Transition Request: HTML Canvas 2D Context as Candidate Recommendation
Document title: HTML Canvas 2D Context
Document URI: http://htmlwg.org/cr/2dcontext/Overview.html
Estimated publication date: December 13, 2012
Abstract:
This specification defines the 2D Context for the HTML canvas element. The 2D Context provides objects, methods, and properties to draw and manipulate graphics on a canvas drawing surface.
Status:
For this specification to exit the CR stage, the conditions detailed in the CR Exit Criteria (Public Permissive version 3) document will have to be met.
The following features are at risk and may be removed due to lack of implementation.
This specification is an extension to the HTML5 language. All normative content in the HTML5 specification, unless specifically overridden by this specification, is intended to be the basis for this specification.
Record of the decision to request the transition:
2012-11-27 message from Sam Ruby announcing a WG decision to request transition to CR.
Report of important changes to the document
Changes made to the specification since the start of Last Call on May 25, 2011 include the addition of features for Path objects and Hit regions
None of the changes made since the May 25, 2011 start of Last Call are considered to have the effect of completely invalidating any previous review of the specification.
Evidence that the document satisfies group's requirements
The requirements have not changed since the previous transition. All requirements previously satisfied remain satisfied.
Evidence that dependencies with other groups met (or not)
The specification has a number of normative references to W3C specifications that are not yet Candidate Recommendations.
The HTML Working Group chairs and team contacts are confident that they do not have any dependencies with other working groups that have not been satisfied. The HTML WG published a public Plan 2014 document that among other things outlines its plans with regard relationships with other key groups, and also announced that plan to the chairs@w3.org mailing list, without receiving objections to the plan from any other working groups.
Evidence that the document has received wide review
The specification has been very widely reviewed both by public commenters and by other W3C working groups, and by key participants involved in work at other organizations such as the IETF. A Disposition of Comments document is available, as well as a list of open issues and related change proposals that are awaiting working-group decisions.
Evidence that issues have been formally addressed
A Disposition of Comments document is available, as well as a list of open issues and related change proposals that are awaiting working-group decisions.
- The Group received 89 formal Last Call comments (bug reports) during the Last Call comment period that ran from May 25, 2011 to August 03, 2012.
- Of the 89 Last Call comments, 26 (29%) were accepted, and 63 (70%%) were rejected.
Objections
There are no formal objections outstanding against the HTML Canvas 2D Context specification.
Implementation Information
The following sections provide details about implementation information.
CR exit criteria
For this specification to exit the CR stage, the conditions detailed in the CR Exit Criteria (Public Permissive version 3) document will have to be met.
Preliminary implementation report
A preliminary implementation report is available.
CR duration period
The minimal duration for this CR period is until September 1, 2014.
Features at risk
The following features are at risk and may be removed due to lack of implementation.
Patent Disclosures
None