Standard WG Meeting - June 26th, 2025

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Thursday 26th June 2025 - 10am (US eastern timezone EDT/EST) / 3pm (London, GMT/BST)

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Agenda

• Convene & roll call, review meeting notices (5mins)
• Review action items from previous meeting (5mins)
  • Standard WG Meeting - May 22nd, 2025 #1596
• OSFF 2025 recap
• Classification field to refine 'type' for contexts #1615
• Add property to support analytics across apps #1290
  • [WIP] Expand broadcast, raise*, and open methods to include metadata #1595
  • Question: Strategy for Latest Context between two types: fdc3.instrument and fdc3.instrumentList while ignoring others #1616
• Context Clearing #1197
  • Context Clearing #1379
• Support specifying supported context when registering an intent listener #1545
• Support the ability to specify where I would like a new app to open #1546
• AOB & Adjourn (5mins)

Minutes

• Convene & Roll Call, Review Meeting Notices

  • Meeting opened with introductions from new attendees @Albert-Herd-LSEG and @Bruno-LSEG, both addressing PR permissions.

• Review Action Items from Previous Meeting

  • PR addressing fully qualified apps completed.
  • PR Support specifying supported context when registering an intent listener #1545 remains in progress; @Roaders has a PR, with @robmoffat requesting (conformance) test cases.
  • Destructuring issue deferred.
  • Date and Date Objects documentation not advanced by @kriswest or @Roaders.
  • Context clearing work by @kemereva completed, pending editor review.
  • Source maps issue deferred.
  • Placement options querying discussed at OSFF; summary posted by @Roaders.

• OSFF 2025 Recap

  • @julianna-ciq presented an introduction to FDC3 for the Web.
  • Security and Identity work presented by external contributors.
  • SubAgent proposal discussed by @novavi and @kriswest.
  • Voice agent with FDC3 presented by @SeeWhatsOn.
  • @Albert-Herd-LSEG, @Bruno-LSEG, and @openfin-johans presented on legacy migration.
  • Videos to be posted within two weeks.
  • Discussion on stylisation pattern for UI; @kriswest recommended @SeeWhatsOn start a working group.

• Classification Field to Refine 'type' for Contexts (Classification field to refine 'type' for contexts #1615)

  • Proposal discussed to add a classification (e.g. instrument type) to contexts for further refinement.
  • Consensus that while flexibility is beneficial (properties), standardisation (ENUM) may be preferable long-term.
  • Use cases recognised by @Bruno-LSEG and @hughtroeger; no objections to progressing.
  • @hughtroeger to draft PR.

• Add Property to Support Analytics Across Apps (Add property to support analytics across apps #1290, PR [WIP] Expand broadcast, raise*, and open methods to include metadata #1595)

  • @julianna-ciq summarised PR to expand context metadata, including use cases and documentation improvements.
  • @kriswest advised further definition and TSDoc comments, as well as expanding use cases.
  • Discussion on enabling custom metadata versus strict standardisation.
  • Issue raised regarding missed function getCurrentContext().
  • Discussion on instrument vs instrumentList context types (Question: Strategy for Latest Context between two types: fdc3.instrument and fdc3.instrumentList while ignoring others #1616):
    • @Bruno-LSEG recapped the requirements for handling both types.
    • @kriswest proposed expanding addContextListener and discussed implications.
    • @julianna-ciq supported a getAllCurrentContext proposal and volunteered to pursue it.
    • @Albert-Herd-LSEG and @Bruno-LSEG offered feedback on possible solutions and risks of method proliferation.

• Context Clearing (Context Clearing #1197, PR Context Clearing #1379)

  • Work completed by @kemereva, pending review from editors (notably @novavi).

• Support Specifying Supported Context When Registering an Intent Listener (Support specifying supported context when registering an intent listener #1545)

  • PR by @Roaders is ready, awaiting review and vote.

• Support the Ability to Specify Where a New App Should Open (Support the ability to specify where I would like a new app to open #1546)

  • Not discussed, to be carried over to next meeting.

• AOB & Adjourn

  • Meeting adjourned before final two agenda items were discussed and will be included in the next meeting.

Action Items

• Extend Support specifying supported context when registering an intent listener #1545 with conformance test case definitions (text definition rather than implementation) @Roaders
  • Review and vote on PR Support specifying supported context when registering an intent listener #1545 (@robmoffat, @kriswest, @Roaders).
• Editors to review and finalise Context Clearing PR Context Clearing #1379 (@novavi @hughtroeger).
• Progress querying methods for placement options based on OSFF discussions (@Roaders).
• Draft and submit PR for classification field in contexts (Classification field to refine 'type' for contexts #1615) (@hughtroeger).
• Expand context metadata PR [WIP] Expand broadcast, raise*, and open methods to include metadata #1595 as advised, including use cases and documentation (@julianna-ciq).
• Prepare proposal for getAllCurrentContext or alternative for instrument/instrumentList issue (@julianna-ciq, @Albert-Herd-LSEG, @Bruno-LSEG).
• Carry over and discuss Support the ability to specify where I would like a new app to open #1546 (app open location) at next meeting.

Rolled over from the previous meeting:

• @julianna-ciq Raise the destructuring issue.
  • DesktopAgentProxy implementation should support destructuring of all returned objects with functions and the Standard should recommend all implementations do #1638
• @julianna-ciq Implement removal of source maps from output with help from @kziemski.
• @kriswest @Roaders Update documentation for Dates and Date Objects Clarify that Context types are defined in JSON and may be handled differently in specific API bindings #1486.

Untracked attendees

Full name	Affiliation	GitHub username

[paulgoldsmith]

Paul Goldsmith / Morgan Stanley

[Roaders]

Giles Roadnight / Morgan Stanley 🚀

[julianna-ciq]

Julianna Langston / interop.io

[SeeWhatsOn]

Chris Watson / Elgin White 👋

[Davidhanson90]

Dave Hanson / Morgan Stanley 🛸

[Bruno-LSEG]

Bruno Di Giuseppe / LSEG

[kemerava]

Elizabeth Kemerava / BlackRock

[Albert-Herd-LSEG]

Albert Herd / LSEG

[Roaders]

Bruno Di Giuseppe / LSEG
Albert / LSEG

[novavi]

Derek Novavi / S&P Global

[hughtroeger]

Hugh Troeger / FactSet