Re: Proceeding with [Core] via email discussion (Was Re: Postponed beginning for [Education], agenda for [Core])

Today, I've also put a more elaborated discussion of these questions in 
our wiki [1] if people would like to comment there.

Jeff

[1] 
https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB/2014-2015_Priorities/w3c_most_important#Core_task_force

On 12/18/2014 10:17 AM, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
> On today's scheduled [Core] call there was disappointing attendance 
> and insufficient critical mass to make progress.
>
> We decided to progress via mailing list and wiki for now, until our 
> first phone call a month from now (January 15th).
>
> Here are some relevant points.
>
> 1. The agenda for today's call was comprised of a set of questions 
> below.  I invite discussion of these questions on the mailing list as 
> a way to move this forward.
>
> 2. If there are other items that you feel we should explore as part of 
> "what is most important for the core of the Web", please add your 
> thoughts as well.
>
> 3. Early next year, the Team will try to address some of these 
> questions as well.  That will provide further fodder for our 
> discussion.  Let me know if you have questions/comments for the Team.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 12/9/2014 9:39 PM, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
>>
>>
>> Here is the agenda for the Core call on 18 December.
>>
>> 1. Application Foundations - do we have the right categories?
>>
>>   * Are there topics that are currently omitted that should be added?
>>       o For example, at the TPAC breakout, Daniel Glazmann proposed
>>         that we needed to focus on UI requirements as well.
>>   * Is the taxonomy correct?  Should the functions be re-factored
>>     differently (move things around between categories; subdivide
>>     categories)
>>
>> 2. Developer input.  Most of us work inside organizations that 
>> produce infrastructure - we don't have sufficient number of 
>> developers in the discussion.  How do we get more developer input?  
>> What kind of roadshow might work?  This would help us answer 
>> questions such as:
>>
>>   * Are we providing developers what they need in each area. For
>>     example: are we providing everything needed to ensure secure
>>     apps? Are we providing everything that is needed to deal with
>>     responsive design?  Are we making all the knobs needed available
>>     for performance?  How should the task force start taking on these
>>     questions?
>>
>> 3. Next steps:
>>
>>   * Description of Application Foundations: Is the description in the
>>     blog post accurate?  Is it at the right level of description? 
>>     Does it need more detail?  Less detail?
>>   * Mapping of existing work: Assemble a list of all existing work
>>     and make clear which category it fits in.
>>
>> I don't expect to reach closure on these items, but we should discuss 
>> how we make progress during the course of this effort.
>>
>> The next meeting of Core is 15 January; then bi-weekly after that.
>>
>> I will do some work on the wiki in the next few days to reflect our 
>> status.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
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