HTML5 WebDB spec

[Rakesh Pai]

Hi,

I'm on the verge of writing a wrapper on top of Google Gears using dojo, to make it behave like the HTML5 Web Database in it's current avatar of the spec http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/ , and was hoping to contribute this to the community.

However, a couple of things make me wonder if I should really contribute this.
1. The spec itself is in flux. It is subject to change.
2. There are a couple of arguments for throwing away this spec completely, and these discussions are very active on the W3 mailing list. The arguments are that JS itself requires a object store, and that localStorage and sessionStorage should be beefed up to support indexing on object members, rather than trying to retrofit a relational store (which will then necessitate building ORMs and such to work with it).
3. Even if the decision is to go with a relational store, the API for the interaction itself is debated. The API is highly async in nature, which is weird considering that HTML5 also has a WebWorkers spec. There's talks about only building a sync API, which currently doesn't exist.
4. With all this in mind, if I do contribute to the community, the spec might be outdated or even dropped pretty over time. This might create confusion later on, if there are people implementing this API.

I know this is not exactly the right forum for this kind of discussion, but I just want to know what you think about this.

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Rakesh Pai
Mumbai, India.
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http://piecesofrakesh.blogspot.com/

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[Dustin Machi-2]

I'm wondering exactly what your wrapper will do.  Note that there is  
code in dojox that uses the gears webdatabse already. For example  
dojox.storage, when using gears uses the the gears webdb via  
dojox.sql.  Maybe one of these already does what you are wanting to  
do?  If not, they'll probably at least give you some ideas.

Dustin

On Aug 11, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Rakesh Pai wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm on the verge of writing a wrapper on top of Google Gears using  
> dojo, to make it behave like the HTML5 Web Database in it's current  
> avatar of the spec http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/ , and was  
> hoping to contribute this to the community.
>
> However, a couple of things make me wonder if I should really  
> contribute this.
> 1. The spec itself is in flux. It is subject to change.
> 2. There are a couple of arguments for throwing away this spec  
> completely, and these discussions are very active on the W3 mailing  
> list. The arguments are that JS itself requires a object store, and  
> that localStorage and sessionStorage should be beefed up to support  
> indexing on object members, rather than trying to retrofit a  
> relational store (which will then necessitate building ORMs and such  
> to work with it).
> 3. Even if the decision is to go with a relational store, the API  
> for the interaction itself is debated. The API is highly async in  
> nature, which is weird considering that HTML5 also has a WebWorkers  
> spec. There's talks about only building a sync API, which currently  
> doesn't exist.
> 4. With all this in mind, if I do contribute to the community, the  
> spec might be outdated or even dropped pretty over time. This might  
> create confusion later on, if there are people implementing this API.
>
> I know this is not exactly the right forum for this kind of  
> discussion, but I just want to know what you think about this.
>
> --
> Rakesh Pai
> Mumbai, India.
> rakesh.pai@...
> http://piecesofrakesh.blogspot.com/
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