Product: API Minimization

Goals

The intent of this effort is to identify, document, and promote best practices for designing Javascript, and perhaps other APIs in a manner that will protect users' privacy by discouraging the return of unnecessary information. For example, an API that retrieves a user's phone number should not necessarily also return her address.

Success criteria

• The finding (or discussions leading to the finding) successfully influence the design of APIs to improve their "privacy characteristics".
• The document provides useful education and analysis for those who build web applications and related specifications.

Key deliverables with dates:

• Initial draft finding for review at Nov. 2011 TPAC
• TBD: an approved TAG finding on API minimization

Schedules:

• Initial draft finding for community review 2011-07-31

TAG Members assigned:

• Dan Appelquist

Misc.

We intend to coordinate with the IAB on the review of this.

TAG Issues, Actions, Tracker Product Page

• Tracker page for API minimization product
• ACTION-514: on - Daniel Appelquist - Draft finding on API minimization - Due: 2011-10-18 - OPEN