W3C Working Draft: Widgets 1.0

Posted on 05. Dec, 2006 by Dean Whitney in archive   and has   0 Comments

Widgets are usually small client-side applications for displaying and updating remote data, packaged in a way to allow a single download and installation on a client machine. The widget may execute outside of the typical web browser interface. Examples include clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters. The W3C has begun a mandate to standardize the packaging format, the manifest file and interfaces for working with widgets.

Check it out here: W3C Working Draft: Widgets 1.0