Re: Fwd: Client-side storage

On 6/8/12 6:02 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>
> • Vendor Lock-in
>
> When data is stored locally, the only way in which the user can switch 
> to another user agent without losing it is if the data can be exported 
> somehow (possibly through server synchronisation, but at times that is 
> not desirable). What can be done to avoid locking users in with their 
> data?

HTML5 offers WebDB and IndexDB storages options. These options can front 
ODBC (in the case of WebDB) and RDF stores in the case of IndexedDB.

Links:

1. http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/ -- IndexedDB


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Received on Friday, 8 June 2012 17:40:27 UTC