Hi,
The attached is the description and agenda of Remote UI BOF (rui) for IETF63.
Those interested are encouraged to attend. Thanks!
Regards,
Vlad
Remote UI BoF (rui)
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CHAIRS
Vlad Stirbu <vlad(_dot_)stirbu(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com>
TBA
DESCRIPTION:
The Remote UI is a mechanism that enables user interfaces to be rendered on
other devices than those that run the application logic.
Manufacturers are creating devices that are highly optimised for certain
environments. Because the devices are intended for a diverse range of purposes,
their UI capabilities can vary considerably; screen size and ratio, color
depth,
windowing system with various widget sets, input methods are making the
environment highly heterogeneous. At the same time, application developers and
UI
designers are trying to create user interfaces that are high optimised for the
rendering platform, so that the user experience is improved by having the
respective application easy to learn and use.
A user interface may be composed of several widgets, wherein a widget is
understood as an element of a user interface that displays information or
provides a specific way for a user to interact with an application. Widgets may
for instance comprise icons, pull-down menus, buttons, selection buttons,
progress indicators, on-off checkmarks, scrollbars, windows, window edges,
toggle
buttons, forms and any other elements for displaying information, inviting,
accepting, and responding to user actions.
Therefore, when an UI is rendered on another device than the one that is running
the application logic, provisions need to be made, so that the user can perceive
the UI as a local application making it intuitively usable.
A widget-level Remote UI protocol provides the mechanism which enable a client
device to generate a UI, received from a server device, using the client
device's
native UI capabilities, and keeping the UI synchronised with the application
logic. Typically, a widget-level Remote UI mechanism has usually three
components:
- UI description language: contains the descriptions of the widgets, their
properties and relationships between the widgets. Typically the widget-level
UI descriptions are augmented with stylesheets containing hints such as
preferred
colours to use, which layout to use, which background picture, etc.
- The UI remoting protocol: is the transport protocol that is responsible with
communicating (partial) UI updates from the server to the client and UI events
triggered through changes in widget states made by the user from the client to
the server.
- Session setup: is responsible with identifying compatible servers and clients
and initiating the UI remoting session between them. A client is compatible
with
a server when they support the same UI remoting protocol and the same UI
description language.
GOALS:
The goal of the WG is to create a UI remoting protocol for applications that
are
using UI Description Languages.
AGENDA:
- Agenda Bashing (5 min)
- Introduction & Background information (10 min)
- Problem Statement (60 min)
- Possible Solutions (20 min)
- Next Steps/WG Charter (10 min)
LOGISTICS:
Mailing list: remoteui(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subscriptions: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/remoteui
Internet-Drafts:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-stirbu-lrdp-00.txt
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