HTTP based protocol to attach meta-data to an email address
The Open Web Foundation is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications.
HAL is a format you can use in your API that gives you a simple way of linking. It has two variants, one in JSON and one in XML.
This memo describes a method for locating host metadata for Web-based protocols. Such metadata could be, e.g., crossdomain.xml, robots.txt, webfinger infos, etc.
This series covers the incremental approach embodied by the WHATWG specifications and the radical cleanup of XHTML proposed by the W3C. Additionally, the author gives an overview of the W3C's new Rich Client Activity.