- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:02:59 +0100
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, "public-webapps@w3.org WG" <public-webapps@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
Hi Maciej, On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote: > On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:50 , Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>> WARP is a split from P+C, its ancestor is in the first draft. >> >> Sounds fine to document it that way, since the precursor is not clear from backtracking through "previous version" links of WARP. > > Yeah, the absence of a link is a bug on my part, I'll fix that. > >>> The Widget URI scheme was initially intended for P+C (as can be seen from the TBD section in older drafts) but the content wasn't written up before it was branched. >> >> That sounds like a new document to me. But either way, documenting its origin would be fine. > > I think the first trace of it is in http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-widgets-20071013/#addressing. After that, people started talking with the TAG I presume (I wasn't in the WG during that period). > >>> View modes were also in the 2008 P+C draft, but either way they probably shouldn't be listed as a widget deliverable considering that they can be used in even broader contexts (as requested by the CSS WG). >> >> Maybe it should be renamed to not include "Widgets" in the title, and not be identified as a Widgets deliverable. That would be fine by me. > > Yes, I believe that might be the plan. > >>> Essentially there is nothing new in widgets, the plan is simply to finish the existing ongoing work quickly. >> >> There is at least the new "Widget Embedding" item in the charter (which is indicated as a new item). > > Actually, it's been considered before :) http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-widgets-20071013/#embedding And widgets have been clearly defined as being embeddable since the "Working Draft 14 April 2008" [1]: "Widgets are a class of client-side web application for displaying and updating local or remote data, packaged in a way to allow a single download and installation on a client machine or device. Widgets typically run as stand alone applications outside of a web browser, but it is possible to embed them into web pages." I think I will extend this definition to make sure it's clear that Widgets are a perfect solution for distributing other HTML5/SVG based multimedia content, such as interactive books and audiovisual experiences that people can keep locally, forever. We would love Apple to participate more pro-actively in this work. It would be beneficial to everyone to have a royalty free general packaging format for client-side web applications/multimedia content. What do you think, Maciej? do you think Apple could support this work and help us get this to Rec? [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-20080414/ -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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