1. XMLHttpRequest
Status, Plans and Issues
Web Apps F2F at San Jose
25th of April, 2013

2. Status
● TR Publication
– 6 Dec, 2012 [1]
● Test
– hg: submissions/{Microsoft (28)
[2]
, Ms2ger (3)
[3]
, Opera (92)
[4]
}
– Github: mirror at w3-test.org [5]
●
WHATWG [6]
– 14 commits (22 Nov, 2012 ~ 23 Apr, 2013)
●
Issues[7]
– 13 bugs in NEW status

3. Plan
● XHR.REC-track (Baseline version)
– Aim: Achieve REC within 2013 (Single FPWD/LC on June/July time frame)
● To specify features that are widely implemented and deployed today
● To finalize the IP commitments by WebApps' members
– Title: XMLHttpRequest Level 1
– Out of scope: CORS, data: URL, HTTP auth, overrideMimeType?,
Progress Events?
● XHR.Bleeding-edge
– Aim: Validate full scope and achieve REC ASAP (before TPAC 2014?)
● Resolve controversial issues
● Focus on testing activities to expedite interop
– Title: XMLHttpRequest Level 2
– Scope: Current features + Stream response type

4. Issues
● Major issues
– overrideMimeType behavior
– HTTP Authentication
– Stream data type and incremental response
(For all the filed bugs see [7])
** Also, we need to expedite interop based on testing!

5. Reference
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20121206/
[2] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Microsoft
[3] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Ms2ger
[4] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Opera
[5] http://w3c-test.org/web-platform-tests/master/XMLHttpRequest/
[6] https://github.com/whatwg/xhr/commits/master
[7] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status=NEW&component=XHR

6. Reference
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20121206/
[2] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Microsoft
[3] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Ms2ger
[4] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webapps/file/3e8f9a520395/XMLHttpRequest/tests/submissions/Opera
[5] http://w3c-test.org/web-platform-tests/master/XMLHttpRequest/
[6] https://github.com/whatwg/xhr/commits/master
[7] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status=NEW&component=XHR