Places:Sync

Goals

P1:

• provide the platform-level support required for sync extensions

P2:

• sync bookmarks hierarchy
• sync tag data

Requirements

• all bookmark and tag data must by sync-able.

• client api should allow server-dictated external authentication mechanisms, such as HTTP auth or browser-based auth.

• client api should allow extension data attached to bookmarks/folders/tags be synced as well (maybe just through annotations?).

should support the following scenarios:

• initial: client has data, server has none
• client changes: client has changes, server has no changes
• server changes: server has changes, cient has none
• concurrent overlapping: same item changed on both client and server
• concurrent non-overlapping: different items changed on both client and server

Implementation

• XXX provide info about sayrer's sync.js

Open Issues

• sync all item annos?
• security review of json on-the-wire, eval sandbox