- From: Nikunj Mehta <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:11:01 -0700
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org
We are familiar with the offline persistence capabilities of HTML5 and their support in browser implementations. Oracle's AtomDB and related specification are about transparent, read-write caches that are auto-synchronized using Atom publishing protocol. I hope this makes clear the intent of my original email. Regards, Nikunj Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > > On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Nikunj Mehta wrote: > >> >> Hi Art, Charles, >> >> We have developed a technology, called AtomDB, at Oracle for >> transparent, local access to Web application resources when not >> connected to a network. This is one of the most frequently requested >> features on our mobile applications, which until now has required a >> non-Web application solution. Oracle is interested in developing Web >> applications for mobile and non-mobile environments that are >> resilient to network unreliability. >> >> In the process of developing AtomDB, Oracle has analyzed various >> challenges in off line data access. We realize that the Webapps WG is >> interested in this area and Oracle is willing to contribute resources >> to advance specifications that improve application robustness to >> network conditions. We have a specification that we could share with >> the WebApps WG, if there is interest. >> >> I look forward to what the working group has to say on this. > > HTML5 includes mechanisms for offline applications and offline data. > The application cache is implemented in the Firefox 3 Release > Candidate and the Safari 4 Developer Preview: > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#offline > > Database storage is in Safari 3.1 and newer: > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#sql > > > Google Gears also has features similar to both of these and I believe > those features are planned to converge with the standard. > > Regards, > Maciej > >
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