Re: [Widgets] Restriction to index.html

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the suggestion. Like you said, despite what is currently said 
in the spec, it will not be a requirement that a widget package contain 
an 'index.html' file anywhere. The manifest format will provide a 
(yet-to-be-specified) mechanism to allow authors to declare which file 
launches first. This will overcome the is issues related to having an 
"index.<extension>" and accommodate implementations, such as Yahoo!'s 
Widget Engine, that don't use HTML to as the UI language. That way, 
developers can name their "index" file whatever they want. However, we 
should nevertheless recommend that developers name their main widget 
file "index.<extension>" for the sake of consistency. I personally would 
not like to formally specify "index.<extension>" as the required file 
name, particularly in an internationalized context.

Here is a hypothetical example of the launching mechanism:
 
<widget src="/calendar/funkyCal.svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets">
    ...other metadata...
</widget>

Kind regards,
Marcos

Chris Lilley wrote:
> Hello public-appformats,
>
> In the interesting Widget specification in section 2.2. Widget Files
> http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#widget0
>
> it says that an index.html is required.
>
> This seems to preclude having an index.htm, index.xhtml, index.svg -
> why are these ruled out? The following comment seems to indicate that
> this is under review:
>
>   Need to address other formats, such as SVG and XHTML, as well.
>   Probably in a way by making this a whole lot more abstract, so that
>   you can use any language you want.
>
> I therefore suggest instead:
>
>   index.<extension>
>     The main document for the actual widget, and is displayed in a
>     viewport whose main properties are established by the config.xml
>     file. This document can reference external content,
>     including, but not limited to scripts, CSS files and images the
>     same way regular web pages can. The extension depends on the
>     format, for example index.html or index.svg.
>
>

Received on Thursday, 16 November 2006 01:53:19 UTC