DRAFT Web and Mobile Interest Group Charter

Status: This charter has been superseded as a result of Advisory Committee Review; please see the revised charter.

The mission of the Web and Mobile Interest Group, part of the Mobile Web Initiative Activity, is to accelerate the development of Web technology so that it becomes a compelling platform for mobile applications and the obvious choice for cross platform development.

Join the Web and Mobile Interest Group.

End date	30 June 2015
Confidentiality	Proceedings are public
Initial Chairs	Jo Rabin (Invited Expert), To be announced
Initial Team Contacts (FTE %: 10)	Dominique Hazaël-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
Usual Meeting Schedule	Teleconferences: Monthly Face-to-face: Once Annually

Scope

The Web and Mobile Interest Group is a forum for discussion of requirements of Web technologies that enable the development of competitive products and services that operate on mobile devices, or use mobile devices as hubs of connected user experiences. Mobile devices include but are not limited to mobile phones.

The forum is intended to include organisations that commission such products and services, designers, developers, equipment manufacturers, tool and platform vendors, browser vendors, operators and other relevant participants in the value chain that creates and operates such products and services.

It is intended that the forum provides a focus for participants from a wide range of sectors including retail, advertising, technology, network operators, content creation and content distribution.

The tasks the Interest Group will undertake include:

Advocacy and maintenance of the set of core features identified in the Core Mobile Web Platform — 2012 report, including liaison with the testing efforts that enable greater interoperability of these features;
Tracking and documenting Web technologies that are particularly relevant on mobile devices, as initiated in the Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap document;
Reviews of existing W3C specifications that have particular relevance to mobile devices, with a goal in particular to point out inconsistencies between specifications developed separately;
Identification of new features that are necessary to support wide adoption of the Web as a platform within the scope of the group, both from a technical and commercial perspective;
Definition of requirements that enable Web technologies to be used when designing user experiences that are responsive to the user’s context
Definition of requirements that enable Web technologies to be used to enable cross- and multi-channel user experiences.

Success Criteria

Participation via mailing list subscription and postings from people representing various stakeholder communities, including developers, equipment manufacturers, browser vendors, operators and users;
Members of the Interest Group join relevant Working Groups and drive the development of work items;
Constructive feedback on W3C deliverables posted for review on the Web and Mobile IG mailing list.
Production of stable documents addressing the work items listed in the Deliverables section.

Out of Scope

The technical development of standards is not in the scope of the Interest Group. Instead the Interest Group will recommend work items for other groups.

Deliverables

Core Mobile Web Platform 2012 Deployment Status: This document will summarize the various actions that the Interest Group is undertaking to ensure that the relevant stakeholders (W3C Working Groups, browser vendors, outreach to developers, test developers) facilitate the deployment and adoption of the features that have been identified in the Core Mobile Web Platform 2012 report
Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap: This document takes a broader look at all the Web technologies under development that are particularly relevant to mobile devices, and tracks their status and adoption
New versions of Core Mobile Web Platform report: Based on adoption of the existing features identified in the Core Mobile Web Platform 2012 report, the Interest Group will assess the need to define a broader set of features required to enable the next generation of Web applications on mobile
Gap analysis: This document will provide an overview of the differences between the Web as a platform on mobile and other popular platforms and ecosystems, both from a technical and commercial perspective. It will also identify which of these gaps are already being closed, which need to be addressed, and which are key-differentiator of the Web; this document will also propose plans for the various items that have been identified as needing action
Use cases and scenarios for context-relevant user experiences: This report will document the use cases and scenarios of usage of Web technologies in a way that is responsive to the user’s context, including her location, her activities, her connected devices, etc.
Multi-channel and cross-channel user experiences on the Web: This document will analyze how the Web can be used to create user experiences that span multiple devices, and define use cases and requirements for technologies that are needed to enable widespread adoption of these use cases

Timeline View Summary

July 2013: First teleconference
August 2013: First IG Publication of Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap
September 2013: Core Mobile Web Platform 2012 Deployment Status
December 2013: Gap Analysis
Q1 2014: Use cases and scenarios for context-relevant user experiences, Multi-channel and cross-channel user experiences on the Web

Dependencies and Liaisons

W3C Groups

Web and TV Interest Group: The Web and TV Interest Group addresses a lot of the same needs for TV sets as the Web and Mobile Interest Group intends to address for mobile devices, and thus will be an important group with which to coordinate and unite efforts. In particular, the Web and Mobile IG intends to work with the Web and TV IG on multi-device scenarios.
Device APIs, System Aplications, Web Applications, HTML, Geolocation, Web Performance, NFC, SVG, IndieUI, Pointer Events, Web Notifications, Web Real-Time Communications, Audio, CSS Working Groups: These groups are developing technologies that have a particular relevant to mobile devices, and the Interest Group will thus coordinate with them on the definition of use cases and requirements, provide review specifications that bring perspectives on mobile specificities, and bring input on the priorities as assessed from mobile developpers needs.
WAI Protocol and Formats Working Group: Review of accessibility perspectives in mobile-relevant technologies
WAI Education and Outreach Working Group: The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group has an ongoing focused effort on applicability of accessibility techniques and technologies to mobile devices
Browser Testing and Tools Working Group: The Browser Testing and Tools Working Group provides technologies that help make the Web a better development platform, as well as eases efforts around testing and interoperability.
W3C Community and Business Groups: The Web and Mobile Interest Group will watch for and coordinate with Community Groups whose work are likely to have an impact on the usage of Web technologies on mobile devices.

External Groups

OMA: The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) develops technologies targeted at mobile devices that may have a direct relevance to the deployment of some Web technologies on mobile.
3GPP: The mobile network technologies developed by 3GPP may involve specific benefits or constraints on network operations of Web applications on mobile networks.
GSMA: The GSM Association (GSMA) represents mobile operators and develops proposals that can bring important value to the usage of Web on mobile devices.
IETF: The Internet Engineering Task Force develops the protocols that clients use to connect to the Web; ensuring these protocols match the needs of mobile devices and networks is an important part of achieving the group's mission

Participation

Participation is open to W3C Members and invited experts and others who have observer status. Effective participation in the Web and Mobile Interest Group is expected to consume one work day per week for each participant.

In order to make rapid progress, the group MAY form several task forces, each working on a separate topic. The group members may participate in one or more task forces.

Communication

This group conducts its substantive work exclusively on the public mailing list public-web-mobile@w3.org and encourages non-member contributions on that list. Administrative tasks may be conducted in Member-only communications. Task forces may use separate public mailing lists to conduct their work.

Information about the group (deliverables, participants, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, etc.) is available from the Web and Mobile Interest Group home page.

Decision Policy

Consistent with its mission, this group is not a decision-making body, but rather provides a forum for discussion and advice on different topics relating to its scope.

Where there is consensus among the representatives of W3C members in the group, it will be forwarded as a consensus position. Where the group does not reach agreement, the different positions (whether held by W3C members or other members of the group) will be forwarded together, with any decisions to be made by a relevant working group according to its processes.

Patent Disclosures

The Web and Mobile Interest Group provides an opportunity to share perspectives on the topic addressed by this charter. W3C reminds Interest Group participants of their obligation to comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. While the Interest Group does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when Interest Group participants review Recommendation-track specifications from Working Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply.

For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.

About this Charter

This charter for the Web and Mobile Interest Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.

Charter authors: Dominique Hazael-Massieux, Jo Rabin

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