Introducing WebDex & WebIDLPedia

Hi spec-prod,

Based on the data collected by the webref project [1], I've been 
building two automatically maintained views of data extracted from Web 
specifications which may be useful to those of us working on specifications.

WebIDLPedia has been around for some time, but wasn't announced here; it 
provides a view of all IDL fragments described in browser targeting 
specifications [2], including consolidated views of interfaces sometimes 
defined across multiple specifications:
   https://dontcallmedom.github.io/webidlpedia/

WebDex collects all the terms defined in Web specifications [3] that 
follow the bikeshed dfn contract [4] (which both bikeshed and ReSpec 
supports), and lists which specifications include the definition, which 
specifications links to the said term as well as other additional metadata:
   https://dontcallmedom.github.io/webdex/

(it provides a more in depth view of the one provided by the XRef tool 
ReSpec users might be familiar with https://respec.org/xref/ )

Both these tools can be used to explore what names and identifiers are 
used across specifications; as spec editors, they can also be used to 
identify which specifications depend on the terms you define, and so may 
need to be consulted when you're thinking of changing or removing such a 
term.

They're updated a few times per day, and managed via github pages:
   https://github.com/dontcallmedom/webidlpedia
   https://github.com/dontcallmedom/webdex/

Feedback and suggestions are welcomed!

Dom

1. https://github.com/w3c/webref/
2. https://github.com/w3c/browser-specs/tree/main/packages/browser-specs
3. https://github.com/w3c/browser-specs/tree/main/packages/web-specs
4. https://tabatkins.github.io/bikeshed/#dfn-contract being revisited in 
https://github.com/speced/spec-dfn-contract

Received on Tuesday, 22 February 2022 14:49:40 UTC