Re: [Webpush] Proposed charter

This looks good to me too. Thanks for sending it out!

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Daniel Appelquist <appelquist@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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