Re: Quick Question on FWPD

On 11/19/25 22:01, Melvin Carvalho wrote:

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> pá 9. 5. 2025 v 14:46 odesílatel Pierre-Antoine Champin 
> <pierre-antoine@w3.org> napsal:
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>     On 09/05/2025 11:34, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
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>>     st 19. 3. 2025 v 9:40 odesílatel Pierre-Antoine Champin
>>     <pierre-antoine@w3.org> napsal:
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>>         On 19/03/2025 08:56, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
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>>>         st 19. 3. 2025 v 8:49 odesílatel Pierre-Antoine Champin
>>>         <pierre-antoine@w3.org> napsal:
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>>>             Hi Melvin, Wonsuk,
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>>>             time flies, doesn'it! 😅
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>>>             The answer is simply that we are a little late on out
>>>             charter: we are still focusing on the Use Case
>>>             documents, and have not published any draft for the
>>>             specification itself. You haven't missed anything :)
>>>
>>>             For future reference: all publications of the WG
>>>             (including drafts) will be listed here:
>>>             https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/lws/publications/
>>>             and this list is maintained automatically, so you can
>>>             rely on it being up-to-date.
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>>>         Thanks, Pierre.
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>>>         Would you be able to share a sentence or two on what it
>>>         might look like?
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>>         The group has not discussed any specifics yet, so I'd rather
>>         not make any prediction, sorry.
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>>     Just noticed we’re a third of the way through the WG—any thoughts
>>     on when a FPWD might land?
>     I'm afraid not.
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>>     The use case doc is rich (maybe too rich!). In the Social WG we
>>     picked a smaller slice to start with, which helped keep momentum.
>>     Could that work here too?
>     It is the picking a smaller slice that we are still working on.
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>>     Would be lovely to have something public before the halfway mark.
>>     Helps those of us building stuff align a bit.
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>     It would :) Working on it, but can't make any promise.
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> Hi, I was wondering if there has been any update about FPWD, or some 
> new developments at TPAC?
The group did not meet during TPAC, but we had a very productive F2F 
meeting on October, in Gent.

Work on the spec per se has really taken off, as you can tell from the 
activity on https://github.com/w3c/lws-protocol .

   best

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>>     Cheers,
>>     Melvin
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>>>         I don’t expect you to be held to anything, but I’d really
>>>         appreciate getting a sense of the direction it’s heading in.
>>>         As an app developer, this would help me future-proof my
>>>         implementations.
>>>
>>>         I’m familiar with Solid, remotestorage, and unhosted apps,
>>>         though I know less about the Fedora side of things.
>>>
>>>         In short, what abstractions or generalizations should a
>>>         Solid app developer anticipate when working with LWS?
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>>>         If I had to guess, it would be designed for client-side
>>>         (unhosted) apps, supporting a range of identity and
>>>         authentication systems (including but not limited to WebID),
>>>         multiple data formats (including RDF, and possibly JSON?),
>>>         and a set of access control plugins.
>>>
>>>         Obviously, the FPWD will clarify things, but even a rough
>>>         sense of direction—whether subjective or opinionated (with
>>>         the usual disclaimers)—would be very helpful for those of us
>>>         following from a distance.
>>>
>>>         Best,
>>>         Melvin
>>>
>>>               best
>>>
>>>             On 18/03/2025 02:46, 이원석 wrote:
>>>>             Hi. Melvin and all.
>>>>             Thanks to Melvin to raise this issue. I also have same
>>>>             question for the group.
>>>>             I hope to be prepared the base document for this work.
>>>>             Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>             Kind regards,
>>>>             Wonsuk.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             -----Original Message-----
>>>>             From: "Melvin Carvalho" <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
>>>>             <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
>>>>             To: <public-lws-wg@w3.org> <mailto:public-lws-wg@w3.org>;
>>>>             Cc:
>>>>             Sent: 2025-03-18 (화) 09:13:13 (UTC+09:00)
>>>>             Subject: Quick Question on FWPD
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>>>>             Hi All,
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>>>>             I saw in the Linked Web Storage Charter that the FWPD
>>>>             was expected around March 11, 2025. Just wondering—has
>>>>             it been published yet, or has the timeline shifted?
>>>>
>>>>             If it's not ready yet, is there an overview available
>>>>             that explains how the different storage approaches fit
>>>>             together under one umbrella? As an app developer, I'd
>>>>             love to align my work with the direction this group is
>>>>             taking, and a bit of guidance would be really helpful.
>>>>
>>>>             Appreciate any insights!
>>>>
>>>>             Thanks,
>>>>             Melvin
>>>>