"modularised XTML" draft available
From: Philipp Hoschka (ph@w3.org)
Date: Wed, Apr 07 1999
Message-Id: <199904070952.LAA05958@www45.inria.fr>
To: www-tv@w3.org
From: Philipp Hoschka <ph@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:52:39 +0200
Subject: "modularised XTML" draft available
This should interest the members of this Interest Group:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/
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Over the last couple of years, many specialized markets have begun
looking to HTML as a content language. There is a great movement
toward using HTML across increasingly diverse computing platforms.
Currently there is activity to move HTML onto mobile devices (handheld
computers, portable phones, etc.), television devices (digital
televisions, tv-based web browsers, etc.), and appliances (fixed
function devices). Each of these devices has different requirements
and constraints.
Modularizing XHTML provides a means for product designers to specify
which elements are supported by a device using standard building
blocks and standard methods for specifying which building blocks are
used. These modules serve as "points of conformance" for the content
community. The content community can now target the installed base
that supports a certain collection of modules, rather than worry about
the installed base that supports this permutation of XHTML elements or
that permutation of XHTML elements. The use of standards is critical
for modularized XHTML to be successful on a large scale. It is not
economically feasible for content developers to tailor content to each
and every permutation of XHTML elements. By specifying a standard,
either software processes can autonomously tailor content to a device,
or the device can automatically load the software required to process
a module.
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