こんにちは TAG-さん!

I'm requesting a TAG review of Web of Things (WoT) Profiles.

The WoT Profile WoT Profile defines a Profiling Mechanism which restricts options and guides best practices to enable out-of-the-box interoperability when using Web of Things for greenfield devices. The current draft defines only profiles for HTTP. Out-of-the-box interoperability implies that devices can be integrated together into various application scenarios without deep level adaptations.

• Explainer¹ (minimally containing user needs and example code): https://github.com/w3c/wot-profile/blob/main/explainer/Explainer.md
• Specification URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/WD-wot-profile-20230118/
• Tests: WPT tests are not applicable as this specification is not for browser functionality. However, we are tracking feature implementations from multiple contributors and a draft test report is available here: https://github.com/w3c/wot-profile/blob/main/testing/report.html
• User research: The restrictions proposed in Profiles are based on best practices observed during testing of the WoT Thing Description 1.1 specification. Test results for that specification are located here: https://github.com/w3c/wot-thing-description/blob/main/testing/report11.html
• Security and Privacy self-review²: https://github.com/w3c/wot-architecture/blob/main/publication/ver11/security_and_privacy.md (single review for all WoT deliverables in this charter)
• GitHub repo (if you prefer feedback filed there): https://github.com/w3c/wot-profile
• Primary contacts (and their relationship to the specification):
  • Michael McCool (@mmccool), Intel Corp.
  • Michael Lagally (@mlagally), Oracle Corp.
  • Sebastian Kaebisch (@sebastiankb), Siemens AG
  • Ben Francis (@benfrancis), Invited Expert
  • Ryuichi Matsukura (@mryuichi ), Fujitsu Ltd.
  • Tomoaki Mizushima, (@chachamimm), Internet Research Institute, Inc.
• Organization(s)/project(s) driving the specification: Various
• Key pieces of existing multi-stakeholder review or discussion of this specification:
• External status/issue trackers for this specification (publicly visible, e.g. Chrome Status):

Further details:

• I have reviewed the TAG's Web Platform Design Principles
• Relevant time constraints or deadlines: Aiming for CR transition by 2023-03-30
• The group where the work on this specification is currently being done: Web of Things (WoT) WG
• The group where standardization of this work is intended to be done (if current group is a community group or other incubation venue):
• Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: Expect async actions to still be at risk going into CR.
• This work is being funded by:

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² A Security and Privacy questionnaire helps us understand potential security and privacy issues and mitigations for your design, and can save us asking redundant questions. See https://www.w3.org/TR/security-privacy-questionnaire/.