- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:22:36 +0000
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Update of /sources/public/html5/webstorage In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv5126 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: bury some text the w3c is scared of Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/webstorage/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.105 retrieving revision 1.106 diff -u -d -r1.105 -r1.106 --- Overview.html 16 Dec 2009 16:47:11 -0000 1.105 +++ Overview.html 16 Dec 2009 17:22:34 -0000 1.106 @@ -198,13 +198,6 @@ and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents">document use</a> rules apply.</p> - <!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --> - <p class="alt">The text of this specification is also - available in the WHATWG <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#webstorage">Web - Applications 1.0</a> specification, under a license that permits - reuse of the specification text.</p> - <!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --> - </div><hr class="top"><h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="abstract">Abstract</h2><p>This specification defines an API for persistent data storage of key-value pair data in Web clients.<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="status-of-this-document">Status of This document</h2><!-- intro boilerplate (required) --><p><em>This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this @@ -255,7 +248,10 @@ patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential Claim(s)</a> must disclose the information in accordance with <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure">section - 6 of the W3C Patent Policy</a>.<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="issues">Issues</h2><p>The use of the storage mutex to avoid race conditions is + 6 of the W3C Patent Policy</a>.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- This text will be moved back to under the copyright in the header if this is not resolved by April 2010 --><p class="alt">The text of this specification is also + available in the WHATWG <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#webstorage">Web + Applications 1.0</a> specification, under a license that permits + reuse of the specification text.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="issues">Issues</h2><p>The use of the storage mutex to avoid race conditions is currently considered by certain implementors to be too high a performance burden, to the point where allowing data corruption is considered preferable. Alternatives that do not require a
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