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Will Netscape Netcaster support Microsofts CDF proposal?

April 26, 2017CDF Microsoft netcaster netscape proposal support

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Will Netscape Netcaster support Microsofts CDF proposal?

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Microsoft’s Channel Definition Format (CDF) is a proposal based on another proposal, XML, that is complex and far from being accepted. Netscape does not believe that the CDF is needed when netcasting can be implemented more flexibly with the existing open standards of HTML, Java, and JavaScript. Netscape will be able to support CDF functionality by allowing content developers to use JavaScript to specify netcasting parameters. This approach will allow the Netscape netcasting platform to be open and flexible and to avoid locking content developers into an unproven, limiting specification.