- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:23:47 -0400
- To: W3C TAG <www-tag@w3.org>
- Cc: Vincent Vincent Quint <Vincent.Quint@inrialpes.fr>, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>
A possible question for the TAG is about the wisdom of repositories in general, and what applies in this case. It is a fairly well- established aspect of the Web architecture that instead of repositories, wherever possible, a set of web pages, to which anyone can add their own, is more scalable. However, I understand here that the history is that phone manufacturers were not (for some reason) prepared to actually put data files online expressing the parameters of the phone. In practice, databases have been set up by third parties. Note that this requirements document sets out not just repository query but also update and change notification. It would be interesting to see how the requirements match against the things the DAWG group has considered for possible future work. I suggest review by the DAWG and the TAG. Tim > "Publication of the FPWD on Device Description Repository > Requirements 1.0 — 10 April 2006 > The MWI Device Description Working Group has released the First > Public Working Draft of Device Description Repository Requirements > 1.0. [2] This document contains requirements for storing and giving > access to device descriptions. Feedback can be directed to the DDWG > public mailing list (archive)." > > [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-DDR-requirements-20060410/ from http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
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