WebRTC Now Available as W3C Draft

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A framework initially pitched by Google for real time communication within a browser has been promoted to a working draft at the W3C.

WebRTC was initially disclosed in May of this year when the W3C created a working group who set the goal to develop APIs that will support audio and video communication in real time within a web browser window. According to the current plan, the recommendation spec is due in the first quarter of 2013.

The working draft outlines the APIs for WebRTC, including the Stream API, as well as descriptions of P2P connections, and garbage collection.

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