HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:20:43 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.6 (Fedora) Last-Modified: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:14:23 GMT ETag: "73cc3-4e9-f12c15c0" Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 1257 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Format- and language-independent client extension framework ("object model")

Reasons PRO

Let the market take care of "language wars". Allowing a few different languages to fill different niches strengthens the standard.
Add interactivity to HTML, VRML, and other formats in a uniform way, without reinventing the wheel every time.

Reasons CON

Doing it right raises the complexity level somewhat.

Applications

Proposed Solutions

OpenDoc - Jed Harris (Component Integration Labs)
MHEG (ISO 13522 DIS) - Roger Price (ISO JTC1/SC29/WG12)

Updated: Tue Apr 11 1995
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HyperNews Responses

1. Using URLs and canonical bindings (Dave Raggett) 1. Resource Naming (Linas Vepstas)