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February 15, 2007
Widgets the W3C kind.
A new initiative is underway at the W3C named : Widgets 1.0 , its intent is standardizing the various elements which compose applications that go by this same name.
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If you haven't seen many Widgets, the current front-runners in this space are Yahoo Widgets and Google Gadgets ( Gadgets being a cute synonym). With most widgets being deployed outside the browser and on a user's desktop, the work seems a little bit out of scope for the W3C, nevertheless the work is part of the W3C Rich Web Clients Activity group whose work include Web API's, compound documents and Web Application Formats.
Something to keep an eye on, as far as how existing web standards are incorporated into this new breed of rich-web application.
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Posted by Daniel at February 15, 2007 7:22 PM
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