[webkit-dev] Staging WebSocket protocol deployment

[David Levin]

There is the browser side: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-websockets-20091029/

In that spec, it says

 This specification is being developed in conjunction with an Internet Draft
for a wire protocol, the Web Socket Protocol, available from the IETF at the
following location:


   - WebSocket Protocol Internet-Draft:
      http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol



On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeremy Orlow <jorlow at chromium.org> wrote:

> *cc'ing others involved in WebSockets (server and client side)
>
> I'm not very familiar with the IETF's efforts, but my understanding is that
> they were creating a competing protocol.  Are they in fact creating
> something that they want to submit as a replacement to WebSockets?  If so,
> why is WebSockets moving to last call?
>
> I'm not necessarily against this change, just confused by it.
> *
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap at webkit.org>wrote:
>
>>
>> While WebSocket API is fairly stable, the discussion of underlying
>> protocol at IETF is far from being done. It could be disruptive to ship our
>> WebSocket implementation in a way that would effectively freeze the
>> protocol.
>>
>> One way to achieve future compatibility is by using a different scheme for
>> WebSocket URLs - e.g. "webkit-ws:" and "webkit-wss:" instead of "ws:" and
>> "wss:", respectively. Depending on how protocol standardization goes, we
>> could alias these later, or add a separate standards compliant
>> implementation.
>>
>> I'm going to submit a patch to this effect, but would like to discuss the
>> idea on the list first.
>>
>> - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
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