Re: WPWG On NOT abandoning the CG specs (was Re: Update on Web Payments Working Group)

Hi Manu,

I see https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/Overview.html#disclosures

I would like to understand whether and/or how this problem may look
different (variations) if the CG specs were used rather than the
alternative supplied replacing the CG specs, et.al.

Tim.H.


On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 at 7:07 AM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> On 04/04/2016 06:49 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> > Lastly, please please please, dont abandon the CG specifications.
> > They are some of the best work anywhere.  In a sense the CG is in
> > some ways ahead of the WG at this point.
>
> We have no intention of abandoning the concepts in the CG
> specifications. We will fight for the consensus positions of this group
> - level playing field, financial inclusion, innovative ecosystem, etc.
>
> The recent scuffle in the Web Payments Working Group is not the end. A
> decision was made to use the Microsoft/Google specification as the base
> specification for the Web Payments Browser API. We have the ability to
> change those specifications. One approach is by submitting
> counter-specifications like this:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/pull/115
>
> Another approach is for people from this community to pick an issue to
> fight for/against and move that particular item forward:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/browser-payment-api/issues
>
> > I think there is a compelling case to be made though interoperable
> > implementations.  Im hoping to spend the next 3 quarters of this
> > year working on some.  This can often be a better way of convincing
> > people than simply a specification ...
>
> Agreed. Implementations matter. Digital Bazaar will be doing an
> implementation of the Web Payments HTTP API and the hope is that
> provides a counter-weight to some of the Browser API design decisions.
>
> -- manu
>
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