Offline URL Community Group created

The Offline URL Community Group has been launched:
  http://www.w3.org/community/offline-url/

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 Currently a file URL (file:///) is the defined way to access a local
file in a browser. For various reasons (some outdated) this is not a
preferred mechanism. There have been several unsuccessful attempts to
create an alternative, but these were focused on application-type
functionality and not content. 
 For content originally created in HTML, it makes the most sense to
offer a mechanism to store the file locally in the same format. While,
if this is desired, that process is the responsibility of the site, the
browser functionality for it must be a recognized standard. 
 This initiative is focused on creating an offline url standard to
access HTML files and containers stored locally in a compressed format,
but otherwise behave as close to possible as an online site accessed via
http. 
 The charter for this group is currently under development on  GitHub .
If you are interested please follow and contribute there. 

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To join:
  http://www.w3.org/community/offline-url/join

If you do not have one already, you will need a W3C account to join:
  http://www.w3.org/accounts/request

This is a community initiative. W3C's hosting of this group does not
imply endorsement of the activities.

The group must now choose a chair:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-choose-a-chair

For more information about getting started in the new group, see:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-get-started-in-a-new-group

and good practice for running a group:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/good-practice-for-running-a-group/

We invite you to share news of this new group in social media
and other channels.

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please email us at site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Thursday, 15 September 2016 11:24:00 UTC