Letter to the W3C Web Applications WG from ISO JTC1/SC 34/WG4

[Innovimax SARL]

Dear,

I propose that we put this item in our agenda in Stockholm

Best regards,

Mohamed

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow at nokia.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your e-mail.
>
> Regarding your group following WebApps' widget-related specs, I think the
> easiest way is to subscribe to our Public mail list (public-webapps at w3.org)
> (see [1]). Please note our latest publication status is provided at [2].
>
> During our January 7 weekly widget voice conference, we briefly discussed
> [3] your e-mail. One area mentioned that could benefit from an open standard
> is ZIP (e.g. "ISO ZIP").
>
> -Regards, Art Barstow
>
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/PubStatus
> [3] http://www.w3.org/2010/01/07-wam-minutes.html#item03
>
>
>
> On Dec 29, 2009, at 2:09 AM, ext Innovimax SARL wrote:
>
>  Dear the W3C Web Applications WG,
>>
>> I am writing on behalf of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG4, which is responsible
>> for the maintenance of ISO/IEC 29500 (OOXML).
>>
>> WG4 reviewed the working draft "Widgets 1.0: Packaging and
>> Configuration" with interest.  It provides a package format similar to
>> the OPC(Open Packaging Conventions), which is specified in ISO/IEC
>> 29500-2.  The text of the OPC specification is available as
>> ECMA 376 Part 2 (Second Edition)
>> <http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm>
>> and from the public ISO Website
>> <http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html>.
>>
>> WG4 believes that widget packages and OPC packages are meant to meet
>> different requirements, and thus they cannot be unified in a hurry
>> without causing significant damage to OOXML, widgets, or both.
>> Requirements specific to OPC include file renaming and
>> fallback-guaranteed extensibility through ISO/IEC 29500-3 (Markup
>> Compatibility and Extensions).  Meanwhile, those specific to widget
>> packages include start files, icon files, localization, and
>> preferences among others.
>>
>> Nevertheless, WG4 believes that there are quite a few similarities
>> between widget packages and OPC packages, and that information
>> exchange between the W3C Web Applications WG and WG4 would be very
>> fruitful.  Specifically, WG4 is interested in URI schemes, media
>> types, and UTF-8 part names.
>>
>> WG4 understands that the widget package uses the latest version
>> (6.3.2) of the ZIP specification, which allows UTF-8.  Meanwhile,
>> ISO/IEC 29500-2 uses an earlier version (6.2.0) and relies on
>> the %HH convention, since 6.2.0 was the latest version when
>> Ecma TC45 started the first edition of OOXML.
>>
>> JTC1/SC34/WG4 looks forward to your views on this matter.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mohamed ZERGAOUI on behalf of SC34/WG4 Convenor MURATA Makoto (FAMILY
>> Given)
>>
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>>
>


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