First Public Working Draft of Widgets 1.0 spec

On November 9 the W3C published the First Public Working Draft of the  
Widgets 1.0 specification and the 2nd Working Draft of the widgets'  
requirements document:

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The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First  
Public Working Draft of Widgets 1.0. Also known as gadgets or  
modules, widgets are small programs like clocks, stock tickers, news  
casters, games and weather forecasters that display and update remote  
data and run on the Web browser environment. The specification  
defines the packaging format, manifest file and scripting interfaces  
for downloading and installation on client machines. Also published,  
the requirements document has been updated and retitled.

Widgets 1.0
W3C Working Draft 9 November 2006
<http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/>
Editors:
     Anne van Kesteren (Opera Software ASA) <annevk@opera.com>
     Marcos Caceres, (Queensland University of Technology)  
<m.caceres@qut.edu.au>

Client-Side Web Applications (Widgets) Requirements
W3C Working Draft 9 November 2006
<http://www.w3.org/TR/WAPF-REQ/>
Previous Version:
     http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WAPF-REQ-20060821/
Editor:
     Marcos Caceres, QUT
]]

The public is encouraged to send comments to the WAF Working Group's  
public mailing list:

   <mailto:public-appformats@w3.org>

Regards,

Art Barstow
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Received on Friday, 10 November 2006 03:12:21 UTC