Marcos, Jon,
Happy New Year!!
I was wondering why the OOA and the W3C are working on different specs
regarding Widget descriptors, differentiating between "desktop widgets"
and "web widgets". Perhaps I don't understand well the issue but at
first sight I think that there should be only one Widget Descriptor
format, which of course, could be extended to address the needs of
different communities. But at least, the baseline should be common,
shouldn't it?
Best Regards
Marcos Caceres escribió:
Hi,
During the previous face 2 face meeting in Boston, Jon Ferraiolo of
the Open Ajax Alliance demonstrated a widget proposal and a set of
adapters which may be of interest to the working group. The OAA specs
are more closely aligned with "web widgets" (akin to iGoogle gadgets)
rather than "desktop widgets". However, there is plenty of potential
for cross-pollination of ideas between the groups. Please see in
particular:
http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/images/e/e8/OpenAjaxWidgets_IBM_20071019.pdf
http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/IDE_Widget_Metadata_Strawman_Proposal
Kind regards,
Marcos
ps: this closes ACTION-142 [1].
[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/waf/actions/142
