- From: Anssi Kostiainen <anssi.kostiainen@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:19:07 +0200
- To: ext Tobie Langel <tobie@fb.com>
- Cc: ext NN Murthy <nn.murthy@cmcltd.com>, "Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com" <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>, "public-device-apis@w3.org" <public-device-apis@w3.org>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
On 21.11.2012, at 14.22, ext Tobie Langel wrote: > On 11/21/12 12:48 PM, "Anssi Kostiainen" <anssi.kostiainen@nokia.com> > wrote: [...] >> My point is, it is hard to come up with a generic term that works better >> than a term that is to the point most of the time. I'd argue a large >> majority of today's image capture on web-enabled devices happens via a >> camera, and not via a scanner or some other more niche image capture >> device (just look at the EXIF data stats of your favorite image hosting >> service). Given this, using "camera" as a keyword sounds reasonable to me >> at least. >> >> Btw. historically, naming discussions such as this have not been very >> productive. > > I must admit being slightly confused, here. > > If the goal is to enable more precise keywords in the future (such as > "scanner", or "front-camera"), there's little point in arguing about > making "camera" less specific. On the other hand if the keywords we're > using today are meant to be all encompassing, then fantasai is right and > capture should just be a boolean attribute that describes whether the file > should come from a live source (camera, camcorder, microphone) or the > filesystem. In this second scenario, the capture control type would be > exclusively defined by the accept attribute. > > Maybe a note in the spec saying that this list of keyword can be extended > in the future would help clarify this. Tobie, thanks for nicely summarizing what I was trying to say :) The spec clearly serves the former scenario, because the accept (+ the potential live boolean) tackle the latter. I added the following note to clarify this, feel free to suggest better wording, extend it with more concrete examples etc.: [[ A future version of this specification may define other keywords. ]] In line with this clarification, I renamed the generic term "A still image capture device" to a specific term "A camera" in the "Capture control type" column for the "camera" keyword. Thanks! -Anssi
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