- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 17:43:05 -0400
- To: public-webpayments-ig@w3.org
On 04/09/2015 05:32 PM, Joerg.Heuer@telekom.de wrote: > Our use cases show also that our scope goes beyond the browser. I > would rather leave the above statement as-is rather than complicate > it. However, I think it’s fine to add a new sentence. Do you have > one to propose? It seems you want to address “offline” whereas I > thought you might want to include “native mobile apps." > > Proposed sentence: With the advent of Web APIs in local transactions > on the same device or through communication paths like NFC or > Bluetooth, offline and convergent use cases across different > communication means will be covered to some degree. I attempted to synthesize what both you and Ian wanted while keeping the language approachable: https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/4cee904e35f88197f45d39e3f043bc84c441e84d > I don’t interpret that as saying we expect payment instrument to > equal wallet. Rather, I think we are avoiding referring to digital > wallets or payment agents since that is the architecture that is the > consequence of the use cases. Payment services exist (to the use > cases) but digital wallets don’t yet (they come later as a > solution). > > JH> Yes, the wallet comes into play in the beginning (Discovery) but > not later on. I understand the point about different abstraction > levels - but will readers be able to cope with this? I doubt it. It > would be easier to understand if we said ' It is important to ensure > that the payment services presented to them are consistent across > wallets, even if they are on different devices.' I would put > readability above academic abstraction in this case. (Although I > hardly ever do in my own writing - so, no objection actually, if you > want to leave it as it is.) Agree with Joerg, the language was too abstract and confusing. Applied most of your language, Joerg: https://github.com/w3c/webpayments-ig/commit/41c65be7a6081507ae456d8e5aeffef19baaff19 -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: The Marathonic Dawn of Web Payments http://manu.sporny.org/2014/dawn-of-web-payments/
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