Technical Team/Minutes/2015-11-10

November 10, 2015

Attendees

• Gary O'Neall
• Yev Bronshteyn
• Bill Schineller
• Kate Stewart
• Scott Sterling
• Matt Germonprez
• Michael Herzog

Snippets

• Proposal located at https://docs.google.com/document/d/13OknzNnY56UZhnj_VVPatirBrNze5cWXDx2fnKbBI_g/edit#heading=h.nmf14n
• Reviewed latest proposal
• Snippet Names
  • Argument for name
    • Consistency with other SPDXItems and SPDXElements
    • Makes it easier for tools developers to common code if the model was consistent
    • It is possible that some of the snippets will be popular enough that a name makes sense
  • Arguments against name
    • No strong use case where comments could be applied to solve the use cases
  • It is important that it is optional
  • Agreed on the call leaving name in
  • Agreed it should be optional
  • Updated text for the intent to include consistency as one of the reasons
• Review Snippet Comments
  • Agreed that it is fine - consistent with other use of comments
• Discussed Olivier's comments on Snippets
  • We should make sure it is clear that Snippets are optional
  • The first statement in Snippets makes it sound like it is required
  • Suggest updating the first statement: "Optional", "when a snippet can be cleanly identified"
  • Updated first couple sentences in proposal
  • Follow-up with legal team to make sure the snippet use case is a valid use case
  • Use the JavaScript mash-up example - does not require interpretation
  • Kate has the action from General meeting to follow-up with Oliver
  • Gary will follow-up with Kate
• No other snippet items were reviewed - Propose this as a candidate