- From: Benjamin Poulain <benjamin.poulain@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:43:42 +0200
- To: ext Nathan Kitchen <w3c@nathankitchen.com>
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org
On 03/31/2011 05:19 PM, ext Nathan Kitchen wrote: > I've been watching discussions on IndexedDB for a while now, and > wondered if anyone would mind spending a few moments to explain how > IndexedDB is related (or not) to WebSQL. Is IndexedDB seen as replacing > the functionality originally offered by WebSQL? If not, are there any > plans to make a cross-platform variant of Web SQL? WebSQL in its current form is pretty dead, see http://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/ : <quote>Beware. This specification is no longer in active maintenance and the Web Applications Working Group does not intend to maintain it further.</quote> And: <quote>This document was on the W3C Recommendation track but specification work has stopped. The specification reached an impasse: all interested implementors have used the same SQL backend (Sqlite), but we need multiple independent implementations to proceed along a standardisation path.</quote> I suggest you to look at the mailing list archive if you want all the details. cheers, Benjamin
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