Re: Call for Consensus to Publish Two Candidate Recommendations - RESPONSE REQUESTED by 25 March 2019

Airbnb:  1 - support the proposal

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 10:16 AM Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear Web Payments Working Group Participants,
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> This is a Call for Consensus to publish the following specifications as
> revised Candidate Recommendations:
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>    Payment Request API
>
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/payment-request/768128f2bd94e022a9810eff7e60fee7fa13db30/index.html
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>    Payment Method Identifiers
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> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/payment-method-id/146c22f045185e3f4c00944d1abcaf895e8116aa/index.html
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> We would like to thank the editors for preparing these documents.
>
> PLEASE RESPOND to the proposal by 25 March 2019 (10am ET).
>
> Note: We also anticipate publishing Basic Card [1] as a Working Group Note
> along with these Candidate Recommendations.
>
> For the co-Chairs,
> Ian Jacobs
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-basic-card/
>
> =========
> PROPOSAL
>
> That the Web Payments Working Group request that the W3C Director approve
> publication of Payment Request API and Payment Method Identifiers as
> Candidate Recommendations.
>
> Please indicate one of the following in your response:
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> 1. Support the proposal.
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> 2. Request some changes, but support the proposal even if suggested
> changes are not taken into account.
>
> 3. Request some changes, and do not support the proposal unless the
> changes are taken into account.
>
> 4. Do not support the proposal (please provide rationale).
>
> 5. Support the consensus of the Web Payments Working Group.
>
> 6. Abstain.
>
> We invite you to include rationale in your response.
>
> If there is strong consensus by 25 March 2019 (10am ET) for the proposal,
> it will carry.
>
> ==========================
> CHANGES
>
> In a 5 February message we documented the primary changes to Payment
> Request since it was published as a Candidate Recommendation on 9 July 2018:
>   https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-payments-wg/2019Feb/0003
>
> In addition to those changes we made a number of changes based on reviews
> that resulted from outreach to the Privacy Interest Group in February and
> March:
>   https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-payments-wg/2019Mar/0007
>
> History of changes to Payment Request API:
>   https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/commits/gh-pages
>
> Note: The "diff" file for changes to Payment Request API between July 2018
> and March 2019 was too complex to be considered useful as part of the
> review materials.
>
> There have been only editorial changes since the 14 September 2017
> Candidate Recommendation of Payment Method Identifiers.
>
> History of changes to Payment Method Identifiers:
>   https://github.com/w3c/payment-method-id/commits/gh-pages
>
> ==========================
> FORMAL OBJECTIONS
>
> * If you wish your LACK of support to publish to be conveyed to the
>   Director and reviewed, please include the phrase "FORMAL OBJECTION"
>   in your response and be sure to include substantive arguments or
>   rationale. The W3C Director takes Formal Objections seriously, and
>   therefore they typically require significant time and effort to
>   address.
>
> * We request that any Formal Objections be limited to changes made to
>   Payment Request API since the 9 July 2018 draft:
>   https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-payment-request-20180830/
>
> * Silence will be taken to mean there is no Formal Objection.
>
> * If there are Formal Objections, the Chairs plan to contact the
>   individual(s) who made them to see whether there are changes that
>   would address the concern and increase consensus to publish.
>
> For more information, see:
> https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#Consensus
>
> ===========================
> NEXT STEPS
> Transition Request Following a Working Group Decision to Publish
>
> * In the case where this Call for Consensus results in a decision to
>   publish, the Chairs will request approval from the W3C Director to
>   publish Candidate Recommendations (including review of any Formal
>   Objections).
>
> * Sam Weiler has indicated [2] that he wishes to see a new feature
>   added to version 1 of Payment Request API. We are handling this
>   request as a Formal Objection to discuss with the W3C Director.
>
> [2]
> https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/issues/842#issuecomment-469379019
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> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
> https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
> Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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