Re: Telcos@W3C breakout at TPAC

Hi Dom,
+1 to Network IG !
-roy

On 2014/11/07 0:29, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Among the breakouts that were organized last week during TPAC, I organized
> one around the role of operators in W3C and for the Web.
> 
> I've finished cleaning up the minutes (thanks François for scribing!):
> http://www.w3.org/2014/10/29-telcos-minutes.html
> 
> Some of the important messages I noted during the discussion:
> * operators are already important players in W3C and to become more so and
> get recognized as such
> 
> * there are quite a number of technologies that W3C very relevant to
> operators business, incl. WebRTC, Web payments, Push, WoT, etc
> 
> * W3C is one of the place where operators can embrace the de facto merge
> between the IT and telco industries
> 
> * browsers and Web apps would benefit from better coordination with
> network management to optimize both performance and network usage
> 
> Toward the end of the breakout, I polled the room to get a feeling on
> whether a "Telecommunications IG" in W3C would make sense; there was some
> push back that this would in fact entrench telcos as separate species.
> 
> I'm interested in further feedback on where best we can continue the
> discussion — a task force of this very Mobile IG was another option that
> was discussed.
> 
> Another idea that came to my mind after the breakout (when we discussed a
> bit further the network management questions that were raised) was to have
> maybe a "Network IG" rather than a more specific "Telco" IG, where we
> could discuss how and when Web APIs need to dive into the deeper layers of
> the networking stack; I also welcome feedback on that idea.
> 
> Thanks a lot to all who contributed to the discussions, and in particular
> to Mohammaed, Claudio, Bryan, Dan and Jay for their presentations.
> 
> Dom
> 
> 

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