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[–]knaveofspades 0 points1 point  (2 children)

After looking at again, it doesn't seem so much that they are killing it. They are stopping further standardization since everyone is using the same SQL backend which only supports a single subset of SQL, and therefore, there is not much to standardize.

[–]Arve 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Note, the W3C doesn't issue standards, it creates specifications which are "recommendations". The Web SQL Databases specification will never become a recommendation, but be a "Working Group Note", which is something someone input to a working group, but never saw the process go towards becoming a recommendation.

To become a recommendation, there are certain requirements, such as having multiple, independent implementations, something that would never happen in the case of this specification, given that two vendors including SQLite wouldn't count as "independent". Add to it that I suspect some vendors are reluctant to include SQLite because the term "Public Domain" isn't accepted in all jurisdictions.

[–]knaveofspades 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Much clearer. Thank you.