What do we mean by "parking" Web Database? [Was: Re: TPAC report day 2]

On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:53 PM, ext Charles McCathieNevile wrote:

> The draft minutes are included at
> http://www.w3.org/2009/11/02-webapps-minutes.html starting from the  
> WebIDL

Thanks for the summaries Chaals!

> Offline storage / databases
>    The SQL-based Web Database proposal will probably not be  
> implemented by
> major players so is being shifted to a "parked and of historical  
> interest"
> mode while we work on the Web Simple Database proposal from Nikunj. We
> also touched on Datacache, and ended with an action for Nikunj to  
> explain
> how it relates to appcache if you have the two running together.

The minutes for the Web Database discussion [1] don't address what we  
mean by "parking" Web Database.

I heard Hixie say it should be included in a call for pre-LC comments  
thus I included it in the related call on 4 November [2] and members  
of the group have an opportunity to raise issues if they think Web  
Database is not ready for a LCWD.

However, later in the week, I participated in some hallway  
discussions where members of the group said they prefer Web Database  
be "parked" by publishing it as a Working Group Note (rather than a  
LCWD):

[[
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#q75

Working Group Note

A Working Group Note is published by a chartered Working Group to  
indicate that work has ended on a particular topic. A Working Group  
MAY publish a Working Group Note with or without its prior  
publication as a Working Draft.
]]

So, when we say we want to "park" Web Database, what do we mean:  
publish as LCWD, publish as Working Group note, something else? If  
necessary, we can start a CfC on this question.

-Regards, Art Barstow

[1] http://www.w3.org/2009/11/02-webapps-minutes.html#item12
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009OctDec/ 
0477.html

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