Introduction to Web Components

W3C Working Group Note 24 July 2014

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http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-components-intro-20140724/
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http://www.w3.org/TR/components-intro/
Latest editor's draft
http://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/explainer/
Previous version
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-components-intro-20130606/
Revision history
https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/commits/gh-pages/explainer/
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Editors
Dimitri Glazkov, Google, <>
Hayato Ito, Google, <>
Authors
Dominic Cooney, Google, <>

Abstract

This document is a non-normative reference, which provides an overview of Web Components. It summarizes the normative information in the respective specifications in easy-to-digest prose with illustrations.

Status of This Document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

Work on this document has been discontinued and it should not be referenced. Numerous online resources about Web Components are available, including the Web Components wiki.

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