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The WebPlatform consists of several APIs to create web and mobile applications. [1]

In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, communication protocols, and tools for building software. In general terms, it is a set of clearly defined methods of communication among various components. A good API makes it easier to develop a computer program by providing all the building blocks, which are then put together by the programmer.

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APIs

The WebPlatform APIs give developers device and vendor-neutral access to common device aspects, such as: [1] [2]

In addition, the WebPlatform APIs provide interfaces for the following: [1] [2]

WebPlatform.org
WebPlatform Logo.svg
Type of site
 Resource
Dissolved 2015
Owner Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera Software, and W3C
Website www.webplatform.org
Alexa rank 56,119
Commercial No
Registration Optional
Launched October 8, 2012;5 years ago (2012-10-08)
Content license
 Creative Commons Attribution
Written in PHP

WebPlatform.org

WebPlatform.org was a community convened by W3C that sought to create an online reference of Web standards. The project was a collaboration among Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera Software, and W3C, who were called "stewards" of the Web Platform project. [3]

World Wide Web Consortium web standards organization

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web.

Apple Inc. Technology company; developer of consumer electronics and multimedia platforms

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Web Platform was an open community of developers building resources for a better web, regardless of brand, browser, or platform. Anyone could contribute to the reference, by collaborating on the wiki documentation pages (Web Platform Docs), sharing and commenting on the Web Platform blog posts, and communicating through the IRC channel. WebPlatform Docs used MediaWiki as its platform. [4] The documentation contained sections titled Beginners Guide, General Web Concepts, HTML, CSS, Accessibility, JavaScript, DOM, API & SVG, originally imported from resources maintained by the involved parties.

MediaWiki Wiki software

MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki engine. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002, and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003. It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki. MediaWiki was originally developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker. Its development has since then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.

As of September 2015 it was discontinued, with the notice "The WebPlatform project has been discontinued when the Stewards partnership agreement ended in September 2015. This site has been frozen, and the assets we have created will remain."[ citation needed ]

New documentation can be found at MDN Web Docs. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "APIs · WebPlatform Docs". webplatform.github.io. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  2. 1 2 "The Web Platform: Browser technologies". platform.html5.org. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Web Platform Stewards" . Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Web Platform Docs Debuts with Developer Resources". IEBlog. Microsoft. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  5. ↑ MDN Web Docs
  6. ↑ "Documenting the Web together".
  7. ↑ "Mozilla brings Microsoft, Google, the W3C, Samsung together to create cross-browser documentation on MDN".
  8. ↑ "Discontinued? - Issue #2 - webplatform/webplatform.github.io - GitHub".


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