Specification: Indicate Solid protocol to the WebSocket interface

[csarven]

If WebsSocket is supported ( #50 ), Solid-specific protocol (+version) should be agreed for the WebSocket connection.

There is an experimental PR in https://github.com/solid/solid-spec/pull/220 for the purpose of updating the early documentation on WebSocket communication in Solid. It is intended to temporarily remedy feature support. This issue should reuse or build on that.

[acoburn]

The former solid-spec repository describes using the following subprotocol when connecting to a WebSocket server: solid/0.1.0-alpha. For example:

const socket = new WebSocket('wss://example.org', ['solid/0.1.0-alpha']);

However, Chrome browsers do not accept subprotocols that contain slashes. And FireFox simply ignores subprotocols that contain slashes. When the Solid specification defines a (versioned) subprotocol for Solid, it would be best if that subprotocol does not contain slashes.

There are work-arounds for the solid/0.1.0-alpha subprotocol, but they all involve deviating from that recommendation (e.g. solid.0.1.0-alpha)

[RubenVerborgh]

@acoburn Thanks; looks like we need an urgent fix to the draft spec. I remember you had some preferences/suggestions on how to approach versioning; I suggest we would follow those (is that solid.0.1.0-alpha?).

[acoburn]

My preference is to use two digits in the versioning scheme: solid.0.1-alpha. Three digits makes sense for software but protocols tend to use only one or two digits.

[RubenVerborgh]

@acoburn I noted that @timbl wants to drop the alpha in https://github.com/solid/solid-spec/issues/221; fine with you?

[acoburn]

Dropping alpha is fine with me