Thanks to all and next steps

Thanks to everyone that attended and participated in the 2015 W3C Web
Payments face-to-face in NYC. I was particularly thrilled during the
roundtable as the message the group members were delivering demonstrated
an aligned vision. What's more impressive is the people that are
participating and the short time that it took to put this new effort
together and align our direction.

There's still much more work to do, but my confidence that we can pull
this Web Payments stuff off is the highest it has ever been.

I was just reviewing the goals of the meeting and had a few thoughts for
the coming weeks:

> Prioritize payments use cases and the capabilities necessary to 
> fulfill them.

We came out of the face-to-face with a solid list of use cases:

https://www.w3.org/Payments/IG/wiki/Main_Page/FTF_June2015/UseCasesForVersion1

I don't think we identified all the capabilities needed for V1, but with
a well-defined list of use cases, I think we'll be able to do a good job
with the capabilities over the next several weeks.

I'm going to go through the use cases and update all the V1 use cases
with the clarifications made throughout the face-to-face meetings. I'll
also list the use cases in the Roadmap document.

> Review draft charter(s) and plan for first round of standardization

Quite a bit of work went into the Payment Architecture WG charter and I
think we have enough feedback to draw up a draft charter that can get
consensus from the group via the mailing list.

I don't think we can say the same for the Authentication WG charters or
the Credentials WG charter.

Next steps for the PAWG charter seem to be for Ian to revise it and pass
it by the group.

Next steps for the Authentication WG charters seem to be for us to
identify capabilities that we can put into those charters.

Next steps for the Credentials WG charter seems to be to coordinate w/
the Credentials CG and try to get more support from outside of this group.

> Initiate discussion on other IG activities (to follow push towards 
> launch of standard(s) groups).

I don't think we really spent too much time discussing this, other than
"focus on V2, external liaisons, and supporting the WGs".

Next steps may be to back burner this until after the PAWG is launched.

> Solicit feedback from broader community on group's direction (via
> the roundtable)

The feedback that we heard during the roundtable was probably best
summarized by what was not said; there didn't seem to be an objection
for the current direction. There were concerns over privacy and level
playing field. The cocktail reception discussions didn't reveal (to me)
any concerns about the current scope of work around payments.

The biggest criticism seemed to be a lack of near-term focus on identity
and credentials, but that may be my bias kicking in.

Next steps would probably be to establish deeper connections with the
Roundtable attendees and ensure that they're involved in future reviews.

All in all, I think we made excellent progress. Thank you for all the
great comments, input, and discussion.

-- manu

-- 
Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
blog: Web Payments: The Architect, the Sage, and the Moral Voice
https://manu.sporny.org/2015/payments-collaboration/

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