Re: Capturing constraints definitions

On 11/26/2013 02:12 AM, Cullen Jennings (fluffy) wrote:
> On Nov 25, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>> we've been discussing constraints registration off and on for a while.
>> What seems plain at the moment is that:
>>
>> - We do know that compatible constraints definitions are important for apps being able to work in
>> multiple browsers
>> - We don't know exactly how we want to evaluate new constraints before agreeing on them
>> - We do expect the webrtc WG to hang around for a while
>>
>> Given all that, and the considerations Dom mentioned, I wonder if the Right Thing to do is to:
>>
>> - Take all the registration stuff out of the spec
>> - Make a forward informative pointer to a Wiki page of the WG where new constraints and new
>> procedures to handle them will be pointed at
> I'd like to see the spec clear on how new things are added in the future. For example, who can add things to the wiki and who can not. Which WG, I'd be fine with webrtc but I suspect others might not.

That's exactly the thing that I'm suggesting removing from the spec, 
because we don't know how to do it, and are unlikely to know before 
we've run through the process a few times.
"Standards action" in IETF terms, but the W3C isn't the IETF.

>
>> - Announce the intention to work on a registration/review document once the media capture spec
>> is finished?
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
>>

Received on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:50:44 UTC