#496: Content Indexing API

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Opened Apr 8, 2020

Hello TAG!

I'm requesting a TAG review of Content Indexing.

The content index allows websites to register their offline enabled content in the browser. This allows the browser to improve their offline capabilities and offer content to users to browse through while offline. This data could also be used to improve on-device search and augment browsing history.

Further details:

  • I have reviewed the TAG's API Design Principles
  • The group where the work on this specification is currently being done: WICG

You should also know that an early TAG review was done here: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/379

We'd prefer the TAG provide feedback as:

🐛 open issues in our GitHub repo for each point of feedback

Discussions

2020-04-27

Minutes

Ken: intent to ship is happening in chrome?

Dan: leaves comment asking about venue

Ken: is this about content being shown in other places in the UI - then people will be aggressively caching things in order to get shown...

Dan: if something shows up in the notification tray, that is big money. This requires scrutiny.

... "sites to increase user engagement" - that makes me concerned.

Yves: they want to use periodic background sync to refresh and that part is controversial for privacy reasons.

Ken: leaves comment

[bumped]

2020-05-11

Minutes

Ken: they are waiting for TAG image resource review....... It's closed...

Ken: they added an abuse considerations section but it's small...

Dan: can we encourge them to think more about mitigations against abuse? Should any of the things they've listed be considered to be aprt of the spec itself?

Ken: i think it's difficult... but the spec should also be part of the spec itself...

[ken leaves a comment]