All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog.
- Definition of the
icons
property ofAppMetadata
, based on PWA icon spec (#319) - Added support for raiseIntent without a context via the addition of the
fdc3.nothing
context type (#375) - Added FDC3 Workbench, an FDC3 API developer application (#457)
- Added advice on how to
broadcast
complex 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)
IntentResolution
now 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)
- Consolidated
Listener
documentation with other types (#404) - Updated definition of the
Position
context 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
,addContextListener
andgetInfo
functions (#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
Context
type 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.addContextListener
when not joined to a channel (#449) - Clarified existing behavior of
joinChannel
andaddIntentListener
when joining a channel (#454) - Clarified numerous aspects of the existing
raiseIntent
behavior in the spec and documentation (#461) - Updated Methods.ts to support the updated signature for
addContextListener
introduced 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 newfdc3Ready
event (#360)compareVersionNumbers()
andversionIsAtLeast()
utility functions to complementgetInfo()
(#324)
addContextListener(contextType, handler)
now supports passingnull
as the context type (#329)- All other API type changes and additions from the FDC3 Standard 1.2 release
FDC3 Standard 1.2 - 2021-04-19
- New
raiseIntentForContext()
method (#268) - New
fdc3Ready
event (#269) - New
getInfo()
method that returns implementation metadata (#324)
fdc3.open()
andfdc3.raiseIntent()
now takesTargetApp
, which resolves tostring | AppMetadata
(#272)AppMetadata
return type can now optionally includeappId
andversion
(#273)addContextListener(contextType, handler)
now supports passingnull
as 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 fromDesktopAgent
interface (#283)
npm v1.1.1 - 2021-04-15
Intents
enum should containStartChat
notStartChart
(#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.fdc3
global (#252) - Export helper enums for names of standardised
Intents
andContextTypes
(#264) - Export API operations as ES6 functions that can be directly imported (#266)
- Check for the existence of
window.fdc3
in 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.context
fdc3.instrument
fdc3.instrumentList
fdc3.contact
fdc3.contactList
fdc3.organization
fdc3.country
fdc3.position
fdc3.portfolio
- API entry point for web -
window.fdc3
(#139) - Use Case 17 (#153)
- Channels API (#154):
fdc3.getSystemChannels
fdc3.getOrCreateChannel
fdc3.joinChannel
fdc3.leaveCurrentChannel
fdc3.getCurrentChannel
Channel
interfaceDisplayMetadata
interfaceChannelError
type
- 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
AppMetadata
interface 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)