[webkit-dev] Staging WebSocket protocol deployment

[Ian Hickson]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, Adam Barth wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:
> > Does the IETF WG have a timeline?  My understanding is that IETF WG
> > take at least a year to do anything.
> 
> Here's the timeline for the HyBi WG:
> 
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki/HyBi
> 
> Goals and Milestones:
> ---------------------
> Mar-2010:  WGLC on the Design Space characterization (Informational)
> May-2010:  WGLC on Requirements document on Short term solution
> Jul-2010:  WGLC on Requirements document on Long term solution
> Nov-2010:  Requirements to IESG
> Mar-2011:  WGLC on Short term solution improvements
> Nov-2011:  WGLC on Long term solution protocol
> 
> I read this as one year for requirements and another year for a
> protocol assuming the WG stays on schedule.

Then I guess WebSockets will be a WHATWG spec.

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