The 2007-06-25 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20070625
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team
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Voice Recommendations Approved for Speech-Driven Web Applications
The World Wide Web Consortium today released "Voice Extensible
Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1" as a W3C Recommendation, confirming
the standard for voice-driven Web applications. Used daily in
millions of telephone calls, VoiceXML enables rapid development of
audio dialogs. Version 2.1 extends the language with eight commonly
implemented features including dynamic access to grammars and
scripts. Completely interoperable, VoiceXML 2.0 applications will
work under VoiceXML 2.1 without modification. VoiceXML and the
Recommendation for "Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition
(SISR) Version 1.0" approved in April are critical pieces of W3C
Speech Interface Framework. Read the testimonials and press release
and visit the Voice Browser home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-voicexml21-20070619/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-semantic-interpretation-20070405/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/#intro
http://www.w3.org/2007/06/voice-testimonial
http://www.w3.org/2007/06/voice-pressrelease
Canonical XML 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "Canonical XML 1.1" to
Candidate Recommendation. The canonical XML method is used to
determine whether an application has changed a document and whether
two XML documents are identical, allowing for low-level changes in
syntax permitted by XML 1.0. When the canonical forms are identical
the originals are logically equivalent within the application's
context. Version 1.1 addresses inheritance of attributes when
canonicalizing document subsets, to not inherit xml:id, and to treat
xml:base URI path processing properly. Implementation feedback and
comments are welcome through 30 September. Visit the XML Core home
page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xml-c14n11-20070621/
Workshop on XML Signature and Encryption: Call for Participation
Position papers are due 14 August for the Workshop on Next Steps for
XML Signature and XML Encryption to be held 25-26 September in
Mountain View, California, USA, hosted by VeriSign. Attendees will
discuss next steps for the XML Signature and XML Encryption
specifications and share their experiences implementing and
developing these standards. Topics may include interoperability and
robustness, performance, legal requirements for digital signature
formats, and the impact of the evolving XML environment. The
Workshop is expected to give its recommendations to the XML Security
Specifications Maintenance Working Group. The Workshop is free free
and open to all, however, submission of position papers is required
of all participants. Visit the Security home page and read about W3C
Workshops.
http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/cfp
http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/
http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
Serializing SPARQL Query Results in JSON
The RDF Data Access Working Group has updated the "Serializing
SPARQL Query Results in JSON" Working Group Note for the simplified
"SPARQL Query Results XML Format," removing two attributes.
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), a lightweight data-interchange
format, is used as an alternative to XML vocabulary to serialize the
results of SPARQL query forms. SPARQL offers developers and end
users a way to write and consume search results across a wide range
of information and provides a means of integration over disparate
sources. Visit the Semantic Web home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-rdf-sparql-json-res-20070618/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rdf-sparql-XMLres-20070614/
XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft
Documenting changes since Last Call, the Web API Working Group has
released an updated Working Draft of "The XMLHttpRequest Object."
The core component of Ajax, the XMLHttpRequest object is an
interface that allows scripts to perform HTTP client functions, such
as submitting form data or loading data from a remote Web site. Read
about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20070618/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
Enabling Read Access: Working Draft
The Web Application Formats (WAF) Working Group released an updated
Working Draft of "Enabling Read Access for Web Resources." Sandbox
restrictions on cross-site access to browsers can be relaxed
selectively with this mechanism. An HTTP header or XML processing
instruction or both can indicate read access is allowed. Read about
the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-access-control-20070618/
W3C Names Daniel Dardailler Director of International Relations and
Offices
W3C has named Daniel Dardailler to the new position of Director of
International Relations and Offices. Daniel oversees W3C Offices and
liaisons for international bodies such as UN organizations, the
Internet Governance Forum, ISOC, ISO, and ICANN. Daniel will
continue his role as Associate Chair for Europe. W3C named Klaus
Birkenbihl to the new position of Offices Coordinator. Visit the
Offices home page and read about International Relations and the W3C
management team.
http://www.w3.org/People/danield/
http://www.w3.org/People/danield/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/
http://www.w3.org/2001/11/StdLiaison
http://www.w3.org/People/Klaus/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/
http://www.w3.org/2007/IntlRel.html
http://www.w3.org/People/domain?domain=Management
Past home page news...
Upcoming Meetings
* W3C Workshop on Next Steps for XML Signature and XML Encryption,
25-26 September
* W3C/OpenAjax Alliance Workshop on Mobile Ajax, 28 September
* W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases, 25-26
October
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 27 June, Madrid, Spain: La Web como canal principal para la
Administración Electrónica. José Manuel Alonso presents at Foro
TIC Dintel.
* 11 July, New York, USA: Making Sense of Language Identification:
How changes in ISO 639 and IETF BCP 47 affect language tagging
and selection. Addison Phillips presents at 10th Open Metadata
Forum.
* 31 August, Singapore, Singapore: Introduction to the Semantic
Web. Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at International Conference on
Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
* 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: Streaming-Archival InkML
Conversion. Stephen M. Watt, Birendra Keshari present at
International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
(ICDAR).
* 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: New Aspects of InkML for
Pen-Based Computing. Stephen M. Watt presents at International
Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
* 26 September, Sydney, Australia: CSS. Bert Bos gives a lecture
at Web Directions South / W3C SIG Day.
* 27 September, Sydney, Australia: Web Directions breakfast. Bert
Bos presents at Web Directions South.
* 27 September, Sydney, Australia: A new life for old standards.
Bert Bos presents at Web Directions South.
* 3 October, Gijón, Spain: Browser panel. Bert Bos participates in
a panel at Fundamentos Web 2007.
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