Web Platform WG specifications
This document contains information about the publication status of specifications developed by the Web Platform Working Group. These specifications are identified in the Web Platform WG charter.
HTML specifications
| Spec | Editor(s) | Chair(s) | Team | Pub date | Stage | Github | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTML5.3 | Xiaoqian Wu | 2018-08-09 | WD | HTML repo | |||
| HTML AAM | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | HTML AAM repo | |||
| HTML Extensions Note | Xiaoqian Wu | N/A | ED | HTML Extensions repo | |||
| ARIA in HTML | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | ARIA in HTML repo | Draft implementation report | ||
| Using ARIA Note | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | Using ARIA repo |
API specifications
| Spec | Editor(s) | Chair(s) | Team | Pub date | Stage | Github | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File API | Yves Lafon | 2017-10-26 | WD | File API repo | |||
| Gamepad | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | Gamepad API repo | Wide review tracker is #69 | ||
| IndexedDB API 3.0 | Fuqiao Xue | N/A | ED | IndexedDB repo | Intent to start work on IndexedDB3.0 | ||
| Intersection Observer | Xiaoqian Wu | 2017-09-14 | FPWD | Intersection Observer repo | Request for progress update [Jun 2018] | ||
| Microdata | Xiaoqian Wu | 2018-04-26 | WD | Microdata repo | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations | ||
| Pointer Lock 2.0 | Yves Lafon | 2018-02-07 | WD | Pointer Lock repo | Progress update [Mar 2018] | ||
| Push API | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | Push API repo | Progress update [Apr 2018] | ||
| Screen Orientation API | Fuqiao Xue | Continuous | WD | Screen Orientation repo | Progress is tracked in #102 | ||
| Web App Manifest | Yves Lafon | Continuous | WD | Web App Manifest repo | |||
| WebIDL | Yves Lafon | N/A | ED | WebIDL repo | |||
| Web Sockets API | 2012-09-20 | CR | Web Sockets repo | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations | |||
| Web Workers | Yves Lafon | 2015-09-24 | WD | Web Workers repo | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations |
DOM specifications
| Spec | Editor(s) | Chair(s) | Team | Pub date | Stage | Github | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 4.1 | 2018-02-01 | WD | DOM repo | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations | |||
| DOM Parsing & Serialization | Yves Lafon | 2016-05-17 | WD | DOM Parsing & Serialization repo | |||
| UI Events | 2016-08-04 | WD | UI Events repo | ||||
| UI Events Keyboard Events Code Values | 2017-06-01 | CR | UI Events Keyboard Events Code Values repo | ||||
| UI Events Keyboard Events Key Values | 2017-06-01 | CR | UI Events Keyboard Events Key Values repo |
Editing specifications
| Spec | Editor(s) | Chair(s) | Team | Pub date | Stage | Github | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipboard API & Events |
|
Xiaoqian Wu | 2017-09-29 | WD | Clipboard API & Events repo | ||
| Content Editable | Xiaoqian Wu | N/A | ED | Editing TF repo | |||
| ExecCommand | Xiaoqian Wu | N/A | ED | Editing TF repo | |||
| Input Events Level 1 | Xiaoqian Wu | 2017-09-05 | WD | Editing TF repo | |||
| Input Events Level 2 | Xiaoqian Wu | 2017-09-05 | WD | Editing TF repo | |||
| Selection API | Xiaoqian Wu | Continuous | WD | Selection API repo | |||
| Static Range | Xiaoqian Wu | N/A | ED | Static Range repo | On hold pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations |
Web Components specifications
| Spec | Editor(s) | Chair(s) | Team | Pub date | Stage | Github | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Elements | 2018-05-03 | Note | Web Components repo | Merged into HTML5.3 | |||
| Shadow DOM | 2018-03-01 | Note | Web Components repo | Merged into DOM4.1 and HTML5.3 |
Maintained specifications
| Spec | Pub date | Stage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTML Canvas 2D Context | 2015-11-19 | Rec | |
| HTML5.1 | 2016-11-01 | Rec | |
| HTML5.1 2nd Edition | 2017-10-03 | Rec | |
| HTML5.2 | 2017-12-14 | Rec | |
| IndexedDB API 2.0 | 2018-01-30 | Rec | |
| Pointer Lock | 2016-10-27 | Rec | |
| Progress Events | 2014-02-11 | Rec | |
| Server Sent Events | 2015-02-03 | Rec | |
| Web Messaging | 201505-19 | Rec | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations |
| Web Storage 2nd Edition | 2016-04-19 | Rec | Pending W3C/WHATWG negotiations |
| WebIDL Level 1 | 2016-12-15 | Rec | |
| View-Mode Media Feature | 2012-06-19 | Rec | CFC to mark View-Mode Obsolete is #121 |
Table key
The tables on this page use the following conventions:
- ED
- Editor's Draft
- FPWD
- First Public Working Draft
- WD
- Working Draft
- CR
- Candidate Recommendation
- PR
- Proposed Recommendation
- Rec
- Recommendation

