Is the output of the cloud WG going to be implementable, or are we keeping things abstract, wherein some actual cloud print provider will essentially "instance" our model and do a concrete implementation ?
R.
On Aug 16, 2012, at 3:05 PM, "larryupthegrove" <larryupthegrove at comcast.net> wrote:
> I think this is a design decision based use case - that the cloud service
> would attempt to retrieve the files by a specific method. The use case of
> the user wanting to print a file from a service or location could also be
> met by requiring the user to upload the file, or click print on the file in
> Flickr (or other application) and select the cloud provider from the list of
> printers, or add the cloud print provider as a "trusted friend" in Flickr,
> or .....
>> Larry
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> William A Wagner
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> To: 'Randy Turner'; cloud at pwg.org> Subject: RE: [Cloud] new use case for cloud printing
>> The scenario is interesting, but I think the conditions you suggest (Cloud
> or printer needs to authenticate on behalf of Alice to get access to the
> photos, but cannot use Alice's credentials) make this a problem in
> authentication/authorization akin to other cloud service issues rather than
> represent a printing specific issue. I think we discussed a similar case at
> the meeting and decided we would defer to cloud service provider solutions
> such as used in allowing friends to view cloud based photo albums or have
> files shared via Dropbox (send the link/password encrypted??); or revert to
> having Alice pull the photos though her device.
>> But even if we do not attempt to define a solution, I agree that this is a
> potentially valid use case that we might list but decline to address.
>> Opinions from others in the working group??
>> Bill Wagner
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> Randy Turner
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:01 PM
> To: cloud at pwg.org> Subject: [Cloud] new use case for cloud printing
>>> During the recent F-to-F meeting and re-reading the current cloud use-cases,
> I didn't see a use-case for accessing 3rd-party web site content to print
> "from" - an example being.
>> Alice has a photo album stored on Flickr.com. She wants to print one or
> more of her pictures from her Flickr album on a particular cloud printer.
> This is similar to the print-by-reference case, in that Alice will probably
> specify a URL (URI) to print "from". However, the cloud service will have
> to authenticate on behalf of Alice to access her photo album (by reference),
> and Alice must not reveal her Flickr authentication credentials to the cloud
> service.
>> R.
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