I agree, Push Message is the term that is used in other standards e.g. OMA Push. The use of the term notification was a reflection of the current simplified API design which provides only a trigger to the application, as a "notification" that some data is available at the server. As we consider the introduction of an optional payload into the API, the term Push Message becomes more appropriate.
Thanks, Bryan Sullivan On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:23 PM, "Jeffrey Yasskin" <jyass...@google.com<mailto:jyass...@google.com>> wrote: The term "push notification" in https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/push/raw-file/tip/index.html#dfn-push-notification seems to confuse people into thinking that the user will be notified/bothered when such a message arrives. This is reinforced by the fact that iOS uses "push notification" for exactly that: a way to notify the user based on a message from a server. See https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/WhatAreRemoteNotif.html. Since the spec already uses the name "PushMessage" for the thing delivered by a push notification (https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/push/raw-file/tip/index.html#pushmessage-interface), it seems like "push message" would be a good replacement for the current ambiguous name. Thanks, Jeffrey Yasskin P.S. I'm not subscribed to public-webapps@, so please cc me if you want me to reply.
