Re: ISSUE-18: Is JSONRequest an acceptable alternative to the current model? [Access Control]

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:57:33 +0100, Web Application Formats Working Group  
Issue Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
> ISSUE-18: Is JSONRequest an acceptable alternative to the current  
> model?  [Access Control]

No, it's not. JSONRequest does not work for the following reasons (not  
exhaustive):

* It doesn't work for XML formats, such as XBL and XSLT. XML formats and  
particularly <?access-control? are one of the main use cases of this  
specification as originally designed.

* It requires a new JavaScript network API that only allows the transport  
of JSON. We already have a JavaScript network API that covers more than  
JSON (simply uses HTTP) -- XMLHttpRequest.

* Having multiple network APIs seems like a bad idea.

I suggest we close this issue.


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Anne van Kesteren
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