Hi All,
On October 10, the consortium formerly started the Web Platform WG
[Charter] thus terminating WebApps.
My expectation is this change will have little to no impact on any work
started in WebApps. That said, please note the charter indicates
WebApps' less developed specs (f.ex. the Editing specs) need some
"incubation" before they may proceed on the Recommendation track.
However, that was effectively how WebApps operated so I don't see this
as a change - a spec still needs implementation commitments before
advancing to the later Recommendation stages.
The WPWG's "work mode" is documented in [WorkMode]. The group will
continue the use of existing Github repos and mail lists for all
technical work (new spec repos will be created if/when needed). Github
will be used for bug/issue tracking (although a small number of WebApps'
specs will continue to use Bugzilla, at least for a while). The group
will continue the use of existing IRC channels (f.ex. #webapps).
The WPWG has its own Github repo [Github] and the group will not use
W3C's wiki. (Only a small number of WebApps' Editors actively use W3C
wiki documents (primarily IDB v2 features, Pointer Lock v2 features,
Gamepad v2 features, and D3E) and I will work with those Editors to move
their relevant wiki information to their spec's repo.)
To formally participate in WPWG, please ask your AC rep to register you
via [Register] and if you are a member of WebApps as an Invited Expert,
you must submit a new IE application [IE].
If you have any questions, concerns, etc., please let us know.
-Thanks, @AFBarstow
[Charter] <http://www.w3.org/2015/10/webplatform-charter.html>
[WorkMode] <https://github.com/w3c/WebPlatformWG/blob/gh-pages/WorkMode.md>
[Github] <https://github.com/w3c/WebPlatformWG>
[Register] <https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/join>
[IE] <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/ieapp/>