Re: ISSUE-16: Do widgets need their own URI scheme? [Widgets]

Marcos - I also noticed a related comment from Roy Fielding:

  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2008Aug/0066.html>

On Aug 13, 2008, at 7:02 AM, ext Arthur Barstow wrote:

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> Marcos, Arve, All,
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> FYI, the TAG has a related ISSUE, partly based on the Widgets  
> requirement for a URI scheme:
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>  <http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/group/track/issues/61>
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> -Regards, Art Barstow
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> On Jun 26, 2008, at 4:15 AM, ext Web Applications Working Group  
> Issue Tracker wrote:
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>> ISSUE-16: Do widgets need their own URI scheme? [Widgets]
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>> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/issues/
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>> Raised by: Arve Bersvendsen
>> On product: Widgets
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>> Some considerations here:
>> 1. Widgets, or other locally installed web applications may have  
>> multiple instances served from an arbitrary origin: Preinstalled  
>> on devices, beamed over bluetooth/IR, installed from a local file  
>> system, or over HTTP. Also
>> 2. In general, the resources do need to resolve, as the DOM  
>> attributes are resolved, and normalized, so "DSC0201.jpg" - when  
>> loaded from the local filesystem - becomes for instance file:// 
>> localhost/path/to/DSC0201.jpg". The tag: URI scheme specifically  
>> says this:
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>>   Unlike most other URIs, tags can only be used as identifiers,  
>> and are not
>>   designed to support resolution.
>> 3. It is desired to shield the widget from the file system of the  
>> runtime (e.g. a widget should not be able to discern information  
>> about the file system by examining files loaded from within the  
>> widget.
>> 4. Widgets should not be able to have unchecked access to  
>> resources outside of itself.  Use of the file: scheme makes this  
>> (more) difficult.
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Received on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 11:24:21 UTC