Craig Hawker

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts aimed at documenting the development of an XCRI-CAP 1.2 validator. The entire series can be found by visiting the validator blog post list. My aim is to post a new blog post every week until the development is complete, then at least once every month [...]

This is the third in a series of blog posts aimed at documenting the development of an XCRI-CAP 1.2 validator. The entire series can be found by visiting the validator blog post list. My aim is to post a new blog post every week until the development is complete, then at least once every month [...]

This is the second in a series of blog posts aimed at documenting the development of an XCRI-CAP 1.2 validator. The entire series can be found by visiting the validator blog post list. My aim is to post a new blog post every week until the development is complete, then at least once every month [...]

This is the first in a series of blog posts aimed at documenting the development of an XCRI-CAP 1.2 validator. My aim is to post a new blog post every week until the development is complete, then at least once every month to document both the usage of the validator as well as any community-highlighted modifications or issues.

Prompted primarily by a customer enquiry, I recently posted on Twitter asking my followers whether they had any knowledge of industry best standard with respect to the EU Cookie Directive that’s due to come into force on the 26th May.  The answer, unfortunately, was a resounding “no”. This is in most part due to the [...]

Rather than posting this on twitter which can be a rather fleeting act I have decided to write a quick blog post on the XCRI Generator Library, its current status, and my plans moving forward. A little history… I’m not going to go into every commit but I have been conscious to make the binaries [...]

Overview I first got involved with XCRI a couple of years ago and have since produced an online XCRI validator which is being used by a number of organisations in the UK looking to consume XCRI feeds. To help augment that, as some people already know, I’ve been working on producing a .NET base library [...]

This is a very short blog post to say that I’m working on something XCRI-related that’s very, very close to its first announcement. The purpose of this project is to provide a resource for educational institutions looking to implement their own XCRI feeds but for whom the undertaking causes a resource issue. I hope to [...]

As people who know me will attest, I’ve been watching the development and imminent launch of Windows Phone 7 with a lot of interest. Firstly I like the UI, secondly I love the idea of being able to take my existing development skills in .NET and start to easily develop applications. That said, I don’t [...]

An updated version of the XCRI Validator – originally discussed in this blog post – has just been put live. The change log is fairly light: Improved accessibility to guidance Instead of being shown the (often cryptic) XML validation error, with a link to the detailed guidance, the guidance is now shown in-line. This should [...]