Re: CSSWG's CSSOM spec and WebApps' View Mode Interfaces spec

On Apr 13, 2010, at 15:34 , Arthur Barstow wrote:
> There is consensus within WebApps's widget group that: 1) we do not want any functional overlaps between these two specs; and 2) that CSSOM is the preferred spec for relevant functionality. (I used "relevant" here because we will _not_ ask the CSS WG to take on any widget-specific functionality.)

Better still, it is looking like the VMI deliverable may be dropped by the WebApps WG so that no widget-specific functionality at all ought to be needed there.

> My first question is whether or not the CSS WG is agreeable to addressing (via CSSOM) our use cases?

Given the amount of work the CSS WG has on its plate, I think we should specify that we have some personpower to put into this.

> If yes, some practical process issues include: would this require a modification to the CSSWG's charter;

Since this is part of the CSS OM, my reading is that no, it wouldn't.

> what mail list should be used for technical discussions (www-style, public-webapps), do we need to create some type of Task Force between the two WGs.

Speaking personally I'm fine with whatever makes this work fastest.

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Received on Tuesday, 13 April 2010 14:59:18 UTC