- From: CVS User akostiai <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:36:24 +0000
- To: public-dap-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/2009/dap/system-info
In directory roscoe:/tmp/cvs-serv21049/system-info
Modified Files:
NOTE.src.html
Log Message:
update W3C Notes as per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2013Dec/0038.html
--- /sources/public/2009/dap/system-info/NOTE.src.html 2013/12/30 11:39:15 1.1
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<p>
- This is a historical document. The domain covered by this document
- is still within the scope of the Working Group as defined in its
- Charter.
+ The System Information API was defined to enable API access to a wide
+ variety of information about the user system, including sensor, power,
+ network, interfaces, codec and other information. While working on
+ this specification the
+ <a href="http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/">Device APIs Working Group</a>
+ <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2011Nov/att-0204/minutes-2011-11-16.html">decided</a>
+ there would be advantages to working on specifications focused on
+ specific modules, enabling faster specification development, reduced
+ scope of testing as well as the potential for reduced privacy and
+ security attack surfaces. Work on the System Information API
+ specification was discontinued in favor of modular specifications,
+ for example <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/battery-status/">Battery
+ Status API</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/ambient-light/">Ambient
+ Light Events</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/proximity/">Proximity
+ Events</a>, and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/vibration/">
+ Vibration API</a>
+ (<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2011Nov/0028.html">call
+ for consensus to discontinue work</a>). Note, a Sensor API was
+ considered by the working group but also abandoned for similar reasons.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The Charter of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/">Device APIs Working Group</a>
+ continues to include this work as "in scope", so the working group
+ could decide to resume work if warranted by new information.
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