- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 23:44:29 +0000
- To: alfred.s.gilman@ieee.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
aloha! this is a follow-up to my post of 29 November 2007, archived at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2007Nov/0084.html in which i broke down the Results of the HTML WG Questionnaire: "How should work on the canvas element and immediate mode graphics API proceed?" The questionnaire was open from 2007-11-16 to 2007-11-28. The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody at: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/tactics-gapi-canvas/results 36 answers were received, while there were 456 "Non-Responders" listed on: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/tactics-gapi-canvas/results the thread on the CANVAS survey on the HTML WG's emailing list, public-html, begins with DanC's announcement, archived at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0220.html Rich Schwerdtfeger's posts to public-html on the topic are archived at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0320.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0325.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0328.html what follows are my answers and comments -- the results document contains all of the comments of the 36 responders, but they are stuffed into a table, which, actually, apparently works better for me with speech than a lot of those using their eyes, with or without magnification... gregory. ---------- Forwarded Message ----------- From: webmaster@w3.org (WBS Mailer on behalf of oedipus@hicom.net) To: oedipus@hicom.net Sent: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:02:02 +0000 Subject: [wbs] response to 'How should work on the canvas element and immediate mode graphics API proceed?' The following answers have been successfully submitted to 'How should work on the canvas element and immediate mode graphics API proceed?' (HTML Working Group) for Gregory Rosmaita. --------------------------------- 1. Canvas and immediate mode graphics API introductory/tutorial note ---- Should the Working Group produce a note to supplement the detailed specification, similar to Offline Web Applications? That is: a sort of extended abstract that might grow into a tutorial. * (x) No, don't do that * ( ) Yes, somebody should do that * ( ) Yes, I'm interested to do that Rationale: Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): --------------------------------- 2. Should the HTML WG charter be modified to more explicitly include canvas and immediate mode graphics? ---- Note discussion 19 November where some WG participants consider this implicitly in the scope of our March 2007 charter under "Forms and common UI widgets such as progress bars, datagrids, menus, and other controls" but others would prefer to make it more explicit in the charter. The chairs are obliged to keep the Hypertext Coordination Group, the W3C Director, and the W3C membership informed about issues on the edge of our scope. But first we'd like advice from WG participants. Should a revised charter be reviewed by the W3C membership per section 5.3 Modification of an Activity of the W3C Process document? If so, please suggest specific changes in a comment. * ( ) Yes * (x) No * ( ) Concur (cast vote with the majority) * ( ) Blank vote Rationale: it is not in the purview of the HTML WG or the Markup Activity, but belongs in the Graphics activity (http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Activity) Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): --------------------------------- 3. Are you interested to work on splitting the immediate mode graphics API out of the HTML 5 spec? ---- Some WG participants have argued that the canvas API is an odd fit for the HTML 5 specification; are you interested to work on splitting it out? If so, please note your qualifications and availability in a comment. Would you like to edit it? Review it? Do you have general technical writing qualifications? Graphics API design experience? * ( ) Yes * (x) No Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): the CANVAS API is an odd fit for the HTML5 editor's draft because it doesn't belong in the HTML5 specification, but -- if split out of the HTML5 editors' draft, the canvas API should be submitted to the Graphics activity --------------------------------- 4. Where should work on the immediate mode graphics API concentrate? ---- Among the W3C Activities are Graphics, with SVG and WebCGM working groups, as well as a Rich Web Client Activity with a WebAPI WG working on XMLHTTPRequest and such. We could migrate work on the canvas API to one of those groups or a new W3C working group. We could also refine the organization of the HTML WG by making a new task force, drawn from this HTML WG and/or other WGs. If you're interested in a leadership role in work on Canvas, please note your qualifications and availability. (If you are already visibly active in canvas development, this is perhaps unnecessary.) * Keep using public-html@w3.org: [ 1 + (lowest) ] * Make a new task force within the HTML WG: [ 1 + (lowest) ] * Make a task force and invite participation from WGs in the Graphics and Rich Web Client activities.: [ 2 ++ ] * charter a new W3C working group for the 2d graphics API: [ 5 +++++ (highest) ] Rationale: the new W3C WG for a canvas API should be developed by and within the Graphics activity at W3C Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): i would have voted zero for the first 2 options offered if that choice had been available These answers were last modified on 21 November 2007 at 17:59:53 U.T.C. by Gregory Rosmaita Answers to this questionnaire can be set and changed at http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/tactics-gapi-canvas/ until 2007-11-23. Regards, The Automatic WBS Mailer ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. -- Arthur Bloc --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita - oedipus@hicom.net AND gregory@ubats.org Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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