3:00-3:30 Wed 6/24 at Westin Alpine D we will discuss data sync plan and status.
Thanks. Jacob On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Fernando Jiménez Moreno < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes :) Aaron mentioned in his previous email that Kinto [1] is one of the > options that we are considering for in-app data sync. We already had > conversations with Alexis and the rest of the Cloud Services team and we > will follow up on Whistler. Hopefully we'll leave Canada with a more clear > picture of what we'll do for in-app data sync. > > Cheers, > > / Fernando > > [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/kinto > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Fabrice Desré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Aaron, >> >> It looks like you need to talk to Alexis that just announced Kinto, if >> that's not happening already. Let's not build N competing solutions in >> this space. >> >> Fabrice >> >> On 06/17/2015 09:01 AM, Aaron Wu wrote: >> > Dear b2g friends, >> > >> > >> > As you may know, one of the core pieces for the NGA Toolkit work is Data >> > Sync. We did more discussion/research/analysis for these first two >> > quarters and have some decisions, plans and WIP works which would like >> > to share with you. >> > >> > >> > As mentioned in previous threads, we are focusing our work based on >> > three major concepts taken from the core of Mozilla's mission: >> > >> > >> > >> > - User choice >> > >> > We believe that users shouldn't be tied to a specific storage >> > provider like in other platforms (iCloud on iOS, Drive on >> > Android...), so we'd like to provide a solution where users can >> > choose their preferred storage provider(s). >> > >> > - User privacy >> > >> > User privacy is key for us. Whatever we implement here should allow >> > users to opt-in to encrypt the data on the client side and store it >> > encrypted on the selected cloud storage provider. >> > >> > - User identity >> > >> > We want to use Firefox Accounts as the authentication mechanism for >> > this service and link this account to the user selected cloud >> > storage provider accounts. >> > >> > >> > >> > With these concepts in mind, we have split the work in two major parts: >> > >> > >> > >> > 1. Synchronization of Browser/System data >> > >> > >> > >> > This includes all the data that belongs to the OS (browser) itself. >> > Things like the list of installed apps, bookmarks, browsing history, >> > passwords, form data, addons, prefs, etc. We chose to use the >> > existing Firefox Sync platform for synchronizing this kind of data. >> > This is a long time requested feature and we are already (and >> > slowly) working on adding this support for FxOS. If you want to dig >> > a bit more about the technical aspects of this implementation you >> > can check the slides at [1]. They might not say much by themselves, >> > but they will be properly introduced at Whistler. Also, if you want >> > to follow the progress of this implementation, you can take a look >> > at this meta bug [2] >> > >> > >> > >> > 2. Synchronization of InApp data. >> > >> > >> > >> > This includes all the data that doesn't belong to the OS but to the >> > web apps themselves. Things like contacts data, sms/mms, call log, >> > alarms, in-app specific settings (i.e. email or calendar accounts >> > configuration), music, photos and a big etc. >> > >> > >> > >> > Because this includes a big set of information to be synchronized we >> > also split this in different parts: >> > >> > >> > >> > 2.1 File synchronization >> > >> > >> > >> > It is not the same to synchronize plain JSON documents than big >> > media files. We need a solution to remotely store and >> > synchronize media files. Among others, there's an interesting >> > proposal to provide an Universal Storage API and a Virtual >> > Storage Interface. We will present this at Whistler, but you can >> > have a first taste of it at [3] >> > >> > >> > >> > 2.2 Document synchronization >> > >> > >> > >> > We'd like to provide a cross browser solution for web apps to >> > synchronize their local databases in a way that fulfills the >> > three major requirements that we presented above. For this part >> > there are several existing tools that we can use to build such a >> > solution like kinto [4], pouchDB [5], remotestorage.js [6], or >> > cloud storage[7]. We are still working on figuring out what the >> > best tool(s) is for this part. >> > >> > >> > >> > You can read a bit more about data synchronization on FxOS on the >> > projects wiki [8] that we try to keep up to date. >> > >> > >> > >> > And last but not least, we will be having a two hours session to present >> > what we've done so far at Whistler. We are looking for participation and >> > feedback so if you have the chance, please come by and share your >> > thoughts with us. >> > >> > >> > >> > Date/Time: 6/23 Wed. 1-3pm >> > >> > Venue: Westin - Alpine B >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > [1] http://ferjm.github.io/fxos-sync-architecture/1-fxos-sync.html#/ >> > >> > [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=824026 >> > >> > [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/Cloud_Storage >> > >> > [4] https://github.com/mozilla-services/kinto >> > >> > [5] http://pouchdb.com/ >> > >> > [6] https://github.com/remotestorage/remotestorage.js >> > >> > [7] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/Cloud_Storage >> > >> > [8] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS_Data_Sync >> > >> > >> > Thank you so much! >> > >> > / The Data Sync Toolkit team >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Aaron Wu >> > Engineering Project Manager, Mobile Device >> > Mozilla Corporation >> > cell: +886-955-361-456 >> > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > skype: waaron2000 >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Aaron Wu <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Dear All, >> > >> > Here I would like to share what we are doing on data sync and cloud >> > storage project, there are two topics covered. >> > >> > 1. Browser/System Data Sync >> > >> > For Browser/System specific data we chose to use the existing >> > FirefoxSync platform. That will give users a way to backup >> > Firefox OS systemdata like the list of installed apps, the >> > browser history, their bookmarks, etc. and to access >> > this data from any Firefox product (Desktop, Android, iOS, OS). >> > >> > * Offline support: Application can be executed offline >> > and syncthe data automatically while it gets into the >> > network environment. >> > * Cross browser support: The web app data should be syncedeven >> > among the different browser environments. >> > >> > 2. In-app Data Sync >> > >> > We can be grouped in below >> > >> > * Documents, including in-app specific settings or things >> > like SMS, call history, alarms, etc. >> > * Files, such as photos, music and other media. >> > >> > Two proposals for in-app data sync, not finalized yet. >> > >> > * Generic storage and storage provider proxy >> > >> > The Cloud Services team has been working on a generic >> > storage service to allow 3rd party apps to store >> > andsynchronize arbitrary data, attached to a Firefox >> > account. They've also supported the idea of having an >> > intermediate service that would act as a proxy for >> > different storage providers. >> > >> > * Universal Storage API and Virtual Storage Interface (Cloud >> > Storage) >> > >> > It is a mechanism to support resource accessing on >> > user’s cloud storage for web apps >> > >> > A. General interface for cloud storage: We want to provide a >> > general interface for web app developer to access different >> > cloud storage. It means developer no need to maintain >> > different cloud storage support in their apps anymore. >> > >> > B. Cache mechanism: We also provide the cache mechanism to >> > speed up the file accessing. >> > >> > C. Cloud storage plugin system: This is a system to support >> > storage providers who can apply their storage service on >> > FirefoxOS. >> > >> > In Whistler, we will have a session for Data Sync and Cloud Storage. >> > feel free to walk-in and contribute your thought :D >> > >> > Date/Time: 6/23 Wed. 1-3pm >> > Venue: Westin - Alpine B >> > >> > >> > Thank you so much! >> > >> > Aaron Wu >> > Engineering Project Manager, Mobile Device >> > Mozilla Corporation >> > cell: +886-955-361-456 <tel:%2B886-955-361-456> >> > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > skype: waaron2000 >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "b2g-internal" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/d/msgid/b2g-internal/CABHeOWbSUq8mJCyz9jayxmv_EqxgH%3D6BseYFUteqVq4hHszU9Q%40mail.gmail.com >> > < >> https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/d/msgid/b2g-internal/CABHeOWbSUq8mJCyz9jayxmv_EqxgH%3D6BseYFUteqVq4hHszU9Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> >. >> >> >> -- >> Fabrice Desré >> b2g team >> Mozilla Corporation >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-gaia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >
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