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 The data is provided in three tables: 1) API Specifications; 2) Widgets Specifications; 3) Specs NO Longer Active.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.
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API Specifications
The specifications are listed in alphabetical order ...
| API Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec, Active Editor(s) | Last TR Publication | Type | Remarks | Testing | Plans |
| Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), Anne van Kesteren | 03 Apr 2012 | LC | Implementations: see CanIUse.com
This spec is a joint deliverable with the Web Application Security WG | Test Facilitator: Odin Hørthe Omdal;
WebApps WG's CORS Test Suite WebAppSec WG's CORS Test Suite | LC comment period ended 1-May-2012. Move to CR when all LC comments are addressed. |
| Clipboard APIs and Events, Hallvord Steen | 23 Feb 2012 | WD | Tracker Actions and Issues | No test suite; likely to require manual tests | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete |
| DOM4, Anne van Kesteren | 05 Apr 2012 | WD | Bugzilla database; this spec was previously titled "DOM Core". | Test Facilitator: Aryeh Gregor; | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete. May fork the spec to create a stable version. |
| DOM Level 3 Events, Travis Leithead and Jacob Rossi | 31 May 2011 | LCWD | 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 2Q-2012 |
| DOM Parsing and Serialization | Is this Draft @ HTML5.org an input for this spec? | May happen in HTML WG (see HTML Issue-198) | |||
| 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, Arun Ranganathan, Jonas Sicking | 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 3Q-2012 | |
| File API: Directories and System, Eric Urhane | 17 Apr 2012 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete; dependency on File: API | |
| File API: Writer, Eric Urhane | 17 Apr 2012 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete; dependency on File: API | |
| From-Origin Header, Not Active | 21 Jul 2011 | FPWD | X-Frame-Options discussions are on the IETF's websec mail list | A CfC to stop work on this spec was started on May 1 and ends May 8 | |
| Fullscreen API, Anne van Kesteren and Tantek Çelik | ED | Coordinate with CSS WG on this spec | Publish FPWD (with CSS WG) | ||
| Gamepad, Scott Graham and Ted Mielczarek | ED | Publish FPWD | |||
| Indexed Database API, Jonas Sicking and Eliot Graff | 06 Dec 2011 | WD | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Facilitator: Alex Kuang; | Publish LCWD when all bugs and issues are addressed, possibly in 2Q-2012 |
| Input Method Editor API, Hironori Bono (坊野 博典) and Kenji Baheux | ED | Test Facilitator: Mike™ Smith | Publish FPWD | ||
| Java bindings for Web IDL, Cameron McCormack | 07 Feb 2012 | FPWD | Technical discussions on public-script-coord mail list | This spec may be published as a WG Note. | |
| Pointer Lock, Vincent Scheib | ED | Test Facilitator: Vincent Scheib | Publish FPWD | ||
| Progress Events, Anne van Kesteren | 22 Sep 2011 | CR | Tracker Actions and Issues | Test Suite | Blocked on implementations of the CR |
| Storage Quota API | Expect WHATWG's Quota API Wiki to server as an input | Create ED | |||
| Selectors API, Lachlan Hunt | 22 Dec 2009 | CR | Bugzilla Database | Test Facilitator: Chaals McCathieNevile; | Publish PR in Q2-2012, when interop data is available |
| Selectors API Level 2, Lachlan Hunt | 19 Jan 2010 | FPWD | Test Facilitator: Chaals McCathieNevile; | Publish periodic WDs until the spec is feature complete | |
| Server-Sent Events, Ian Hickson | 26 Apr 2012 | LCWD |
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test suite on labs.opera will be submitted to the WG | Last Call comment deadline is 17-May-2012 |
| Shadow DOM, Dimitri Glazkov | ED | This spec has not been published as a Technical Report | Test Facilitator: Dimitri Glazkov | Publish FPWD | |
| Screen Orientation API, Mounir Lamouri | ED | This spec is also referred to as Screen Orientation API | Publish FPWD | ||
| URL, Adam Barth | ED | Test Facilitator: Mike Smith | Publish FPWD | ||
| Web app manifest (widgets config and packaging in JSON) | proposed contribution | Test Facilitator: None | Publish Editors' draft | ||
| Web IDL, Cameron McCormack | 19 Apr 2012 | CR | Technical discussions on public-script-coord mail list. | Test Facilitator: Travis Leithead; | Work on test suite. |
| Web Intents, Greg Billock, James Hawkins and Paul Kinlan | ED | This is a joint deliverable with the Device API WG and discussions occur on the public-web-intents mail list. | Test Facilitator: Greg Billock | Clarify positioning with HTML5 (see email from Ian Hickson for more information) | |
| HTML5 Web Messaging, Ian Hickson | 01 May 2012 | CR | Bugzilla database
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Facilitator: Alex Kuang;
(We expect Microsoft to submit tests) | Work on test suite and interop testing required to exit CR |
| Web Sockets API, Ian Hickson | 08 Dec 2011 | CR | Dependency on RFC6455 The WebSocket Protocol. Protocol technical discussions on IETF's hybi mail list.
Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Facilitator: Kris Krueger; | Complete Test Suite and test implementations
CR (aka Call for Implementation) ended 08-Mar-2012; |
| Web Storage, Ian Hickson | 08 Dec 2011 | CR | Implementation data from caniuse.com | Test Facilitator: Jong-Heun Lee | Complete Test Suite and test implementations
CR (aka Call for Implementation) ended 08-Mar-2012; |
| Web Workers, Ian Hickson | 01 May 2012 | CR |
Implementation data from caniuse.com; | Test Suite | Work on test suite and interop testing required to exit CR |
| XBL2 Spec, Ian Hickson | 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 Implementation feedback: see XBL2 and "Web XBL" thread | Work on this spec has been proposed to stop in deference to Web Events | |
| XBL2 Primer, Lachlan Hunt | 18 Jul 2007 | WD | Blocked on XBL2 spec. Work on this Primer will end when work on the XBL2 spec stops. | ||
| XmlHttpRequest, Anne van Kesteren | 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 TR 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 | Publish Recommendation in June 2012 |
| Widget Interface (TWI) | 13 Dec 2011 | CR | Implementation Report | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Publish Proposed Recommendation in May 2012 |
| Widget Updates | 22 Mar 2012 | LC | See Apple's Patent Disclosure, excluded claims, PAG Recommendations (published 8-Oct-2009) | Test Facilitator: Marcos Caceres | Publish Candidate Recommendation in May 2012 |
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 TR 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 |
| Widget URIs | 13 Mar 2012 | WG Note | Work on this specification has stopped. | |
| Uniform Messaging Policy (UMP) | 26 Jan 2010 | FPWD | See Comparison of CORS and UMP | Work on this specification stopped when the WG rechartered in April 2012 |
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
- ED = Editor's Draft
- 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.
