DISPOSITION OF COMMENTS ======================= For comments made on The XMLHttpRequest Object specification, W3C Working Draft published 15 April 2008. http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20080415/ All issues in this document are resolved or pending feedback from the original commenter -- this document doesn't list feedback that has been received but not yet responded to (because as soon as such feedback is added to this list, it is responded to). Issues are marked as follows: REJECTED reviewer's comment was rejected, but reviewer didn't respond AGREED reviewer's comment was accepted, but reviewer didn't respond PENDING FURTHER COMMENT reviewer needs to comment further before issue can be addressed CLOSED BY REVIEWER reviewer explicitly closed the issue without disagreement DISAGREE editor and reviewer disagree, editor is not sure how to continue POTENTIAL FORMAL OBJECTION reviewer disagreed with response once, but did not follow up FORMAL OBJECTION reviewer disagreed with all responses The "Status" and/or "Summary" fields are not included if it wouldn't provide more information than the above. URIs marked with '(WG)' are replies by Working Group Members. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the whole Working Group, but are considered to be sufficient in case there is no disagreement over the response within the Working Group. Comment 1. Summary: typos Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/546c6c1c0804151423n3ebd015bmbd41a26df4ac9881@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1qkqup64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 2. Summary: Always include 'Accept' header in requests and set value to */* Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/110f06ca7b35070193cbeea7d42aa7cd8da26dac@localhost http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1qp5nr64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/a2cfc6264f01d90f39e61780b044fc71c46f621a@localhost http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1tkq0p64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) ... http://www.w3.org/mid/90be327aaacf717f5a608f82e18e82775ab27d27@localhost http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubrh7bqw64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 3. Summary: 'Accept' is set by default Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/3cbaf1c80804161649v796d4df7u7880c6f64a86ac9d@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1qwxft64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 4. Summary: pipelining is out of scope for XMLHttpRequest Level 1 Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/0d4e01c8a035$d5e080b0$4200a8c0@kris http://www.w3.org/mid/55EEC172-3BAD-4CAE-BD03-50693903A9E2@apple.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/0d7e01c8a03d$9e7cfe20$4200a8c0@kris CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 5. Summary: claim that example does not work while it actually does Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/681D29AA-7B16-47F5-9459-C7BD00DDBD2B@gmail.com ... http://www.w3.org/mid/818C17D0-C33E-466F-8655-9043E3C03032@gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/3860A046-1F1D-4841-A8F6-ECE1634A3FC2@gmail.com CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 6. Summary: setting request headers Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/48075139.4010604@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1q0rh464w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/48286120.7000304@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1s6obu64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/4829423A.40600@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtaxonb64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 7. Summary: rationale for header restrictions and blocking Access-Control-Origin Status: Julian disagrees with Accept-Charset, Accept-Encoding, Expect, Referer, and User-Agent being blocked. Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/083D18C6B9B71F4CBCA7B76D97B7483102C7655D25@NA-EXMSG-W601.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1q5ztf64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/083D18C6B9B71F4CBCA7B76D97B74831032EE390BD@NA-EXMSG-W601.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua17nbpu64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482953F0.2040908@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtatjju64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483BFF41.4070208@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtczcs464w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483C08D4.5050707@gmx.de REJECTED Comment 8. Summary: XMLHttpRequest constructor not properly defined Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/480F1286.4010008@lachy.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/20080423232047.GA18300@arc.mcc.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1rino864w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/20080520110401.GB16728@arc.mcc.id.au data:,irc CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 9. Summary: setRequestHeader() is not "header-aware" Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/480F1290.3040804@lachy.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1rl7z164w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) data:,irc CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 10. Summary: send() and error flag need definition Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/480F12F0.6060700@lachy.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1rmpih64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) data:,irc CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 11. Summary: need XMLHttpRequest.createDocument() Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/BAY108-W306C36FA499BC62D697BC199DF0@phx.gbl http://www.w3.org/mid/lqe914l07ce10jssodvk8r4lvcqs1jvepq@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0804272229440.21650@hixie.dreamhostps.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1rsmcg64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) data:,private%20e-mail CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 12. Summary: various comments from Julian, including: URI/IRI and encoding of user/password (others split of in other threads) Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/481D8621.9020702@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/083D18C6B9B71F4CBCA7B76D97B7483102C85D8DFE@NA-EXMSG-W601.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1s2qdg64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482AE2D2.80105@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8rqewy64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482D6C84.7040706@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubrg1u2e64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483AB1F0.6090707@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtamzn364w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483BFE9C.7070309@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtep3dp64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapi/2008May/0417.html ... http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapi/2008May/0429.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapi/2008Jun/0004.html (WG) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapi/2008Jun/0005.html (WG) AGREED Comment 13. Summary: Thread: give a way to identify a request originating from XMLHttpRequest http://www.w3.org/mid/482186A6.8060309@w3.org http://www.w3.org/mid/0vhg24d7keo6s39ki1s8q30t7sc157vqru@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1td01e64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/4828EA8E.4060708@sicking.cc (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/4829B527.4050404@w3.org CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 14. Summary: SECURITY_ERR vs NETWORK_ERR; GET/HEAD and request entity body Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/480E356F.8060008@gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1q83kt64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/4828618F.5000206@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua1tybgv64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/48294276.9000905@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8nzxjw64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482D5122.2050407@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubre6lx264w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) data:,private%20e-mail CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 15. Summary: XMLHttpRequest interaction with TLS negotiation failure is not defined Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/20080513144902.GK181@iCoaster.does-not-exist.org http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8og00q64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/20080516095414.GV181@iCoaster.does-not-exist.org http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtbnzsc64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483C00AF.7090200@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtc3ic764w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com AGREED Comment 16: Summary: add Authorization, Cookie, and Cookie2 to the setRequestHeader() blacklist Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805142042170.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8oo0c464w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 17. Summary: why is Accept a SHOULD? Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/482C876A.2070205@students.cs.uu.nl http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8o3fe264w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482D53CB.6020000@students.cs.uu.nl http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8senua64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) CLOSED BY REVIEWER Comment 18. Summary: removing the reference to HTML5 somehow Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805142010470.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482BFC5D.4040300@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/482C0C51.3030809@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805151016470.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805151027000.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482C1987.7020009@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805151133400.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482C217D.5000608@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805151144060.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482C243D.80307@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805151952250.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482C9BE1.2000903@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805152033050.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/E2A69FB4-2E6C-4880-9980-FD27368C6E88@apple.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482D31B0.3070004@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/482D31FE.5050307@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/C9F02C75-13F0-4984-BB75-09D89A9BF53A@apple.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ua8pc4ov64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/482D55FC.4040508@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0805162201000.12907@hixie.dreamhostps.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubnp00og64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED Comment 19. Summary: more comments on references (HTML5), now from Microsoft Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/083D18C6B9B71F4CBCA7B76D97B74831032F2FEFD9@NA-EXMSG-W601.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubrhhsk264w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED Comment 20. Summary: serializing Document Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/48309743.6020802@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubd6ewkvidj3kv@hp-a0a83fcd39d2.belkin http://www.w3.org/mid/4831A644.1040302@mit.edu http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubrcf9xo64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 21. Summary: typos Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/b21a10670805261815y5800907cidf98bc52c9d66115@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtaaeff64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 22. Summary: what should null in setRequestHeader(..., null) do? / removeRequestHeader() Status: some people want null to become the empty string, others "null", and others want it to remove the header Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/483A9BE5.1090102@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/483A9AEE.1030709@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtddsdg64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubtdldp564w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483C098D.4080805@gmx.de http://www.w3.org/mid/483C0AB0.70304@gmx.de REJECTED Comment 23. Summary: W3C Team Contact weighs in on references (HTML5 in particular) Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/483C3DFA.5060909@w3.org http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ubt26a0a64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/483C9225.5040201@w3.org REJECTED Comment 24. Summary: LC comments from Yves Lafon Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.64.0806041142010.11922@ubzre.j3.bet http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucmwmonl64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.64.0806130503540.25874@ubzre.j3.bet http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucor4fvr64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) PENDING FURTHER COMMENT Comment 25. Summary: LC comment from the XHTML2 WG on HTML5 dependency Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/48494225.9030505@aptest.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucmwxuig64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED Comment 26. Summary: Make httponly a requirement. Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/4849B7B8.4050303@oracle.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucmw5y1m64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED Comment 27. Summary: LC comments from gsnedders Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/9CDEE9A4-F76B-4394-94EA-3C473EF8C2BE@googlemail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucmyiicq64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) PENDING FURTHER COMMENT Comment 28. Summary: several comments on Content-Type / send(data) from Cameron Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/20080609032901.GF16479@arc.mcc.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/20080609033824.GG16479@arc.mcc.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/484CA70B.50203@mit.edu http://www.w3.org/mid/20080609234230.GA12980@arc.mcc.id.au http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucmzdhei64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) AGREED Comment 29. Summary: several comments from the SVG WG Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/op.uckwq0ftdhsuf5@gnorps http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucm0eml864w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0056.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0057.html (WG) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0063.html (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/48518E96.9060600@sicking.cc http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0064.html (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/op.uctzcwm9dhsuf5@gnorps http://www.w3.org/mid/4852B02E.2080408@sicking.cc http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucuexdvq64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucugk8ke64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED? Comment 30. Summary: request to make XMLHttpRequest more abstract from the Forms WG Thread: http://www.w3.org/mid/ed77aa9f0806130522n6f082457vf3e1d205da48116d@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucos5ji464w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/ed77aa9f0806130554q7e479d78x6d06c40b8144f6f5@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucovayll64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) http://www.w3.org/mid/ed77aa9f0806130733qafa3f20i77ef6b6d41847abd@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/4852B217.5080404@mit.edu http://www.w3.org/mid/ed77aa9f0806160543v7498549do96f73f2ad9511c5f@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucuepxxq64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com (WG) REJECTED Comment 31. Summary: Julian on TRACK, again Thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0082.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0087.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0090.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0091.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0092.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0093.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0095.html http://www.w3.org/mid/op.ucujduzl64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com REJECTED