[draft] seeking clarification from Anna Zhuang

I propose that we seek clarification on Anna's comment.  Draft message  
below.  Anything else that we need to ask?



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
> Date: 31 March 2009 17:09:13 GMT+02:00
> To: Anna.Zhuang@nokia.com
> Cc: WSC WG public <public-wsc-wg@w3.org>, public-usable-authentication@w3.org
> Subject: Your comment on WSC-UI
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> Hi Anna,
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> thanks for your comment on the WSC-UI last call working draft.  The  
> Web Security Context Working Group has started to consider your  
> comments.   Some of them seem to be relatively generic, and we're  
> wondering whether you could elaborate a bit further.
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> Specifically:
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>> *** Term mobile is not mentioned at all - nor the UI and  
>> interaction constraints that brings. Generally, the document gives  
>> an impression that mibile environment has neither been considered  
>> nor being addressed at the time of writing the guidelines. E.g. in  
>> cases of error/warning conditions the user has to interact (ok so  
>> far, but depends on what you define as error/warning). However,  
>> limited real-estate of a mobile device is not considered at all. If  
>> the guideline wants to define UI elements (how they should look),   
>> the issue is that UI elements that work for the PC do not  
>> necessarily work for the handheld.
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> The specification was reviewed by participants with mobile expertise  
> from Ericsson (not S-E, though) and Opera; we've tried to express  
> things generically enough so we don't overconstrain mobile  
> implementations.  Are there specific requirements in the document  
> that you think are problematic from a mobile perspective?
>
>> *** Many terms in the document don't have any definition at all.  
>> Some terms that are unique to this document don't have sufficient  
>> explanation of justification for their introduction:
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> Can you point at specific terms that you had issues with?  We had  
> one comment in the past that dealt with terms of art generally known  
> in the security community, but perhaps not outside that.
>
> (The points that I haven't taken up here seem reasonably reasonably  
> clear, and we'll get back to you later.)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
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