Offline URL Community Group Proposed

The Offline URL Community Group has been proposed:

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 Currently a file URL (file:///) is the defined way to access a local
file in a browser. For various reasons (some outdated) this is not a
preferred mechanism. There have been several unsuccessful attempts to
create an alternative, but these were focused on application-type
functionality and not content. 
 For content originally created in HTML, it makes the most sense to
offer a mechanism to store the file locally in the same format. While,
if this is desired, that process is the responsibility of the site, the
browser functionality for it must be a recognized standard. 
 This initiative is focused on creating an offline url standard to
access HTML files and containers stored locally in a compressed format,
but otherwise behave as close to possible as an online site accessed via
http. 
 The charter for this group is currently under development on  GitHub .
If you are interested please follow and contribute there. 

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You are invited to support the creation of this group:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed#offline-url

Once the group has a total of five supporters, it will be launched and
people can join to begin work. Once launched, the group will no longer
be listed as "proposed"; it will appear in the list of current groups:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/

In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account. To request one:
  http://www.w3.org/accounts/request

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on
site-comments@w3.org.

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:03:04 UTC