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The Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0

There is a W3C effort (working draft) titled Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format. EXI is the result of work by the W3C’s XML Binary Characterization (XBC) and Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Working Groups, and as you can see is applicable to (and might…

W3C has released Widgets 1.0: Working Draft

Very interesting… the W3C has taken a stab at a Widgets spec for packaging and scripting and other! Awesome! Exactly what is needed — order, consistency, a common technical approach. From the W3C web site: 2006-11-09: The Web Application Formats Working Group has…

W3C on the future of Device Description Repository

From W3C: Participants in the International Workshop on the Implementation of a Device Description Repository have published their report. … the workshop participants debated the expected nature of the Device Description Repository (DDR). All agreed it should be simple. The API and a…

W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 to Candidate Recommendation

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced the advancement of the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 to Candidate Recommendation. Of great importance is that these are the guidelines that are going to be used to enforce .mobi mobile website's behavior. From the W3C…

The XMLHttpRequest Object W3C Working Draft

The W3C has published The XMLHttpRequest Object specification working draft… As you may know, the XMLHttpRequest object is at the center of AJAX, and while it is implemented across Web browsers, the implementations are not 100% interoperable, requiring special handling by developers. The…