Er... I dunno if I'd mention HTML (with A, IMG, EMBED/APP/APPLET) and
OpenDoc in the same breath -- the scope of functionality is vastly
different. But yes, we're working on rounding out HTML's linking and
embedding mechanisms. A press release about "active objects" or some
such went out today regarding some work we've got going with several
major players. The technical draft should be publicly available soon
after we recover from the WWW4 conference.
Speaking of the conference, I'll be on a panel about this sort
of thing:
"The Future of Object Technology in the WWW"
Submitted by Mark Madsen, Information Services Framework, APM Ltd
http://www.w3.org/pub/Conferences/WWW4/Panels/obj3.html
> Information on the W3C site:
>http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/DesignIssues/DistObjApps.html
Er... that's a pretty raw document that Rohit and myself have only
spent a little time on. There are a couple other documents that folks
should look at:
"WW and OO" in the W3C Activity List: (by TimBL)
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Consortium/Prospectus/OO.html
OORPC Protocol Development
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Protocols/OORPC/Overview.html
Dan