Re: DOM Dependency from Ryan Sleevi on 2013-02-19 (public-webcrypto@w3.org from February 2013)

From: Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:19:54 -0800
To: Anthony Nadalin <tonynad@microsoft.com>
Cc: "public-webcrypto@w3.org" <public-webcrypto@w3.org>, Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com>
Message-ID: <CACvaWvbUcTihLqeyR72L2iZbpZ-ELC7XOrk=SzV5hi1BS7D5hg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Anthony Nadalin <tonynad@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Why is there a DOM dependency in the API specification?
>
>

Because this is the _Web_ Crypto API, tasked with delivering an API
suitable for conforming user agents.

Among the many concepts we borrow are the notion of Events, Event
Targets, dispatching events, and the lifetime model that is inherently
linked to the DOM and HTML specifications.

This dependency is reflected in Section 4.1 of our charter.

Received on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 22:20:21 UTC