All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog.
- Definition of the
iconsproperty ofAppMetadata, based on PWA icon spec (#319) - Added support for raiseIntent without a context via the addition of the
fdc3.nothingcontext type (#375) - Added FDC3 Workbench, an FDC3 API developer application (#457)
- Added advice on how to
broadcastcomplex context types, composed of other types, so that other apps can listen for both the complex type and simpler constituent types (#464) - Added a References and Bibliography section to the Standard's documentation to hold links to 'normative references' and other documentation that is useful for understanding the standard (#530)
IntentResolutionnow requires the name of the intent raised to included, allowing it to be used to determine the intent raised viafdc3.raiseIntentForContext(). (#507)- A Trademarks page was added to acknowledge trademarks used within the Standard not owned by FINOS or the Linux Foundation (#534)
- Added details of FDC3's existing versioning and deprecation policies to the FDC3 compliance page (#539)
- Consolidated
Listenerdocumentation with other types (#404) - Updated definition of the
Positioncontext type to support negative (short) positions (#419) - Upgraded web access statements from SHOULD to MUST in the API specification (#440)
- Updated copyright notices (#467)
- Adjusted wording in API spec and documentation to acknowledge the possibility of methods of intent resolution other than a resolver UI (#461)
- Moved the Icon type definition into the Types documentation page for consistency with other types. (#493
- All DesktopAgent and Channel API functions are now async for consistency, changing the return type of the
broadcast,addIntentListener,addContextListenerandgetInfofunctions (#516)
- Removed details of the 'global' channel that was deprecated in FDC3 1.2. (#496)
- Removed trailing slashes from schema references (which break refs for schema parsers) (#374)
- Corrected that definition of the
Contexttype in documentation (#406]) - Corrected syntax errors in context schema examples (#424)
- Corrected a minor error in the ViewQuote Intent example (#439)
- Clarified behavior of
fdc3.addContextListenerwhen not joined to a channel (#449) - Clarified existing behavior of
joinChannelandaddIntentListenerwhen joining a channel (#454) - Clarified numerous aspects of the existing
raiseIntentbehavior in the spec and documentation (#461) - Updated Methods.ts to support the updated signature for
addContextListenerintroduced in FDC3 1.2 (#462) - Clarified the description of the addContextListener functions from the Desktop Agent and Channel APIs in spec and docs. (#492)
- Clarified that implementing
fdc3.getInfo()is required for compliance with the FDC3 standard (#515)
npm v1.2.0 - 2021-04-19
- ES6 functions for
getInfo()andraiseIntentForContext()(#268, #324) fdc3Ready()utility function that wraps checks for the window.fdc3 global object and newfdc3Readyevent (#360)compareVersionNumbers()andversionIsAtLeast()utility functions to complementgetInfo()(#324)- An example application definition (#437
- A test environment for the app directory specification and the example application definition (#437
addContextListener(contextType, handler)now supports passingnullas the context type (#329)- All other API type changes and additions from the FDC3 Standard 1.2 release
- The Application schema by removing the
manifestTypeandmanifestproperties, introducing newtype(required),detailsandhostManifestsproperties (#437
FDC3 Standard 1.2 - 2021-04-19
- New
raiseIntentForContext()method (#268) - New
fdc3Readyevent (#269) - New
getInfo()method that returns implementation metadata (#324)
fdc3.open()andfdc3.raiseIntent()now takesTargetApp, which resolves tostring | AppMetadata(#272)AppMetadatareturn type can now optionally includeappIdandversion(#273)addContextListener(contextType, handler)now supports passingnullas the context type (#329)- Simplify API reference documentation and add info about supported platforms, including npm package (#349)
- Return type of
getCurrentChannel()should bePromise<Channel | null>(#282) leaveCurrentChannel()is missing fromDesktopAgentinterface (#283)
npm v1.1.1 - 2021-04-15
Intentsenum should containStartChatnotStartChart(#364)
- Return type of
getCurrentChannel()should bePromise<Channel | null>(#282) - Missing
leaveCurrentChannel()export (#283)
npm v1.1.0 - 2021-04-14
- Build an npm package with exported TypeScript typings for API, Context Data and
window.fdc3global (#252) - Export helper enums for names of standardised
IntentsandContextTypes(#264) - Export API operations as ES6 functions that can be directly imported (#266)
- Check for the existence of
window.fdc3in ES6 functions, and reject or throw if not defined (#356)
- Return type of
getCurrentChannel()should bePromise<Channel>(#222)
FDC3 Standard 1.1 - 2020-04-09
- JSON Schema definitions for agreed context types (#119):
fdc3.contextfdc3.instrumentfdc3.instrumentListfdc3.contactfdc3.contactListfdc3.organizationfdc3.countryfdc3.positionfdc3.portfolio
- API entry point for web -
window.fdc3(#139) - Use Case 17 (#153)
- Channels API (#154):
fdc3.getSystemChannelsfdc3.getOrCreateChannelfdc3.joinChannelfdc3.leaveCurrentChannelfdc3.getCurrentChannelChannelinterfaceDisplayMetadatainterfaceChannelErrortype
- Type filtering support for
getCurrentContext(#161) - Publish versioned JSON schemas to FDC3 website (#170)
- Intent Reference and Context Data Reference documentation (#172)
- Remove FactSet-specific examples from docs (#88)
- Apply FINOS branding, styles and logos to the website (#96)
- Include ChartIQ in "Who is using FDC3?" section on website (#100)
- Expand
AppMetadatainterface with more application properties (#157) - Restructure some docs (#190)
- Several typos and broken links in docs
- Various security vulnerabilities
FDC3 Standard 1.0 - 2019-03-28
- Documentation website (generated with Docusaurus) and content from old separate FDC3 repos (#5):
- Use Case 15 (#49)
- FDC3 Roadmap (#55)
- FDC3 feature icons on website landing page (#57)
- Participant showcase on website landing page (#67)