Re: More Web-developed Open Protocols

Most of these are being brought together under the "OStatus" banner [1]
(actual spec here [2]) and implemented by status.net, and rapidly other
open source social networking projects like Elgg and the media-hit
Diaspora.

So, it's pretty clear standardization in the social web world is going on
outside the W3C. I think one discussion to have, which we've had at the
Social Web XG and have been interviewing folks on [3], is precisely why
this is the case. It seems to me the main issue is the closed membership
model, and the second issue is the perceived slow-moving process. It might
be interesting on having a thorough discussion of this.

Also, what areas outside the Social Web is standardization happening
outside the W3C that conceivably seems to be a core part of the Web, more
focussed on formats that protocols? Cloud computing? Security/Privacy?

[1] http://ostatus.org/
[2]
http://ostatus.org/sites/default/files/ostatus-1.0-draft1-specification.html
[3] http://www.w3.org/2010/04/21-swxg-minutes.html

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> Karl Dubost <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>
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> Another example of a recent specification starting.
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> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:16:42 GMT
> In OExchange Technical Specification
> At http://www.oexchange.org/spec/
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> This document describes OExchange, a simple
> specification for URL-based content sharing on the
> web. OExchange codifies an existing model in wide
> use today, adds a dynamic discovery capability,
> and creates a foundation for additional verbs.
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> This is the technical specification. The Quick
> Start Guide provides a short introduction to the
> protocol and its practical implementation.
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