Re: What is a social network?

Hi Christine, all,

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:59:56PM +0200, Christine Perey wrote:
> The purpose of the SWXG:
> 
> > help provide guidance for Web services that want to add these 
> > types of social features: Show them how to add these features 
> >  in a open, extensible, privacy-enhanced, accessible, 
> > internationalized and Web-based way.
> > 
> 
> I applaud the use of the term "service" (as opposed to "the site"). 
> 
> But can "The Web" -based service be accessed and used WITHOUT a user being
> required to run a browser? I simply seek to point out that a Web-based
> service MAY also be accessible via a proprietary client application.
> Proprietary applications can also use open and standard-compliant protocols
> for specific features.

Of course it includes services/sites accessed without a user using a 
browser (relevant reference is http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/ ...)
I'm not so sure about "service" vs "site", because "service" seem to 
exclude all kinds of P2P interactions.


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Carine Bournez -+- W3C Europe