Monday, March 22, 2010

Re: [Geopriv] Location Coherence (LoCo) Bar BoF

Given the IESG feedback, I'll call it for Tuesday lunch.
--Richard

On Mar 22, 2010, at 9:31 AM, James M. Polk wrote:

> Richard
>
> Do you have this figured out enough to schedule?
>
> James
>
> At 04:20 PM 3/21/2010, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
>> Same here. We have an IESG meting on Tuesday morning - so you would
>> lose
>> all AD's. Tuesday lunch works.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: geopriv-bounces@ietf.org
>> > [mailto:geopriv-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Cullen Jennings
>> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:58 PM
>> > To: Richard Barnes
>> > Cc: geopriv@ietf.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Location Coherence (LoCo) Bar BoF
>> >
>> >
>> > Tuesday lunch would probably work for me. Breakfast would not
>> >
>> > On Mar 21, 2010, at 12:12 , Richard Barnes wrote:
>> >
>> > > Someone pointed out that Tuesday lunch conflicts with the
>> > ISOC IPv6 meeting. Any major issues with Tuesday breakfast?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mar 21, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Wednesday lunch is looking worse and worse. How would
>> > people feel about Tuesday lunch? If I don't hear any
>> > objections by, say, early this afternoon, I'll go ahead and
>> > make the change.
>> > >> --Richard
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hey all,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> This email is announcing a Bar BoF at the upcoming IETF
>> > meeting on the topic of "location coherence", to be held
>> > somewhere in the vicinity of the GEOPRIV meeting, probably
>> > during the lunch break on Wednesday, 24 March. Since the
>> > topic is a little peripheral to GEOPRIV, I've also set up a
>> > Google Group for discussions here:
>> > >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/geo-loco>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> What I mean by "coherence" is this:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> In order for location-based Internet applications to
>> > work, there are
>> > >>> several pieces that need to work together, including
>> > >>> -- Positioning sevices
>> > >>> -- Location protocols
>> > >>> -- Location APIs-- Application protocols that use location
>> Right
>> > >>> now, there are many different implementations out there
>> > for each layer in this stack, each with its own set of
>> > semantics for location related concepts -- not just the
>> > location that can be expressed (e.g., lat/long/accuracy vs.
>> > polygons), but also ancillary ideas like types of location
>> > (civic vs geodetic) and supporting information like signal
>> > measurements.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> In the spirit of allowing different organizations to add
>> > value at different levels of this stack, while still
>> > maintaining interoperability, it would seem like a good idea
>> > to have a coherent set of semantics for location concepts --
>> > a common data model, if not common protocols and APIs.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Topics for discussion could include:
>> > >>> -- How can we map out the space of things that exist today?
>> > >>> -- What sorts of location systems would this effort try
>> > to encompass? Protocols and/or APIs? Positioning and/or
>> conveyance?
>> > >>> -- What's the proper venue for this work? GEOPRIV? A
>> > new IETF WG? Somewhere else?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> As an example of the sort of thing that might come out of
>> > this work, a colleague and I put together a partial draft
>> > looking at mappings between different location protocols:
>> > >>> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-doran-geopriv-proto-map-01>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Thanks for taking the time to read through this, and I
>> > look forward to some useful discussions next week.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Best,
>> > >>> --Richard
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