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Re: Shelving "The System Information API"

From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:40:06 +0100
Cc: DAP <public-device-apis@w3.org>
Message-Id: <12D151ED-9F7E-4235-BD3C-E228D277C6B9@berjon.com>
To: JOSE MANUEL CANTERA FONSECA <jmcf@tid.es>
On Nov 10, 2011, at 11:22 , JOSE MANUEL CANTERA FONSECA wrote:
> I still believe that having a generic mechanism for getting access to
> device properties is useful and better than specific APIs, one for each
> aspect.

But isn't that for the most part covered by the Sensors API? What parts of SysInfo are not covered by either specific APIs or the generic one — that's what I'm asking.

> In essence the problem here is the same as in the other APIs you want to
> discontinue: it has to be made clear that the API you are discontinuing
> can also be a viable and useful approach. The only thing is that DAP has
> decided to follow a different path. But does not mean that other options
> are not valid.

I understand that, and will draft a text that I hope will satisfy your concerns. But the case of SysInfo is different: its functionality seems to have been taken over by other documents completely, with one of those having a rather comparable design.

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Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
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