Hi Cameron, All,
On 9/11/10 11:40 PM, ext Cameron McCormack wrote:
Arthur Barstow:
* Web IDL - Cameron - will you attend this meeting?
I hadn’t considered it yet. Do you think there is an advantage in my
attending (beyond progress that could be made on the mailing lists, once
I’m back into the swing of things)?
I think we should be putting a high priority on solving the issue of how
arrays are exposed on the web, and whether we can still unify the WebGL
typed arrays, CanvasPixelArray, Blob, and various other interfaces that
take lists of things. (Whether it is possible at this point I am not
sure.)
One cross-group discussion point that has been at the back of my mind
for a while is that of working out some shared design goals for the web
platform, especially in the API space. For example, I see that the DAP
interfaces quite often use property-bag-style parameters for functions.
While this might be a fine design pattern in itself, it certainly isn’t
consistent with the rest of the web platform. In other specs, some
interfaces have [NoInterfaceObject] on them, some don’t, and I feel like
there should be some general guidelines that we should be following to
decide these kinds of things. I am concerned that decisions like these,
made in isolation, could lead to the platform as a whole feeling less
cohesive.
I haven’t had time to think about this in detail at all yet, though.
I do think f2f meetings have advantages (plus costs), especially during
the all-WG meeting week. I also agree progress can and should be made
via the mail list, especially in the case of Web IDL since it is of
interest to non-W3C groups (e.g. ECMA's TC39) and other W3C WGs.
In general (i.e. not specific to Web IDL), if a spec is on the f2f
agenda, my expectation is the Editor and active contributors will
identify the key issues and topics for discussion. (Chaals and I are
available to help if desired.)
We also can use a phone bridge if people want to participate remotely.
FYI, the DAP WG will meet f2f that week on Thursday and Friday (Nov 4-5):
http://www.w3.org/2010/11/TPAC/#GroupSchedule
-Art Barstow
