I would like to suggest that these specs be renamed to better reflect
what they are about.
For one, using the term Web in the title draws attention as the one
(or the primary one). Secondly, it says nothing about the constructs
offered. For example, WebDatabase suggests that this is *the* spec for
structured storage, when, in fact, this group has argued in favor of
multiple approaches, including one on B-tree databases that I have
proposed.
My suggestion is to rename the WebDatabase spec as the SQLDatabase
spec. That way any other approach can be called the XXXDatabase spec.
Similarly, with WebStorage, it is not clear what is the meaning of
"Web" in the title, especially since we are currently left with just
key-value storage. Since Web does nothing, except to distract and
possibly mislead people into thinking that the spec covers all
possible storage needs, I would suggest that the editor drop the word
Web from the spec title. I also have a suggestion for the title - Key
Value Storage. I do realize that this might be moot given that
WebStorage has already gone through FPWD. Still, it does us no harm to
at least rectify the situation now rather than going to CR with this
name.
Nikunj
http://o-micron.blogspot.com
On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:56 AM, Ian Hickson wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
[...] (if anything, I think we should split Web Storage into two
further specs [...]
[...] I would prefer to see SQL Storage split out of the rest of Web
Storage. We seem to have rough consensus and strong multilateral
implementor interest on LocalStorage and SessionStorage, and they
should
be allowed to move forward on the standards track quickly. SQL
Storage
remains contentious, and only Apple and Google have shown strong
implementor interest so far. And it has no technical tie to the other
storage drafts.
Done.
http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/
http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/
I'll probably not ask for Web Database to go to last call in October
(unlike the rest of the specs I'm working on), so that we can add
the SQL
definition before last call (which I plan to do either Q4 this year or
early next year).
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