Brief summary of the W3C's HTML5 & Web App Standardization Activity. The W3C HTML WG is scheduled to finish the Recommendation of the HTML5 specs in Q2 2014.

1. Status of Standardization of
The HTML5 & Web Application Technology
2012.03.22
Jonathan Jeon (hollobit@etri.re.kr)
ETRI / PEC

2. HTML5 & Web App Technology Timeline
2010 2011 2012 2013
HTML5 Working Draft
Canavs Web Workers AppCache
Web form Geolocation FileAPI
W3C WebGL
Audio/Video WebFont
Web
App.
DOM1 DOM2 DOM3 DOM4
Specs.
CSS1 CSS2 CSS3
HTTP Javascript AJAX hollobit@etri.re.kr XHR2
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3. Overview – HTML and Web API Standardizations
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4. HTML5 Standardization - W3C HTML WG
q The W3C HTML WG is scheduled to finish the Recommendation of
the HTML5 specs in Q2 2014.
§ The HTML WG is scheduled to publish a Candidate Recommendation of
the HTML5 spec in mid- to late-2012.
Specification FPWD WD LCWD CR PR REC
1 HTML5 2007 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
2 HTML+RDFa 1.1 2009 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
3 HTML Microdata 2009 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
4 HTML Canvas 2D Context 2008 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible
5 2010 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
XHTML Documents
HTML5: Techniques for providing
6 2010 2010 2011.05 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
useful text alternatives
HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs
7 2011 2012.03 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
Implementation Guide
8 HTML5 differences from HTML4 2008 2011.05 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
9 HTML5: Edition for Web Authors 2011 2011.08 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
10 HTML: The Markup Language 2010 2011.03 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q2
hollobit@etri.re.kr
FPWD:First Public Working Draft LCWD: Last Call Working Draft PR: Proposed Recommendation
WD: Working Draft CR : Candidate Recommendation REC: Recommendation
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5. W3C Web App. & Web API Standardization
q Web App WG’s status
Name of Specification Last Publication ED FPWD WD LCWD CR PR REC
Clipboard APIs and Events 2012-02-23
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) 2010-07-27
DOM Level 3 Events 2011-05-31
DOM4 2012-01-05
Element Traversal 2008-12-22
File API 2011-10-20
File API: Directories and System 2011-04-19
File API: Writer 2011-04-19
From-Origin Header 2011-07-21
HTML5 Web Messaging 2012-03-03
Indexed Database API 2011-12-06
Java bindings for Web IDL 2012-02-07
Progress Events 2011-09-22
Selectors API 2009-12-22
Selectors API Level 2 2010-01-19
Server-Sent Events 2011-10-20
Shadow DOM
Uniform Messaging Policy (UMP) 2010-01-26
Web IDL 2012-02-07
Web Sockets API 2011-12-08
Web Storage 2011-12-08
Web Workers 2012-03-13
XBL2 Primer 2007-07-18
XBL2 Spec 2007-03-16
XmlHttpRequest (Level 2) 2012-01-17 hollobit@etri.re.kr
FPWD:First Public Working Draft LCWD: Last Call Working Draft PR: Proposed Recommendation
WD: Working Draft CR : Candidate Recommendation REC: Recommendation
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6. References & Links
q W3C HTML WG
§ http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
§ W3C HTML WG Update (TPAC 2011) -
http://www.w3.org/2011/Talks/TPAC/HTML5/
q W3C WebApps WG
§ http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
§ API Specifications -
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/PubStatus#API_Specifications
q W3C Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: February 2012
current state and roadmap
§ http://www.w3.org/2012/02/mobile-web-app-state/
q The Evolution of the Web
§ http://evolutionofweb.appspot.com/
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