Re: Rick Waldron on DeviceAmbientLightEvent, DeviceMagneticFieldEvent, DeviceProximityEvents from Rick Waldron on 2013-04-25 (public-device-apis@w3.org from April 2013)

From: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:26 -0400
To: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
Cc: JOSE MANUEL CANTERA FONSECA <jmcf@tid.es>, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, public-device-apis <public-device-apis@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAHfnhfoFaGNZXZVPk2P3qM_yLFgXUA_TKsqsEMjW5yXGuV2aMw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote:

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> On Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3:27 PM, JOSE MANUEL CANTERA FONSECA wrote:
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> > I would be more than happy to help in rescuing the original Sensors API
> > proposal successfully implemented as a Phone Plugin one year ago
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> > http://cantera.orgfree.com/specs/sensors/latest/
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Thanks for posting this—I wasn't aware that such a document existed and I'm
thrilled to see support for the constructed object as sensor identity
approach :)


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> > That spec would not only allow to deal with device sensors but also to
> > remote sensors in the emerging Web of Things domain
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> That would be good, but the proposal that Rick put forward is a bit
> different from that one. He is proposing better organization and
> abstractions than generic connectors. Take a look at
> https://github.com/rwldrn/johnny-five
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I actually think that http://cantera.orgfree.com/specs/sensors/latest/ is
on the right track, I think we should revive it and start working on some
reorganization and abstraction.

Rick



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