FYI http://web.lookout.net/2012/01/testing-registerprotocolhandler-and-web.html Has the registerProtocolHandler and web+ proposal changed since Chris did his analysis? -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Le Hegaret [mailto:plh@w3.org] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 1:40 PM To: julian.reschke@gmx.de; Thomas Roessler Cc: Barry Leiba; Mark Nottingham; public-ietf-w3c@w3.org Subject: Re: web+: enabling websites to expose services with custom URI schemes to registerProtocolHandler. On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 09:51 +0200, Julian Reschke wrote: > On 2012-08-22 10:33, Julian Reschke wrote: > > On 2012-08-01 19:33, Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: > >> Following the morning discussion, here are the links to the web+ > >> definition: > >> > >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/system-state-and-capabilities.html#custom-handlers > >> > >> look for the item on scheme (registerProtocolHandler() only) > >> > >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/iana.html#web-scheme-prefix > >> Note that the Working Group is about to decide that this section needs > >> rewrite because it must not look like an IANA registration. > >> > >> I also suggest to look at the rational section of a change proposal > >> related to this: > >> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/User:Eoconnor/ISSUE-189#Rationale > >> > >> Philippe > > > > Two observations: > > > > a) in the meantime, the HTML WG chairs have decided to reject my CP and > > to keep "web+" in the spec (see > > <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Aug/0115.html>) > > > > b) all feedback I've seen over here seems to come from people either > > active in the IETF, or both IETF and W3C; what are the next steps to > > actually make progress now? > > > > Best regards, Julian > > We aren't making progress. How do we fix this? Back on August 23, I saw two proposals: 1- get the W3C webappsec to review this. I can't speak for Thomas so I'll let him respond to this. 2- modularizing the HTML5 spec. I doubt that this idea would fly at the moment since the editors are too busy... PhilippeReceived on Friday, 7 September 2012 21:11:39 UTC
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