PubStatus
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This document contains current data regarding the Publication Status of specifications being developed by the Web Apps WG. The data is provided in three tables: 1) API Specifications; 2) Widgets Specifications; 3) Specs NO Longer Active.
Note the WG's Charter enumerates all of the WG's deliverables.
Please see the section Table Key for information regarding interpreting the data in the tables.
Contents |
API Specifications
The specifications are listed in alphabetical order ...
| API Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Spec (Editor's Draft) | Last Publication | Type | Remarks | Testing | Plans |
| Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) | 27 July 2010 | WD | Implementations: see CORS UA Implementation and Site support
This spec is a joint deliverable with the Web Application Security WG | Publish LC when all bugs and issues are addressed, possibly in 1Q-2012 | |
| Clipboard APIs and Events | 12 Apr 2011 | WD | Tracker Actions and Issues | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| DOM4 | 05 Jan 2012 | WD | Bugzilla database; this spec was previously titled "DOM Core". | Test Facilitator: Aryeh Gregor; | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete |
| DOM Level 3 Events | 31 May 2011 | LCWD | Weekly telecons; agendas and discussions on www-dom mail list. See also the DOM3Events Wiki Page. | Test Facilitator: Alex Kuang; | Comment period for LCWD ended 28-June-2011 - see the LC's Comment Tracking Document; publish new LCWD in 1Q-2012 |
| Element Traversal | 22 Dec 2008 | REC | A W3C Recommendation was published 22 Dec 2008. Errata published 16-Feb-2009. | Test Facilitator: Doug Schepers; | Integrated into DOM4; no new publications planned |
| File API | 20 Oct 2011 | WD | Tracker Actions and Issues
File API Implementation data from caniuse.com; File Reader Implementations data from caniuse.com | Publish LC when all bugs and issues resolved, possibly in 1Q-2012 | |
| File API: Directories and System | 19 Apr 2011 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| File API: Writer | 19 Apr 2011 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| From-Origin Header | 21 Jul 2011 | FPWD | X-Frame-Options discussions are on the IETF's websec mail list | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| Indexed Database API | 06 Dec 2011 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Suite | Publish LCWD when all bugs and issues are addressed, possibly in 1Q-2012 |
| Java bindings for Web IDL | 07 February 2012 | FPWD | Technical discussions on public-script-coord mail list | ||
| Progress Events | 22 Sep 2011 | CR | Tracker Actions and Issues | Test Suite | Blocked on implementations of the CR |
| Selectors API | 22 Dec 2009 | CR | Bugzilla Database | Test Suite | Advancement to PR blocked until WebIDL LCWD is published and interop data is published |
| Selectors API Level 2 | 19 Jan 2010 | FPWD | Test Suite | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| Server-Sent Events | 20 Oct 2011 | WD |
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test suite on labs.opera | Publish LC when there are NO Open bugs |
| Uniform Messaging Policy (UMP) | 26 Jan 2010 | FPWD | See Comparison of CORS and UMP
Implementations: see UA Support for UMP This spec is a joint deliverable with the Web Application Security WG | This spec is not active and will be removed from the WG's charter when the charter is renewed. | |
| Web IDL | 07 February 2012 | LCWD | Technical discussions on public-script-coord mail list | Comments on LCWD are due 28 February 2012; Candidate Recommendation planned in March | |
| HTML5 Web Messaging | 20 Oct 2011 | WD | Bugzilla database
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Publish LC when there are NO Open bugs | |
| Web Sockets API | 08 Dec 2011 | CR | Dependency on Web Socket protocol. Technical discussions on IETF's hybi mail list. (This spec was formerly known as the Network Communication API.). See short Web Sockets slide deck.
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Facilitator: Kris Krueger; | Complete Test Suite and test implementations
CR (aka Call for Implementation) ends 08-Mar-2012; |
| Web Storage | 08 Dec 2011 | CR | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Suite | Complete Test Suite and test implementations
CR (aka Call for Implementation) ends 08-Mar-2012; |
| Web Workers | 01 Sep 2011 | LCWD |
Implementation data from caniuse.com; | Test Suite | Publish new LC when there are NO Open bugs |
| XBL2 Spec | 16 Mar 2007 | CR | See Mozilla implementation plans from Jonas Sicking (5-May-2010).
See XBL2 changes announced by Ian Hickson on 3-Sep-2010 | Awaiting implementation feedback; see XBL2 and "Web XBL" thread | |
| XBL2 Primer | 18 Jul 2007 | WD | Blocked on XBL2 spec | ||
| XmlHttpRequest (Level 2) | 17 Jan 2012 | WD | Bugzilla Database | Test Suite | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete |
Widget Specifications
The specifications are listed in order of spec maturity level (Type column) ...
| Widgets Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Spec (Editor's Draft) | Last Publication | Type | Remarks | Testing | Plans |
| Widget Packaging & XML Configuration | 27 Sep 2011 | REC | Implementation Report | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Party for Marcos! |
| Widget Access Request Policy (WARP) | 07 Feb 2012 | REC | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Party for Marcos! | |
| Digital Signatures for Widgets | 11 Aug 2011 | PR | Implementation Report | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Recommendation blocked by RIM's XML Signature Patents for elliptical curves. |
| view-mode Media Feature | 11 Aug 2011 | PR | Implementation Report | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Recommendation blocked by CSS WG's Media Queries spec being a Candidate Recommendation |
| Widget Interface (TWI) | 13 Dec 2011 | CR | Implementation Report | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Proposed Recommendation blocked by Web Storage and Web IDL specs not being in Candidate Recommendation and a dependency on HTML5 |
| Widget URIs | 27 Sep 2011 | WD |
URI Scheme Registration started 25-Feb-2010. Open Actions: Action-282, Action-526 | Test suite; Interop | |
| Widget Updates | 28 Sep 2010 | WD | See Apple's Patent Disclosure, excluded claims, PAG Recommendations (published 8-Oct-2009) | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Functional completeness |
See also:
- Widget testing wiki
- CVS repository for Widgets specs and test suites
- Widget Family of Specs (includes non-published documents)
Specs NO Longer Active
| API Specifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Spec (Editor's Draft) | Last Publication | Type | Remarks | Plans |
| Web SQL Database | 18 Nov 2010 | WG Note | This spec was formerly titled Web Database; Open Issues List
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Work on this specification ended with the publication of the WG Note. |
| Programmable HTTP Caching and Serving | 29 Mar 2011 | WG Note | This spec was formerly titled DataCache API | Work on this specification ended with the publication of the WG Note. |
| Requirements for Standardizing Widgets | 27 Sep 2011 | WG Note | This is a non-normative document (i.e. contains no testable assertions). Need to add reqs from other widget specs: WARP, TWI, View Mode Media Feature, etc. specs. | Work on this document ended with the publication of the Working Group Note. |
| Widgets 1.0: Landscape | 14 Apr 2008 | WD | This is a non-normative document (i.e. contains no testable assertions). It is a snapshot from April 2008.
Open Actions: Action-168, Action-170 | In September 2011, the WG agreed this document will not be published again. |
| XmlHttpRequest (Level 1) | 17 Jan 2012 | WG Note | This specification was referred to as XHR Level 1 and was published as a Candidate Recommendation | Work on this specification has stopped but work on this version of XHR continues |
Table Key
The tables above use the following abbreviations and conventions:
- The link in the Name of Spec' column is the document's Editor's Draft
- The Last Publication column contains the date of the most recent formal publication as a W3C Technical Report
- WG Note = Working Group Note
- FPWD = First Public Working Draft
- WD = Working Draft
- LC, LCWD = Last Call (Working Draft)
- CR = Candidate Recommendation
- PR = Proposed Recommendation
- REC = Recommendation
- No Formal Pub = the document has not yet been formally published by the W3C as a Technical Report.
Preliminary specs in Progress
In a few cases, we have specifications in progress but they are not listed in one of the above tables because the draft is very preliminary. See WebApps' three CVS directories (WAF, WebAPI and HTML) for more information.
