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diff --git a/docs/2-widgets.md b/docs/2-widgets.md index 2a7972e..6b76027 100644 --- a/docs/2-widgets.md +++ b/docs/2-widgets.md @@ -1,7 +1,35 @@ # The widgets -The widgets are described by the W3C's technical recommendations -[Packaged Web Apps (Widgets)](http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets) and [XML Digital Signatures for Widgets](http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-digsig) +Applications are packaged and delivered in a digitally signed container +named *widget*. A widget contains: + +- the application and its data +- a configuration file *config.xml* +- signature files + +The format of widgets is described by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) +technical recommendations: + +- [Packaged Web Apps (Widgets)](http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets) + (note: now deprecated) + +- [XML Digital Signatures for Widgets](http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-digsig) + +Note that the technical recommendation +[Packaged Web Apps (Widgets)](http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets) +is now obsolete (since 11 october 2018). +It implies that a new format of widgets can be proposed in replacement. + + +The format is enough flexible to include the description of permissions +and dependencies required or provided by the application. + +Signature make possible to allow or deny permissions required by the +application based on certificates of signers. + +A chain of trust in the creation of certificates allows a hierarchical +structuring of permissions. + +It also adds the description of dependency to other service because AGL +programming model emphasis micro-services architecture design. -In summary, **widgets are ZIP files that can be signed and -whose content is described by the file <config.xml>**. |