2009/dap/camera/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.89
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -d -r1.89 -r1.90
--- Overview.html	16 Jul 2010 11:22:26 -0000	1.89
+++ Overview.html	16 Jul 2010 11:24:29 -0000	1.90
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@
 
     <section id="security">
     <h2>Security and Privacy Considerations</h2>
-    <!-- @@@ get inspiration from FileAPI spec -->
-    <!-- @@@ make note of leaking private date through EXIF -->
     <p>This specification builds upon the security and privacy protections provided by the [[!HTML5]] <code>&lt;input type="file"&gt;</code> and the [[!FILE-API]] specifications; in particular, it is expected that any offer to start capturing content from the user’s device would require a specific user interaction on an HTML element that is entirely controled by the user agent.</p>
 
-    <p>In addition to the requirements already highlighted in the [[!HTML5]] and [[!FILE-API]] specifications, implementors should take care of additional leakage of privacy-sensitive data from captured media. For instance, embedding the user’s location in a captured media might transmit more private data than the user might be expecting.</p>
+    <p>In addition to the requirements already highlighted in the [[!HTML5]] and [[!FILE-API]] specifications, implementors should take care of additional leakage of privacy-sensitive data from captured media. For instance, embedding the user’s location in a captured media metadata (e.g. EXIF) might transmit more private data than the user might be expecting.</p>
 
     </section>
 
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@
 
     <p><code>MediaFile</code> captures a single photo, video or sound
     captured by the device. It inherits
-    from <code>File</code> [[!FILE-API]]</p>
+    from <code>File</code> [[!FILE-API]].</p>
 
     <dl title="[NoInterfaceObject] interface MediaFile : File" class="idl">
 
@@ -93,7 +91,9 @@
 
     <dd>The format attribute represents the format information of <a
     href="#formatdata"><code>MediaFile</code></a>
-    object.<!-- @@@ note on whether we need the indirection or not --></dd></dl>
+    object.
+    <p class="note">The Working Group is considering whether the indirection provided by the <code>format</code> attribute is useful or if the <code>MediaFile</code> interface should inherit directly from <code>FormatData</code>.</p>
+    </dd></dl>
 
     </section>

Received on Friday, 16 July 2010 11:24:33 UTC