Hi all,
as some of you may already know, the W3C has just announced the
creation of its "Rich Web Client Activity", with the addition of two
new working groups that you may be interested in.
The Web APIs WG (http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/) will be working on
standard APIs for use within browsers. This includes a standard
XmlHttpRequest, network communication, client-side storage, drag and
drop, programmatic file upload, and a bunch more. There's a public
mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED], to which you can subscribe by
emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the traditional
"subscribe" in the subject.
The Web Application Formats WG (http://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/)
will be producing a standard binding language similar to Mozilla XBL
and sXBL (http://www.w3.org/TR/sXBL), as well as a language for user
interface (à la XUL). It also has a mailing list (public-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]), with similar subscription instructions at public-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Both working groups would highly appreciate input from the folks here
in WSG, so by all means if you're interested in these topics
subscribe to the list, make your ideas known, react to what is being
worked on, etc. The WGs will also soon have blogs so that design
decisions, hesitations, internal discussions can be tracked from
outside.
Thanks for your attention, I look forward to working with some of you
over there!
--
Robin Berjon
Senior Research Scientist
Expway, http://expway.com/
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