Request for Comments on Widgets 1.0 Requirements Last Call WD

Frederick, XML Security WG,

On June 25 the Web Applications WG published a Last Call Working  
Draft of the Widgets 1.0 Requirements document:

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<http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-reqs-20080625/>
Abstract: This document lists the design goals and requirements that  
a specification would need to address in order to standardize various  
aspects of widgets. Widgets are small client-side Web applications  
for displaying and updating remote data, that are packaged in a way  
to allow download and installation on a client machine, mobile phone,  
or mobile Internet device. Typical examples of widgets include  
clocks, CPU gauges, sticky notes, battery-life indicators, games, and  
those that make use of Web services, like weather forecasters, news  
readers, email checkers, photo albums and currency converters.

Introduction: A widget is an interactive single purpose application  
for displaying and/or updating local data or data on the Web,  
packaged in a way to allow a single download and installation on a  
user's machine or mobile device. A widget may run as a stand alone  
application (meaning it can run outside of a Web browser), or may be  
embedded into a Web document. In this document, the runtime  
environment on which a widget is run is referred to as a widget user  
agent and a running widget is referred to as an instantiated widget.  
Prior to instantiation, a widget exists as a widget resource. For  
more information about widgets, see the Widget Landscape document.
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We would appreciate any comments your WG has on this LC document,  
especially those requirements relevant to your WG's domain/scope. The  
comment period ends 1 August 2008.

-Regards, Art Barstow