Plan 2021

Secure Payment Confirmation Plan 2021

Status: This is a draft plan for discussion. It represents no consensus.

See also Rechartering WPWG 2021 and Plan to get PR API 1.0 to Rec.

Goal

• Reach First Public Working Draft of a specification for SPC by end of August 2021
• Ship SPC in Chromium by end of October 2021

Activities

• Describe and prioritize user stories.
• Establish a feature scope for SPC and prioritize features to appear in a FPWD. Note: subsequent drafts may include different features depending on ongoing WG discussion.
• Develop an API specification (whether part of Payment Request API or a separate API).
• Develop corresponding tests
• Take into account experiences from pilots
• Ship code in Chromium

Timeline

Notes:

• Some work will be done in parallel:
  • Spec work is likely to begin while requirements are still in development; we will align work as we go
  • Coding is likely to be happening in parallel with everything else

May

• Mid-May: Identify editing and test suite development resources
• Mid-May: Finalize initial list of user stories. Prioritize them.
• Late May: Stabilize scope.

June

• Early June: Re-Publish Payment Request API 1.0 as a CR
• Early June: First draft of requirements.
• Late June: First sketch of API

July

• Early July: Understand which issues need to be addressed before FPWD and which should be highlighted for review in FPWD.
• Mid-July: Publish Payment Request API 1.0 as a PR
• Late July: Call for Consensus to WPWG to publish SPC FPWD

August

• Mid August: Publish FPWD of API
• Late August: Publish Payment Request API 1.0 as a Recommendation
• Late August: Begin rechartering process for WPWG (WG review of revised charter)
• Late August: Announce intent to ship support for SPC in Chromium

September

• Early September: Request reviews of charter (e.g., from Horizontal groups and W3C Management)
• Mid-September: Second Origin Trial ends

October

• Early October: Start W3C Membership review of charter
• 18-29 October: TPAC 2021
• Mid-to-Late October: Release date of Chromium with SPC support

November

• Mid-November: Announce renewed charter