Standard WG Meeting - August 27, 2026

[robmoffat]

Date

Thursday 26 August 2026 - 10am (US eastern timezone EST/EDT) / 3pm (London, GMT/BST)

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Agenda

• Convene & roll call, review meeting notices (5 mins)

• Review action items from previous meeting (5 mins)

• FDC3 3.0 Scope: API changes requiring discussion (pick relevant ones) (20 mins)

  • See: https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3A%22FDC3%203.0%22
  • Add newInstance parameter to raiseIntent and raiseIntentForContext #1942 – newInstance parameter for raiseIntent / raiseIntentForContext (Giles Roadnight)
    • flagged for discussion at Standards WG
  • Make raiseIntent context argument optional #1983 – Make raiseIntent context argument optional (Giles Roadnight)
  • Add setInstanceMetadata API to allow apps to update instance-specific metadata (#1846) #1930 – setInstanceMetadata API (Giles Roadnight)
  • Add getAgent opt-in flags for own broadcasts and self intent resolution #1984 – getAgent opt-in flags for own broadcasts / self intent resolution (Giles Roadnight)
  • fdc3.addContextListener() accepts array type #1810 – addContextListener() accepts array of types (Elizabeth/Lizveta Kemerava)
  • Add optional FDC3 version property to AppD record #1965 – Optional fdc3Version property on AppD record (Julianna)
  • Java docs and security #1941 – Java docs and security (Rob Moffat) — needs sync with above API changes

• FDC3 3.0 scope: bindings / examples sync (10 mins)

  • Final pass to synchronise .NET, Go, and Java examples and bindings with JavaScript API changes made in the above PRs

• FDC3 3.0 dependency & build health (10 mins)

  • Open dependency PRs awaiting review/merge: https://github.com/finos/FDC3/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Adependencies
  • Bump ESLint to 10.8.1 and address new lint errors #2127 – ESLint upgrade to 10.8.1 (Julianna)
  • chore(deps)(deps-dev): bump eslint from 9.39.5 to 10.8.1 #2135 / chore(deps)(deps-dev): bump the minor-and-patch group across 1 directory with 2 updates #2151 / chore(deps)(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group across 1 directory with 7 updates #2152 – Remaining dependabot batches

• FDC3 3.0 readiness & September SWG adoption vote (10 mins)

  • Review what remains before opening the adoption vote at the September SWG meeting
  • Confirm owners and target merge dates for outstanding PRs

• Project governance update (5 mins)

  • TOC health check outcome; plan for reduced FINOS time on FDC3 to focus on Sail
  • Backplane project: first PR merged, new maintainer from NWG anticipated

• AOB & Adjourn (5 mins)

Minutes

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[robmoffat]

Scoping Decisions:

Time	PR / Item	What was being voted on	Result	Status
20:20–20:44	PR #1942	Add an argument to raiseIntent / raiseIntentForContext allowing the caller to require a new application instance	3–0 in favour	Approved to merge
22:45–22:56	PR #1983	Make the context argument to raiseIntent optional, rather than requiring an explicitly empty object	4–0 in favour	Approved to merge
37:08–37:59	AppD FDC3 version property	Add an FDC3 version / SemVer property to the App Directory record, allowing a desktop agent to determine whether an application supports its FDC3 version	3–0 in favour, 1 abstention	Provisionally approved, subject to Julianna completing outstanding changes