- From: Erik van der Poel <erik@netscape.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 10:00:19 -0800
- To: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
- CC: www-international@w3.org
Netscape is working on something related to this, in our recently-announced Constellation product. We call it "location independence". See the "roaming access" menu in the following document: http://home.netscape.com/comprod/tech_preview/index.html Erik > The problem is really one of Nomadicity. The ISO JTC1 Special Working Group > on the Global Information Infrastructure has identified Nomadicity as one of > the key areas for which standards need to be addressed in the remainder of > this millenium. Nomadicity is the ability to work on any machine anywhere as > if you were working on your own computer in your own office. This includes > more than just changing languages. It involves invoking a user-specific > configuration file in response to log-on that sets your preferences to those > you would have at home, including such things as preferred colours and > display characteristics, default pages, and preferred communication > channels/ISP. It also involves users being able to define criteria that > allow them to define the level of service they expect, and to limit the > amount they are willing to pay for that level of service from their current > location. I would welcome the chance to discuss with you further the > specification of Nomadicity being developed by ISO and the NIST IISP team in > the US.
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