Coordination

This wiki contains information about the relationships and coordination points between the Web Applications WG (aka WebApps) and other Working Groups such as the Device API WG (aka DAP) and the HTML WG.

WG charters formally define each WG's scope, deliverables, related groups, etc. The information in this document is superseded by the WGs' Charters.

The information is this page subject to change at any time. Members of the WGs mentioned here are encouraged to update this document. Change requests should be submitted to public-webapps@w3.org.

WebApps and CSS WG

WebApps and the CSS WG coordinate on the following specification:

• Fullscreen - this is a joint deliverable between the two WGs
• Shadow DOM - see CSS WG's Shadow DOM Styling
• view-mode Media Feature

WebApps and DAP WG

WebApps' specifications do not include any normative references for any of DAP's specifications.

The following DAP specifications include one or more normative references to WebApps' specs:

• Several of DAP's API specs reference WebApps' Web IDL spec
• DAP's HTML Media Capture spec has a non-normative reference to WebApps' File API spec

The DAP WG is interested in the following specs being produced by WebApps:

• The File* specs: File API, File API: Writer, File API: Directories and System

The DAP WG and WebApps WG have the following spec as a "joint deliverable" between the two WGs:

• Web Intents - NOTE: work on this spec stopped with the 23-May-2013 publication of a Working Group Note

WebApps and HTML WG

The following specifications were part of the HTML WG's HTML5 specification effort but were moved from the HTML WG to WebApps. Naturally, these specifications are a coordination point for the HTML WG and some of them are of interest to other WGs in W3C and/or other standards organizations:

• Server-sent Events
• HTML5 Web Messaging
• Web Sockets API; protocol discussions on IETF's HyBi mail list
• Web Storage
• Web Workers

In addition to the above specifications, some members of the HTML WG expressed interested in at least the following Web API specifications:

• DOM Level 3 Events; discussions on www-dom mail list
• Progress Events
• Web IDL; discussions on public-script-coord mail list

WebApps and WebAppSec WG

The WebApps and WebAppSec WGs have the following spec as a joint deliverable:

• Cross-origin Resource Sharing aka CORS

References

References:

• WebApps WG Charter
• CSS WG Charter
• Device API (DAP) WG Charter
• HTML WG Charter
• Web Application Secuity WG Charter (aka WebAppSec)