This is really interesting. The Webkit 'intent' tag is supposed to accomplish basically the same objective as Learning Tools Interoperability. Instead of linking directly to a specific online application, such as a photo editor, it makes clear the intent of the tag, to (say) 'enable photo editing'. The browser software then inserts a link to your preferred application, or to a list of applications, as the case may be. This is better than LTI, of course, because the work is done by the individual browser, not the learning management system, which allows for genuinely personalized tools.
"For some more background on Web Intents, check out Paul Kinlan's blog, particularly his overview post on the brief history of Web Intents and his follow-up on using the Web Intents JavaScript APIs in Chrome. Tantek Çelik, the creator of microformats, also wrote a nice post last year on what he calls Web Actions (same thing, better name)."
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