URL Standard (URL Living Standard)
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
URL Standard provides a unified standard for URLs, domains, IP addresses, and the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format, including a JavaScript URL API, to ensure interoperable behavior across implementations.
Target Customer
Web developers, browser vendors and standards contributors (editors/maintainers), conformance testers.
Key Differentiator
Guarantees idempotence of parse-then-serialize operations; introduces a dedicated URL object for manipulation outside HTML elements; standardizes on the term URL and aligns with RFCs while enhancing practical implementation and API support.
Implementation Timeline
Not specified in the content.
Pain Points
- 1Interoperability of URL parsing and rendering across different browsers and environments.
- 2Inconsistent handling of spaces and illegal code points, and issues around canonicalization in URLs.
- 3Need for a solid, testable URL parsing/serialization pipeline with a stable API.
Key Features
- 1Defines URLs, domains, IP addresses, and the URL-related API.
- 2Provides a URL class and a URLSearchParams class for manipulation.
- 3Offers a URL API usable outside HTML elements (e.g., in worker environments).
- 4Covers parsing, serializing, and equivalence/origin handling of URLs.
- 5Includes handling for application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoding and decoding.
Target Customer Industries
Client Results
- 1Interoperable URL parsing and serialization across different engines.
- 2Predictable, idempotent parsing/serialization behavior.
- 3JavaScript URL API for programmatic URL manipulation outside HTML contexts.
Competitive Advantages
- 1Idempotent parser/serializer guarantees for stable results.
- 2Introduction of a dedicated URL object for manipulation outside HTML elements.
- 3Standardization on the term URL and alignment with web implementations.
- 4Defined testing framework reference (web-platform-tests) for URL-related features.
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
A web standard that defines URLs, domains, IP addresses, and the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format, along with their API, including a JavaScript URL class, aimed at interoperable behavior and a robust parsing/serialization model.
Target Market
Web developers, browser vendors, standards bodies, and conformance testers.
Unique Value Proposition
Unifies URL parsing, writing, and API into a single interoperable standard with idempotence guarantees and a dedicated JavaScript URL object for manipulation outside HTML.
Technical Requirements
Requires a standards-compliant browser or environment implementing the URL Standard; testing via web-platform-tests; relies on Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing and RFC-based guidance.
Pricing Model
Not specified
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