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and specifications and are used on MDN Web Docs to label the status of a technology. For the definition of these terms, MDN Web Docs align with the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/schemas/compat-data-schema.md#status-information" class="external" target="_blank">Browser Compatibility Data (BCD)</a> repository. These terms are described below in the context of their use on MDN Web Docs. </p></div><section aria-labelledby="experimental"><h2 id="experimental"><a href="#experimental">Experimental</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p> When a technology is described as experimental on MDN Web Docs, it means that the technology is nascent and immature and is currently <em>in the process</em> of being added to the web platform (or being considered for addition). Marking a technology as experimental indicates that readers should think carefully before using that technology in any kind of production project (i.e., a project that is not just a demo or experiment). Readers are <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/schemas/compat-data-schema.md#status-information" class="external" target="_blank">encouraged to try out experimental features</a> and provide feedback to browser vendors and standards authors. </p> <p>For a technology marked <strong>experimental</strong>, one or more of the following conditions apply:</p> <ul> <li>It is implemented and enabled by default in the release build of <strong>only one</strong> modern major browser rendering engine.</li> <li>It is only supported through configuration changes such as preferences or flags, regardless of the number of supported rendering engines.</li> <li>Its defining specification is likely to change significantly in backwards-incompatible ways (i.e., it may break existing code that relies on the feature).</li> </ul> <div class="notecard note"> <p><strong>Note:</strong> A feature released only on one rendering engine is still considered experimental even if it is available on preview builds of other rendering engines (or by setting a preference or flag).</p> </div> <p>The <strong>experimental</strong> status of a technology may expire if one or more of the following conditions is met:</p> <ul> <li>It is supported by default in <strong>two or more</strong> major browser rendering engines.</li> <li>It is supported by default by a single browser rendering engine for two or more years and undergoes no major changes.</li> <li>Its defining specification is unlikely to change in ways that will break compatibility.</li> </ul> <p>For examples of these conditions, see the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/data-guidelines/index.md#setting-experimental" class="external" target="_blank">experimental flag</a> BCD documentation.</p> <p> Usually, if a technology is supported across several major browsers, the specification will be stable, but this is not always the case. On the other hand, some technologies might have a stable specification, but do not have native support in browsers. <a href="/en-US/docs/Related/IMSC">IMSC</a> for example is used via a JavaScript polyfill. </p> <p>A feature or technology that is part of an active specification or standardization process and not marked <strong>deprecated</strong> is said to be on a <strong>standards track</strong>.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="deprecated"><h2 id="deprecated"><a href="#deprecated">Deprecated</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>The term <strong>deprecated</strong> on MDN Web Docs is used to mark an API or technology that is no longer recommended. A deprecated API or technology might be removed in the future or might only be kept for compatibility purposes and may still work. We recommend to avoid using the functionality marked as deprecated.</p> <p>For more information on the definition of <strong>deprecated</strong>, see the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/data-guidelines/index.md#setting-deprecated" class="external" target="_blank">deprecated flag</a> BCD documentation.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="obsolete"><h2 id="obsolete"><a href="#obsolete">Obsolete</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p> On MDN Web Docs, the term <strong>obsolete</strong> was historically used to indicate an API or technology that is not only no longer recommended but is also no longer implemented in browsers. Because the distinction between <strong>obsolete</strong> and <strong>deprecated</strong> is not very helpful, we do not use the term <strong>obsolete</strong> on MDN Web Docs anymore. </p> <div class="notecard note"> <p><strong>Note:</strong> If you come across any instance of <strong>obsolete</strong>, it should be removed or replaced with the term <strong>deprecated</strong>.</p> </div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="guidelines_for_removing_content"><h2 id="guidelines_for_removing_content"><a href="#guidelines_for_removing_content">Guidelines for removing content</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>Sometimes during the development of a new specification or over the course of the evolution of living standards such as HTML, new elements, methods, properties, and so forth are added to the specification, kept there for a while, and then removed. Sometimes this happens very quickly, and sometimes these new items remain in the specification for months or even years before being removed. This can make it tricky to decide how to handle the removal of the item from the specification.</p> <p>Here are some guidelines to help you decide what to do when something is removed from the specification.</p> <div class="notecard note"> <p><strong>Note:</strong> For the purposes of this discussion, the word "item" is used to mean anything that can be part of a specification: an element or an attribute of an element, an interface or any individual method, a property, or other member of an interface, and so forth.</p> </div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="if_the_item_was_never_implemented"><h3 id="if_the_item_was_never_implemented"><a href="#if_the_item_was_never_implemented">If the item was never implemented</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>If the item was <em>never</em> implemented in a release version of <em>any</em> browser, not even behind a preference or a flag, delete any references to the item from the documentation.</p> <ul> <li> If the item has any documentation pages describing only that one item (such as <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/close"><code>RTCPeerConnection.close()</code></a>), delete that page. If the removed item is an interface, this means removing any subpages describing the properties and methods on that interface as well. </li> <li>Remove the item from any lists of properties, attributes, methods, and so forth. For methods of an interface, for example, this means removing it from the "Methods" section on the interface's overview page.</li> <li>Search the text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Remove those references, being sure not to leave weird grammar issues or other problems with the text. This may mean not just deleting words but rewriting a sentence or paragraph to make more sense. It may also mean removing entire sections of content if the description of the item's use is lengthy.</li> <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Remove those references, being sure not to leave weird grammar issues or other problems with the text. This may mean not just deleting words but rewriting a sentence or paragraph to make more sense. It may also mean removing entire sections of content if the description of the item's use is lengthy.</li> <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. It's unlikely that there are, since if it was never implemented, it's unlikely to be widely discussed. Remove those mentions as well.</li> <li>If the JSON files in the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data" class="external" target="_blank">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> contain data for the removed items, delete those objects from the JSON code and submit a pull request with that change, explaining the reason in the commit message and the pull request description. Be careful to check that you don't break the JSON syntax while doing this.</li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_behind_a_flag"><h3 id="if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_behind_a_flag"><a href="#if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_behind_a_flag">If the item was implemented in a browser behind a flag</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>If the item was implemented in any release version of any one or more browsers but <em>only</em> behind a preference or a flag, do not delete the item from the documentation immediately. Instead, mark the item as <strong>deprecated</strong> as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Update the item's status data in the browser-compat-data repository by <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/contributing.md#updating-the-compat-data" class="external" target="_blank">submitting a pull request</a>.</li> <li>Search the informative text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Add warning boxes in appropriate places with text along the lines of "[item] has been removed from the specification and will be removed from browsers soon. See [link to page] for a new way to do this."</li> <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Add similar warnings.</li> <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. Add similar warning boxes there as well.</li> <li>At some point in the future, a decision may be made to actually remove the item from the documentation; we don't normally do this but if the item was especially unutilized or uninteresting, we may decide to do so.</li> <li>Update any relevant entries in the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data" class="external" target="_blank">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> to reflect the obsolescence of the item(s) affected.</li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_without_a_flag"><h3 id="if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_without_a_flag"><a href="#if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_without_a_flag">If the item was implemented in a browser without a flag</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>If the item was implemented in one or more release builds of browsers without requiring a preference or a flag, mark the item as <strong>deprecated</strong>, as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Update the item's status data in the browser-compat-data repository by <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/contributing.md#updating-the-compat-data" class="external" target="_blank">submitting a pull request</a>.</li> <li>Search the informative text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Add warning boxes in appropriate places with text along the lines of "[item] has been removed from the specification and is deprecated. It may be removed from browsers in the future, so you should not use it. See [link to page] for a new way to do this."</li> <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Add similar warnings.</li> <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. Add similar warning boxes there as well.</li> <li>It's unlikely that these items will be removed from the documentation anytime soon, if ever.</li> <li>Update any relevant entries in the <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data" class="external" target="_blank">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> to reflect the deprecation of the item(s) affected.</li> </ul> <p> Please use common sense with wording of warning messages and other changes to the text suggested in the guidelines above. Different items will require different wording and handling of the situation. 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changelog</a></li></ol>","sidebarMacro":"MDNSidebar","body":[{"type":"prose","value":{"id":null,"title":null,"isH3":false,"content":"<p>\n These terms are commonly associated with technologies and specifications and are used on MDN Web Docs to label the status of a technology. For the definition of these terms, MDN Web Docs align with the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/schemas/compat-data-schema.md#status-information\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Browser Compatibility Data (BCD)</a> repository.\n These terms are described below in the context of their use on MDN Web Docs.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"experimental","title":"Experimental","isH3":false,"content":"<p>\n When a technology is described as experimental on MDN Web Docs, it means that the technology is nascent and immature and is currently <em>in the process</em> of being added to the web platform (or being considered for addition).\n Marking a technology as experimental indicates that readers should think carefully before using that technology in any kind of production project (i.e., a project that is not just a demo or experiment). Readers are <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/schemas/compat-data-schema.md#status-information\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">encouraged to try out experimental features</a> and provide feedback to browser vendors and standards authors.\n</p>\n<p>For a technology marked <strong>experimental</strong>, one or more of the following conditions apply:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>It is implemented and enabled by default in the release build of <strong>only one</strong> modern major browser rendering engine.</li>\n <li>It is only supported through configuration changes such as preferences or flags, regardless of the number of supported rendering engines.</li>\n <li>Its defining specification is likely to change significantly in backwards-incompatible ways (i.e., it may break existing code that relies on the feature).</li>\n</ul>\n<div class=\"notecard note\">\n <p><strong>Note:</strong> A feature released only on one rendering engine is still considered experimental even if it is available on preview builds of other rendering engines (or by setting a preference or flag).</p>\n</div>\n<p>The <strong>experimental</strong> status of a technology may expire if one or more of the following conditions is met:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>It is supported by default in <strong>two or more</strong> major browser rendering engines.</li>\n <li>It is supported by default by a single browser rendering engine for two or more years and undergoes no major changes.</li>\n <li>Its defining specification is unlikely to change in ways that will break compatibility.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For examples of these conditions, see the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/data-guidelines/index.md#setting-experimental\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">experimental flag</a> BCD documentation.</p>\n<p>\n Usually, if a technology is supported across several major browsers, the specification will be stable, but this is not always the case.\n On the other hand, some technologies might have a stable specification, but do not have native support in browsers. <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Related/IMSC\">IMSC</a> for example is used via a JavaScript polyfill.\u003c!-- need to revisit link -->\n</p>\n<p>A feature or technology that is part of an active specification or standardization process and not marked <strong>deprecated</strong> is said to be on a <strong>standards track</strong>.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"deprecated","title":"Deprecated","isH3":false,"content":"<p>The term <strong>deprecated</strong> on MDN Web Docs is used to mark an API or technology that is no longer recommended. A deprecated API or technology might be removed in the future or might only be kept for compatibility purposes and may still work. We recommend to avoid using the functionality marked as deprecated.</p>\n<p>For more information on the definition of <strong>deprecated</strong>, see the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/data-guidelines/index.md#setting-deprecated\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">deprecated flag</a> BCD documentation.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"obsolete","title":"Obsolete","isH3":false,"content":"<p>\n On MDN Web Docs, the term <strong>obsolete</strong> was historically used to indicate an API or technology that is not only no longer recommended but is also no longer implemented in browsers.\n Because the distinction between <strong>obsolete</strong> and <strong>deprecated</strong> is not very helpful, we do not use the term <strong>obsolete</strong> on MDN Web Docs anymore.\n</p>\n<div class=\"notecard note\">\n <p><strong>Note:</strong> If you come across any instance of <strong>obsolete</strong>, it should be removed or replaced with the term <strong>deprecated</strong>.</p>\n</div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"guidelines_for_removing_content","title":"Guidelines for removing content","isH3":false,"content":"<p>Sometimes during the development of a new specification or over the course of the evolution of living standards such as HTML, new elements, methods, properties, and so forth are added to the specification, kept there for a while, and then removed. Sometimes this happens very quickly, and sometimes these new items remain in the specification for months or even years before being removed. This can make it tricky to decide how to handle the removal of the item from the specification.</p>\n<p>Here are some guidelines to help you decide what to do when something is removed from the specification.</p>\n<div class=\"notecard note\">\n <p><strong>Note:</strong> For the purposes of this discussion, the word \"item\" is used to mean anything that can be part of a specification: an element or an attribute of an element, an interface or any individual method, a property, or other member of an interface, and so forth.</p>\n</div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"if_the_item_was_never_implemented","title":"If the item was never implemented","isH3":true,"content":"<p>If the item was <em>never</em> implemented in a release version of <em>any</em> browser, not even behind a preference or a flag, delete any references to the item from the documentation.</p>\n<ul>\n <li>\n If the item has any documentation pages describing only that one item (such as <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/close\"><code>RTCPeerConnection.close()</code></a>), delete that page.\n If the removed item is an interface, this means removing any subpages describing the properties and methods on that interface as well.\n </li>\n <li>Remove the item from any lists of properties, attributes, methods, and so forth. For methods of an interface, for example, this means removing it from the \"Methods\" section on the interface's overview page.</li>\n <li>Search the text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Remove those references, being sure not to leave weird grammar issues or other problems with the text. This may mean not just deleting words but rewriting a sentence or paragraph to make more sense. It may also mean removing entire sections of content if the description of the item's use is lengthy.</li>\n <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Remove those references, being sure not to leave weird grammar issues or other problems with the text. This may mean not just deleting words but rewriting a sentence or paragraph to make more sense. It may also mean removing entire sections of content if the description of the item's use is lengthy.</li>\n <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. It's unlikely that there are, since if it was never implemented, it's unlikely to be widely discussed. Remove those mentions as well.</li>\n <li>If the JSON files in the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> contain data for the removed items, delete those objects from the JSON code and submit a pull request with that change, explaining the reason in the commit message and the pull request description. Be careful to check that you don't break the JSON syntax while doing this.</li>\n</ul>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_behind_a_flag","title":"If the item was implemented in a browser behind a flag","isH3":true,"content":"<p>If the item was implemented in any release version of any one or more browsers but <em>only</em> behind a preference or a flag, do not delete the item from the documentation immediately. Instead, mark the item as <strong>deprecated</strong> as follows:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Update the item's status data in the browser-compat-data repository by <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/contributing.md#updating-the-compat-data\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">submitting a pull request</a>.</li>\n <li>Search the informative text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Add warning boxes in appropriate places with text along the lines of \"[item] has been removed from the specification and will be removed from browsers soon. See [link to page] for a new way to do this.\"</li>\n <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Add similar warnings.</li>\n <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. Add similar warning boxes there as well.</li>\n <li>At some point in the future, a decision may be made to actually remove the item from the documentation; we don't normally do this but if the item was especially unutilized or uninteresting, we may decide to do so.</li>\n <li>Update any relevant entries in the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> to reflect the obsolescence of the item(s) affected.</li>\n</ul>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"if_the_item_was_implemented_in_a_browser_without_a_flag","title":"If the item was implemented in a browser without a flag","isH3":true,"content":"<p>If the item was implemented in one or more release builds of browsers without requiring a preference or a flag, mark the item as <strong>deprecated</strong>, as follows:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Update the item's status data in the browser-compat-data repository by <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/main/docs/contributing.md#updating-the-compat-data\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">submitting a pull request</a>.</li>\n <li>Search the informative text of the overview page for that interface, element, etc., for any references to the removed item. Add warning boxes in appropriate places with text along the lines of \"[item] has been removed from the specification and is deprecated. It may be removed from browsers in the future, so you should not use it. See [link to page] for a new way to do this.\"</li>\n <li>Similarly, look for any discussion of the item in the guides and tutorials about the relevant API or technology. Add similar warnings.</li>\n <li>Search MDN Web Docs for references to the removed item, in case there are discussions elsewhere. Add similar warning boxes there as well.</li>\n <li>It's unlikely that these items will be removed from the documentation anytime soon, if ever.</li>\n <li>Update any relevant entries in the <a href=\"https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Browser Compatibility Data repository</a> to reflect the deprecation of the item(s) affected.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n Please use common sense with wording of warning messages and other changes to the text suggested in the guidelines above.\n Different items will require different wording and handling of the situation.\n When in doubt, feel free to ask for advice on the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/MDN/Community/Communication_channels#chat_rooms\">MDN Web Docs chat rooms</a>.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"guidelines_for_documenting_a_specification_conflict","title":"Guidelines for documenting a specification conflict","isH3":false,"content":"<p>\n Sometimes, but rarely, there might be a conflict between different specification versions (usually W3C versus WHATWG). For example, one version might have a feature listed as deprecated, while the other doesn't.\n In such cases, consider what the reality is, that is, consider what browsers are actually doing, and write an \"important\" note to summarize that latest status.\n For example, as of Jan 2019, the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/inputmode\"><code>inputmode</code></a> global attribute has a conflict, which was summarized like so:\u003c!--this warning example for spec conflict does not exist anymore on that page. couldn't find any other examples as well -->\n</p>\n<div class=\"notecard warning\">\n <p>\n <strong>Warning:</strong> Specification conflict: The WHATWG specification lists <a href=\"https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#attr-inputmode\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><code>inputmode</code></a> and modern browsers are working towards supporting it.\n The <a href=\"https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/index.html#contents\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">W3C HTML 5.2 spec</a>, however, no longer lists it (i.e. marks it as obsolete).\n You should consider the WHATWG definition as correct, until a consensus is reached.\n </p>\n</div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"see_also","title":"See also","isH3":false,"content":"<ul>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/MDN/Writing_guidelines/Page_structures/Feature_status\">Feature status macros</a></li>\n</ul>"}}],"toc":[{"text":"Experimental","id":"experimental"},{"text":"Deprecated","id":"deprecated"},{"text":"Obsolete","id":"obsolete"},{"text":"Guidelines for removing content","id":"guidelines_for_removing_content"},{"text":"Guidelines for documenting a specification conflict","id":"guidelines_for_documenting_a_specification_conflict"},{"text":"See also","id":"see_also"}],"summary":"These terms are commonly associated with technologies and specifications and are used on MDN Web Docs to label the status of a technology. For the definition of these terms, MDN Web Docs align with the Browser Compatibility Data (BCD) repository.\n These terms are described below in the context of their use on MDN Web Docs.","popularity":0.0157,"modified":"2024-07-25T21:48:19.000Z","other_translations":[{"locale":"de","title":"Experimentell, veraltet und obsolet","native":"Deutsch"},{"locale":"es","title":"Experimental, desaprobado y obsoleto","native":"Español"},{"locale":"fr","title":"Conventions et définitions relatives à MDN","native":"Français"},{"locale":"ja","title":"実験的、非推奨、廃止","native":"日本語"},{"locale":"ko","title":"모범 사례","native":"한국어"},{"locale":"zh-CN","title":"实验性、已弃用和过时","native":"中文 (简体)"}],"pageType":"mdn-writing-guide","source":{"folder":"en-us/mdn/writing_guidelines/experimental_deprecated_obsolete","github_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/mdn/writing_guidelines/experimental_deprecated_obsolete/index.md","last_commit_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/ce83b64f1132a29a19471e46bfffced755f775eb","filename":"index.md"},"short_title":"Experimental, deprecated, and obsolete","parents":[{"uri":"/en-US/docs/MDN","title":"The MDN Web Docs project"},{"uri":"/en-US/docs/MDN/Writing_guidelines","title":"Writing guidelines"},{"uri":"/en-US/docs/MDN/Writing_guidelines/Experimental_deprecated_obsolete","title":"Experimental, deprecated, and obsolete"}],"pageTitle":"Experimental, deprecated, and obsolete - The MDN Web Docs project | MDN","noIndexing":false}}</script></body></html>