The Offline URL Community Group has been proposed by Mike Perlman:<\/p>\n
Currently a file URL (file:\/\/\/) is the defined way to access a local file in a browser. For various reasons (some outdated) this is not a preferred mechanism. There have been several unsuccessful attempts to create an alternative, but these were focused on application-type functionality and not content.<\/p>\n
For content originally created in HTML, it makes the most sense to offer a mechanism to store the file locally in the same format. While, if this is desired, that process is the responsibility of the site, the browser functionality for it must be a recognized standard.<\/p>\n
This initiative is focused on creating an offline url standard to access HTML files and containers stored locally in a compressed format, but otherwise behave as close to possible as an online site accessed via http.<\/p>\n
The charter for this group is currently under development on GitHub<\/a>. If you are interested please follow and contribute there.<\/p>\n You are invited to support the creation of this group<\/a>. Once the group has a total of five supporters, it will be launched and people can join to begin work. In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once launched, the group will no longer be listed as “proposed”; it will be in the list of current groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on site-comments@w3.org<\/a><\/p>\n Thank you, The Offline URL Community Group has been proposed by Mike Perlman: Currently a file URL (file:\/\/\/) is the defined way to access a local file in a browser. For various reasons (some outdated) this is not a preferred mechanism. There … Continue reading
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