Re: Intent to begin work on Indexed Database API 3.0

On 15/03/2018 09:58, Joshua Bell wrote:
> Indexed DB 2.0 hit Rec status in January [1].
> 
> The current editors (Ali Alabbas from Microsoft, Joshua Bell from 
> Google) intend to work on the next iteration of the specification, 
> "3.0", continuing the effort within the Web Applications WG. As with 2.0 
> we plan to iterate rapidly on the ED, make WDs snapshots when notable 
> changes appear, and aim to close off 3.0 for normative additions in 
> roughly a year, hoping to hit rec in about 2 years. I'd expect a FPWD in 
> the 3-6 month timeframe.

Thanks for this update Josh, and thanks also to you and Ali for 
continuing to evolve the IndexedDB API spec.


I've linked to this email from the WebPlat PubStatus page [4]. Meantime, 
I'll talk to our team contacts about getting the header information 
updated to reflect 3.0.

> 
> The highest priority items are ensuring that we have a new ED that 
> reflects integration with other standards (e.g. incorporating 
> outstanding PRs [2]), editorial changes to clarify the text and some 
> minor functional additions where we have achieved consensus (see issues 
> [3]).
> 
> The big ticket items that will likely fall into the "3.0" window include 
> attempting to modernize the API to make it more approachable and 
> ergonomic, and a change observation API.
> 
> [1] https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6795
> [2] https://github.com/w3c/IndexedDB/pulls
> [3] https://github.com/w3c/IndexedDB/issues
[4] https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/PubStatus
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Received on Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:32:37 UTC