Re: [Webpush] Proposed charter

This looks good to me. I think the linkage to w3c webapps push API spec is key and I’m glad to see that reflected here.

Dan

On 19 Jun 2014, at 20:52, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the text of the charter that I proposed on dispatch@ietf.org
> yesterday in a screaming hurry after discovering that the deadline had
> passed.
> 
> If there is anything here that you'd like to have changed, let's
> discuss that so that I can provide the dispatch chairs with an update.
> Prior to starting a working group, there is plenty of opportunity to
> change and refine language.
> 
> 
> Charter:
> 
>   Many applications require continuous access to network communications
>   so that real-time events - such as incoming calls or messages - can
>   be conveyed (or "pushed") to the user in a timely fashion.
>   Uncoordinated use of the network from multiple applications can
>   contribute to unnecessary use of the network on devices.  For
>   instance, maintaining sessions can dominate costs over the long term,
>   since events are relatively rare.  This is particularly onerous for
>   battery-powered devices, on which network communication contributes a
>   significant portion of power drain.  Each independent session
>   independently incurs overheads, causing unnecessary resource usage on
>   devices.
> 
>   Several modern computing platforms provide a push notification
>   service that consolidates application events, distributing those
>   events to applications as they arrive.  The single session avoids
>   duplicated overhead costs on devices.
> 
>   This working group will develop a protocol that applications can use
>   to request the delivery of application data to a device using a
>   consolidated push notification service.  This work will include the
>   ability to push the same message to multiple devices.  The work may
>   include an exemplar protocol for devices registering with push
>   services.
> 
>   This work will be done in collaboration with the W3C Webapps Working
>   Group, who are developing a Web Push API for use in web applications
>   (see <http://www.w3.org/TR/push-api/>).
> 
> Milestones:
> 
>  2015-05 Send web push protocol draft to the IESG as Proposed Standard
> 
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