- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 13:01:53 -0500
- To: Web Payments Working Group <public-payments-wg@w3.org>
Dear Web Payments Working Group Participants, This is a Call for Consensus to take up the following proposal as a formal deliverable of the Web Payments Working Group (as described in our charter [1]). Facilitated Payment Link Type in HTML https://wicg.github.io/paymentlink/ We discussed this proposal briefly at our call today [2] and previously at our 28 August meeting [3] and 30 January meeting [4]. PLEASE RESPOND to the proposal by 23 October (16h00 UTC). For example, if you support the proposal, respond to this list with "1. Support the proposal." For the co-Chairs, Ian Jacobs [1] https://www.w3.org/Payments/WG/charter-2025.html#incubation [2] https://www.w3.org/2025/10/09-wpwg-minutes.html#4978 [3] https://www.w3.org/2025/08/28-wpwg-minutes.html#3960 [4] https://www.w3.org/2025/01/30-wpwg-minutes.html#a59a ---------------------- BACKGROUND An explainer is available: https://github.com/WICG/paymentlink/blob/main/README.md Please also see the following document for discussion of this proposal and how it compares with other wallet technologies, including Payment Request API: https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/blob/gh-pages/wallet-tech.md -------- PROPOSAL That the Web Payments Working Group take up the Facilitated Payment Link Type in HTML proposal as a Recommendation Track specification: https://wicg.github.io/paymentlink/ Please indicate one of the following in your response: 1. Support the proposal. 2. Request some changes, but support the proposal even if suggested changes are not taken into account. 3. Request some changes, and do not support the proposal unless the changes are taken into account. 4. Do not support the proposal (please provide rationale). 5. Support the consensus of the Web Payments Working Group. 6. Abstain. ----------------- FORMAL OBJECTIONS * Formal Objections are described in the W3C Process Document https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#registering-objections * To register such an objection to this proposal, please include the phrase "FORMAL OBJECTION” in your response and be sure to include substantive arguments or rationale. * Silence will be taken to mean there is no Formal Objection. * If there are Formal Objections, the Chairs plan to contact the individual(s) who made them to see whether there are changes that would address the concern and increase consensus to publish. ---------- NEXT STEPS * In the case where this Call for Consensus results in a decision that the proposal carries, the staff will work with the editors to discuss a timeline for publishing this document as a First Public Working Draft. We also anticipate discussion of this proposal during TPAC 2025. https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/wiki/Agenda%E2%80%90TPAC2025 * To raise issues on the proposal, please use this issues list: https://github.com/WICG/paymentlink/issues/ -- Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 917 450 8783
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