Re: Normative references to Workers.

Note that this is an issue that's going to come up for a number of
WebAppSec specs (see
 https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/powerfulfeatures/#issue-a30f61b8
<https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/powerfulfeatures/#issue-a30f61b8>,
for instance (and that spec also needs a few things that are missing from
W3C's HTML, but are present in WHATWG's)). What I hear so far on this
thread is that we should simply reference the WHATWG version of those
specs, which seems like a reasonable thing to do.

-mike

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:

> The "Upgrade Insecure Requests" specification[1] references the WHATWG
> HTML spec for the
> "set up a worker environment settings object" algorithm[2], as the Web
> Workers Candidate Recommendation from May 2012[3] substantially predates
> the entire concept of a "settings object", and because the WHATWG is the
> group where work on Workers seems to be being done.
>
> This referential choice was flagged during a discussion of transitioning
> the Upgrade spec to CR, where it was noted that the Web Workers editor's
> draft from May 2014 does contain the referenced concept[4].
>
> It seems appropriate, then, to bring the question to this group: does
> WebApps intend to update the Workers draft in TR? If so, is there a path
> forward to aligning the Workers document with the work that's happened over
> the last year and a half in WHATWG? Alternatively, does WebApps intend to
> drop work on Workers in favor of the WHATWG's document?
>
> It would be helpful if we could get some clarity here. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1]: https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/upgrade/
> [2]:
> https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#set-up-a-worker-environment-settings-object
> [3]: http://www.w3.org/TR/workers/
> [4]: https://w3c.github.io/workers/
>
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