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W3C Launches Technical Architecture Group

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-the-web-work-better dept.

jdaly writes " In an effort to build shared understanding of Web Architecture principles, W3C has chartered and assembled a Technical Architecture Group - the TAG for short. The TAG will document cross-technology Web architecture principles, and resolve architectural issues. The TAG will conduct its work on a public mailing list. Chair Tim Berners-Lee, Paul Cotton, Roy Fielding, David Orchard, Norman Walsh, and Stuart Williams join appointees Tim Bray, Dan Connolly, and Chris Lilley as the first TAG participants. Of note to Slashdot readers (perhaps): Neither Tim Bray nor Roy Fielding are connected with W3C Member organizations. Instead, they were chosen for their knowledge and achievements - as well as the importance they have in technical communities. Here is the general press release and the TAG homepage. "

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  1. Re:It's good to see this by Jon+Erikson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since when have Microsoft been alone in doing this? Let's face it, it was Netscape that started this trend of proprietory extensions with their additions to HTML, and companies like AOL and Freeserve that are happy to try and provide gated communities that leverage the strengths of the internet whilst keeping users locked into their domains.

    At least Microsoft is for once doing the right thing with SOAP.

    --

    Jon Erikson, IT guru

  2. Technical Architecture from those who don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    But they don't know anything about technical architecture! Look at the crap they've come up with: DOM, HTTP 1.0, HTML standards that aren't backward compatible, XML for everything. Ugh. These guys have set network computing back 30 years by being the first ones out the gate with inferior solutions.

  3. Re:Too Late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Right on! There are more working groups and recommendations, candidate recomendations, working drafts than anyone can possibly deal with. Talk about stifling innovation. If every one followed these "Standatds" written by committees of self interested beaurocrats we'd have a web that would be so full of errors it would be impossible to do anything. These guys should go home and let people just get to work!