- From: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 01:03:15 +0200
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Here is a draft of the Transition Request for the updated CR. Once it’s ready, I’ll send it to the Director and the chairs of all WGs. Comments and additions welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello all, Aside: We submitted a transition request for this updated CR already on September 6 and then postponed it to try and get more reviews of the changed API section. But the reviews are taking some time and the WG considers the risk low that they will change the section in normative ways, and thus we resubmit the request. The document is still the same, except the reference to HTML5, which has been updated to HTML 5.1. (The reference to WebIDL is also outdated. That seems due to a bug in ReSpec. We’ll try to update it ASAP.) The Tracking Protection WG would like to update a CR with a new version containing a few substantive changes: Title: Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/tracking-dnt/ CR preview: https://w3c.github.io/dnt/drafts/CRc-tracking-dnt.html Abstract -------- This specification defines the DNT request header field as an HTTP mechanism for expressing a user's preference regarding tracking, an HTML DOM property to make that expression readable by scripts, and APIs that allow scripts to register exceptions granted by the user. It also defines mechanisms for sites to communicate whether and how they honor a received preference, including well-known resources for retrieving preflight tracking status, a media type for representing tracking status information, and the Tk response header field for confirming tracking status. Status ------ [...] This document was published by the Tracking Protection Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. Comments regarding this document are welcome. Please send them to public-tracking@w3.org (subscribe, archives). W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 07 December 2017. [...] Link to previous transition --------------------------- https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2015JulSep/0055.html Decision to request transition ------------------------------ https://www.w3.org/2017/09/25-dnt-minutes.html Changes ------- The client-side scripting API has been rewritten to use fewer functions and to return Promises. (These are JavaScript functions that scripts in an interactive document or application call to ask the user to consent to tracking and to store the answer in the browser’s storage, as well as to check if the browser’s storage already contains such a consent.) Terminology has been updated to use terms from HTML5. The specification now defines how to extend the Tk header (part of the HTTP-based protocol), e.g., to comply with possible future legal requirements. No such extensions are currently known. The ability to add extensions to the DNT header (another part of the HTTP-based protocol) is no longer marked “at risk”, because the group considers that this feature cannot be removed. The full "diff" between the old and new specs: https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FTR %2F2015%2FCR-tracking-dnt-20150820%2F&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fw3c.github.io %2Fdnt%2Fdrafts%2FCRc-tracking-dnt.html The history of changes on GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/dnt/commits/master/drafts/tracking-dnt.html Requirements satisfied ---------------------- There is no formal requirements document. This specification satisfies the group's charter, which says: "This specification defines the technical mechanisms for expressing a Do Not Track preference, for example as an HTTP header or a DOM property. It may include mechanisms for sites to signal whether and how they honor this preference." Dependencies met (or not) ------------------------- The specification depends on concepts defined in HTML5 and WebIDL (both W3C Recommendations). The dependencies have not changed since the previous CR. No groups are known to depend on this specification. Only the Privacy Interest Group has a (non-normative) reference to DNT in one of their Notes. Wide Review ----------- No features are marked as "at risk". The implementers in the WG reviewed the specification. No issues were received from outside the WG since the previous CR (2015). The WG invited the I18N WG, PING, WS IG, APA WG and the European Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) to review the new API. The WP29 will not be able to do a review before the end of the year. The others haven’t reacted yet, but the WG considers that those reviews can also take place during the CR period. Issues addressed ---------------- The issues list is maintained on Github: https://github.com/w3c/dnt/issues All issues were raised by group members and resolved by consensus. (These are only the new issues, i.e., raised *after* the previous CR.) Formal Objections ----------------- There were no formal objections. Implementation -------------- A preliminary implementation report is available: https://www.w3.org/wiki/Privacy/TPWG/TPE_Implementation_Report However, it does not yet include the rewritten client-side API. It will be updated during the CR period. So far, there exists one implementation of the new API (https://baycloud.com/bouncerDownload) and there are some test results (http://www.w3.org/mid/20d701d32cab$a2623050$e72690f0$@baycloud.com) Patent disclosures ------------------ There are no patent disclosures and no disclosure opportunity is currently open. (The last one ended on 12 September 2015.) For the TP WG, Bert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos W3C/ERCIM bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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