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Re: [widgets] Widgets URI scheme

From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:16:49 +0200
To: Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>, Jon Ferraiolo <jferrai@us.ibm.com>, public-appformats@w3.org, public-appformats-request@w3.org, www-tag@w3.org
Message-ID: <20080617141649.GW306@iCoaster.does-not-exist.org> 

On 2008-06-17 16:14:20 +1000, Marcos Caceres wrote:

> Irrespective of encoding issues, the premise remains that the HTTP
> protocol is not suitable for widgets and hence we need "widgets://"

You mean that the http URI scheme is not suitable for widgets.

> scheme. We need the TAG to help us explore using HTTP to meet our
> requirements for widgets. If together we can either prove HTTP usable
> or unsuitable for widgets, then we can either discard or adopt
> "widget://". Regardless, we need the TAG's support resolving this
> issue sooner than later.
> 
> -- 
> Marcos Caceres
> http://datadriven.com.au
> http://standardssuck.org
> 
> 

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Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
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