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Reword the "Sensor Type" section, move permission revocation algorithm
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Instead of having several paragraphs mixing what a sensor type must or may
and algorithms, the "Sensor Type" section now only has two paragraphs and
two groups containing what must be defined and what may be defined to make
it easier to follow.

This also has consequences for the "Extensibility" section, as its
"Definition Requirements" subsection used to duplicate some of the contents
in "Sensor Type". It now just refers to the latter and provides more details
about how some of a sensor type's associated data must be defined in
extension specifications.

Some data that used to be associated with a sensor type has been removed:
- "Associated sensors" were never properly defined and it was not clear that
  they meant "associated _platform_ sensors". They were only used in the
  generic sensor permission revocation algorithm, which has been rewritten.
- "Permission request algorithm" is a term that has been moved from the
  Permissions spec to the Requesting Permissions permission in WICG. None of
  the extension specifications ever defined it.

The generic sensor permission revocation algorithm was moved to the
"Abstract Operations" section. It has also been merged with the revoke
sensor permission algorithm since it was its only caller. There should not
be any user-visible effects though: the language was just made more formal
by iterating over all Sensor instances belonging to the current realm (like
the Web Bluetooth spec does) instead of hand-wavingly gathering all
platform sensors (which technically are per-navigable) with the same sensor
type.

Related to w3c#463.
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ urlPrefix: https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-sensor/; spec: GEOLOCATION-SENSOR
urlPrefix: https://w3c.github.io/proximity; spec: PROXIMITY
type: dfn
text: ProximitySensor; url: proximity-sensor-interface
urlPrefix: https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/; spec: ECMAScript
type: dfn
text: current realm; url: current-realm
</pre>
<pre class=link-defaults>
spec: dom; type:dfn; text:event
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<h3 id="model-sensor-type">Sensor Type</h3>

A <dfn>sensor type</dfn> has one or more associated
[=extension sensor interface|extension sensor interfaces=].

A [=sensor type=] has a [=ordered set|set=] of <dfn export>associated sensors</dfn>.

A [=sensor type=] may have a [=default sensor=].

A [=sensor type=] has a [=set/is empty|nonempty=] [=ordered set|set=] of associated
[=powerful feature/names=] referred to as <dfn export>sensor permission names</dfn>.

Note: Multiple [=sensor types=] may share the same [=powerful feature/name=].

A [=sensor type=] has a [=permission revocation algorithm=].

<div algorithm>

To invoke the <dfn local-lt="permission revocation algorithm" export>
generic sensor permission revocation algorithm</dfn>
with [=powerful feature/name=] |permission_name|, run the following steps:

1. For each |sensor_type| whose [=sensor permission names|permission names=] [=set/contains=] |permission_name|:
1. [=set/For each=] |sensor| in |sensor_type|'s [=ordered set|set=] of [=associated sensors=],
1. Invoke [=revoke sensor permission=] with |sensor| as argument.
</div>

A [=sensor type=] has a [=permission request algorithm=].
A <dfn>sensor type</dfn> must have the following associated data:
- One or more [=extension sensor interfaces=].
- An [=set/is empty|nonempty=] [=ordered set=] of associated [=powerful feature/name|powerful
feature names=] referred to as <dfn export>sensor permission names</dfn>.

A [=sensor type=] has a [=set/is empty|nonempty=] [=ordered set|set=] of associated
[=policy-controlled feature=] tokens referred to as <dfn export>sensor feature names</dfn>.
Note: Multiple [=sensor types=] may share the same [=powerful feature/name=].
- An [=set/is empty|nonempty=] [=ordered set=] of associated [=policy-controlled feature=] tokens
referred to as <dfn export>sensor feature names</dfn>.
- A [=permission revocation algorithm=].

A [=sensor type=] may have an associated <dfn export>threshold check
algorithm</dfn>, which takes as arguments two separate [=sensor readings=] and
determines if they differ enough to cause a [=platform sensor=]'s [=latest
reading=] map to be updated.

A [=sensor type=] may have an associated <dfn export>reading quantization
algorithm</dfn>, which takes a [=sensor reading=] and returns a less accurate
[=sensor reading=].
A [=sensor type=] may have the following associated data:
- A [=default sensor=].
- A <dfn export>threshold check algorithm</dfn>, which takes as arguments two separate [=sensor
readings=] and determines if they differ enough to cause a [=platform sensor=]'s [=latest
reading=] map to be updated.
- A <dfn export>reading quantization algorithm</dfn>, which takes a [=sensor reading=] and returns a
less accurate [=sensor reading=].

<h3 id="model-sensor">Sensor</h3>

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1. Set |sensor_instance|.{{[[lastEventFiredAt]]}} to null.
</div>

<h3 dfn export>Revoke sensor permission</h3>
<h3 dfn export>Generic Sensor permission revocation algorithm</h3>

<div algorithm="revoke sensor permission">
<div algorithm="generic sensor permission revocation algorithm">

: input
:: |sensor|, a [=platform sensor=].
:: |permissionName|, a [=powerful feature/name|powerful feature name=]
: output
:: None

1. Let |activated_sensors| be |sensor|'s associated [=ordered set|set=] of [=activated sensor objects=].
1. [=set/For each=] |s| of |activated_sensors|,
1. Invoke [=deactivate a sensor object=] with |s| as argument.
1. Let |e| be the result of [=exception/create|creating=]
a "{{NotAllowedError!!exception}}" {{DOMException}}.
1. Queue a task to run [=notify error=] with |s| and |e| as arguments.
1. For each {{Sensor}} instance |sensor| in the [=current realm=]:
1. If |sensor|'s associated [=platform sensor=]'s [=sensor type=]'s [=sensor permission
names=] [=set/contains=] |permissionName|:
1. Invoke [=deactivate a sensor object=] with |sensor|.
1. Let |exception| be the result of [=exception/create|creating=]
a "{{NotAllowedError}}" {{DOMException}}.
1. Queue a task to run [=notify error=] with |sensor| and |exception|.
</div>

<h3 dfn export>Set sensor settings</h3>
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<h3 id="definition-reqs">Definition Requirements</h3>

The following definitions must be specified for
each [=sensor type=] in [=extension specifications=]:
[=Extension specifications=] must define all the associated data listed in [[#model-sensor-type]].

This section provides more information about some of the associated data that [=extension
specifications=] must specify.

- An <dfn export>extension sensor interface</dfn>, which is an [=interface=]
whose [=inherited interfaces=] contains {{Sensor}}.
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[=get value from latest reading=] with <strong>this</strong> and
[=attribute=] [=identifier=] as arguments.

- A [=powerful feature/name=], if the [=sensor type=] is not representing
[=sensor fusion=] (otherwise, [=powerful feature/names=]
associated with the fusion source [=sensor types=] must be used).
- If the [=sensor type=] is representing [=sensor fusion=], its [=sensor permission names=] must
be those associated with the fusion source [=sensor types=].

An [=extension specification=] may specify the following definitions
for each [=sensor types=]:
for each [=sensor type=]:

- A [=dictionary=] whose [=inherited dictionaries=] contains {{SensorOptions}}.
- A [=default sensor=]. Generally, devices are equipped with a single [=platform sensor=]
of each [=sensor types|type=],
so defining a [=default sensor=] should be straightforward.
For [=sensor types=] where multiple [=device sensor|sensors=] are common,
[=extension specifications=] may choose not to define a [=default sensor=],
especially when doing so would not make sense.
- A [=default sensor=]. Generally, devices are equipped with a single [=platform sensor=] of each
[=sensor types|type=], in which case defining a [=default sensor=] is straightforward. For
[=sensor types=] where multiple [=device sensor|sensors=] are common, [=extension
specifications=] may choose not to define a [=default sensor=], especially when doing so would
not make sense.

<h3 id="extend-automation">Automation</h3>

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