MiniApps WG Re-Chartering
- Objective: better alignment with standards
- Changes in the scope?
- Keep current specs?
- Involve other solutions (e.g., IWA) to cover the gaps?
Breakout Days 2026
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25 March 2026
| 🧬 | Lifecycle | installation, super-app context,.. |
| 📦 | Distribution | compression, signatures, origin preservation... |
| 🪧 | Metadata | permissions, setup... |
| 👩💻 | Reusability | components, APIs |
| 🔗 | Addressing | versions, deeplinking... |
| 🖼️ | Widgets | across OSs |
| ♿ | Accessibility | apps more inclusive |
| Challenge | MiniApps WG | Still Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🧬 | Lifecycle | ✅ +DOM Events | 🆘 DOM (non-standard) |
| 📦 | Distribution | ✅ ZIP + signatures | 🆘 Origin model |
| 🪧 | Metadata | ✅ Web App Manifest | + Attributes |
| 👩💻 | Reusability | ❌ DSLs, different APIs | 🆘 HTML/API subset |
| 🔗 | Addressing | ✅ URL schema | |
| ♿ | Accessibility | ❌ role attributes | 🆘 Semantics |
| 🖼️ | Widgets | ❌ Requirements | |
| Challenge | MiniApps WG | Still Missing | PWA+IWA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🧬 | Lifecycle | ✅ DOM Events | 🆘 DOM (non-standard) | ✅ Standard |
| 📦 | Distribution | ✅ ZIP + sig. | 🆘 Origin model | ✅ CSP |
| 🪧 | Metadata | ✅ Manifest | + Attributes | ✅ Standard |
| 👩💻 | Reusability | ❌ non-standard | 🆘 HTML/APIs | ✅ Standard |
| 🔗 | Addressing | ✅ URL schema | ✅ URL schema | |
| ♿ | Accessibility | ❌ role | 🆘 HTML semantics | ✅ Standards |
| 🖼️ | Widgets | ❌ Requirements | ||
This presentation:
http://espinr.github.io/talks/2026/0325_MiniApps_Breakout
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