The 2008-03-24 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080324
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Invites Community Discussion at WWW2008 Track
W3C invites WWW2008 conference attendees to discuss pressing Web
issues at the W3C Track in Beijing, China, on 23-24 April. Chaired
by Marie-Claire Forgue, W3C track will present nearly 25 topics,
some of them are related to the Internet use in China; read the
press release. In addition to the W3C Track, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C
Director and inventor of the Web, will give a keynote titled "The
Future of Web Applications" on Thursday, 24 April. A press
conference with Tim Berners-Lee is scheduled on Wednesday 23 April
at the Beijing International Convention Center; more details will be
available on the W3C track page.
http://www.w3.org/2008/04/w3c-track
http://www.w3.org/2008/03/www2008-pressrelease
http://www.bicc.com.cn/english/index.asp
http://www.w3.org/2008/04/w3c-track.html#Press
Last Call: Cool URIs for the Semantic Web
The Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) Interest Group has
published the Last Call Working Draft of "Cool URIs for the Semantic
Web." The Resource Description Framework (RDF) allows users to
describe both Web documents and concepts from the real world —
people, organizations, topics, things — in a computer-processable
way. Publishing such descriptions on the Web creates the Semantic
Web. URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) are very important to the
Semantic Web, providing both the core of the framework itself and
the link between RDF and the Web. This document presents guidelines
for the effective use of URIs in the context of the Semantic Web.
Comments are welcome through 28 March. Learn more about the Semantic
Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-cooluris-20080321/
Call for Review: XML Base (Second Edition) Proposed Edited
Recommendation
The XML Core Working Group has published the Proposed Edited
Recommendation of "XML Base (Second Edition)." This document
describes a facility, similar to that of HTML BASE, for defining
base URIs for parts of XML documents. All changes to the document
are recorded in the XML Base Errata document. Comments are welcome
through 30 June. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language
(XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xmlbase-20080320/
http://www.w3.org/2001/06/xmlbase-errata
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Pre-Obsolete Design by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/pre-obsolete-design.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* World Map and Statistics Challenge by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/world-map-statistics.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* W3C Team Planet... or Galaxy by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/w3c-team-planet.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* If you had to fix the Web... by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/fix-the-web.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* Get a CSS Drive by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/css-drive-with-songs.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* Many ways to access W3C mailing-lists by olivier Théreaux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/w3c-mailing-lists.html
http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
* CSS Validator gets an update by olivier Théreaux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/css-validator-update.html
http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
Upcoming Meetings
* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
W3C at WWW2008
Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:
23 April
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
24 April
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
* Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
Upcoming Talks
* 27 March, Zurich, Switzerland: The Web of Things. Dave Raggett
presents at Internet of Things 2008.
* 27 March, Munich, Germany: Identifying Resources on the Web and
Beyond. Felix Sasaki presents at MPG eScience Seminar on "Unique
and persistent identifiers".
* 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of
Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage. Philipp
Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
* 3 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Designing the Web for All of
Society Benefits Us All", "International Web Accessibility
Guidelines and Standards", and "Web Accessibility Basics. Shawn
Henry presents at Web Accessibility: Bridging the Digital
Divide.
* 4 April, London, United Kingdom: Building mobileOK Web sites.
François Daoust presents at Over The Air.
* 4 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Integrating Accessibility in
the Development Process" and "Accessible Ajax. Shawn Henry
presents at Web Accessibility: Bridging the Digital Divide.
* 21 April, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in
HTML. Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works
internationally. Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web
(through an example…). Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at The 17th
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 23 April, Beijing, China: Mobile Web in Rural China. Stéphane
Boyera presents at W3C Track, The 17th International World Wide
Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 23 April, Beijing, China: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 26 April, Budapest, Hungary: [title TBD]. Bert Bos presents at
Magyarországi Web Konferencia 2008.
* 1 May, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Mobile Messaging 2.0. Steve Bratt
participates in a panel at CTIA Wireless 2008.
* 6 May, Dublin, Ireland: XForms 1.1. Steven Pemberton gives a
tutorial at XTech 2008.
* 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: Why you should have a Website. Steven
Pemberton presents at XTech 2008.
* 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: CSS Advanced Layout is not only for big
grids. Bert Bos presents at XTech 2008.
* 19 May, Canberra, Australia: Improving Government through better
use of the Web. José Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at Web
Directions South: Government.
* 20 May, Barcelona, Spain: Fast Forward: Get Ready for Web 3.0.
Steve Bratt gives a keynote at bdigital Global Congress.
* 17 June, New York, NY, USA: Web of Data. Tim Berners-Lee
presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring the new web
of linked data.
* 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan Herman
gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des
Connaissances (IC2008).
* 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility
Standards Impact User Experience Design. Shawn Henry presents at
Usability Professionals' Association International Conference
2008.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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The 2008-03-17 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080317
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Mobile Technologies for Sustaining Development Focus of Workshop
W3C invites people to participate in a Workshop on the Role of
Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development in São Paulo,
Brazil, on 2-3 June 2008. W3C intends for this public Workshop to be
a multidisciplinary forum where mobile and Web technology experts,
NGO specialists, and egovernment representatives gather to learn
more about the specific needs, expectations, and challenges of
deploying services for underprivileged populations. Position papers
are due 20 April. Read the press release and learn more about the
W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) and the Digital World Forum project.
http://www.w3.org/2008/02/MS4D_WS/
http://www.w3.org/2008/02/MS4D_WS/
http://www.w3.org/2008/03/mw4d-pressrelease
http://digitalworld.ercim.org/
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1
The Voice Browser Working Group has published an updated Working
Draft of "Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1,"
part of the W3C framework for enabling access to the Web using
spoken interaction. SSML provides a rich, XML-based markup language
for assisting the generation of synthetic speech in Web and other
applications. It provides a standard way to control aspects of
speech such as pronunciation, volume, pitch, rate, etc. across
different synthesis-capable platforms. See the "list of changes" in
this draft and learn more about W3C's Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-speech-synthesis11-20080317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-speech-synthesis11-20080317/#AppG
RDFa Primer
The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and the XHTML2 Working
Group have jointly published an updated Working Draft of the "RDFa
Primer 1.0." The primer is an introduction to "RDFa," a method for
embedding structured data in XHTML. "Changes" in this draft align it
with the the interpretation of the @src attribute as specified in
the "21 February 2008 RDFa Syntax Last Call Working Draft." Visit
the XHTML2 and Semantic Web home pages.
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-rdfa-primer-20071026/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-syntax/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xhtml-rdfa-primer-20080317/#changes
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rdfa-syntax-20080221
Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Description Resources
The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
published an updated Working Draft of "Protocol for Web Description
Resources (POWDER): Description Resources." The purpose of the
"Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER)" is to provide a
means to describe a group of resources through the publication of
machine-readable metadata, as motivated by the "POWDER Use Cases."
The current document sets out how Description Resources (DRs) can be
created and published, whether individually or as bulk data, how to
link to DRs from other online resources, and, crucially, how DRs may
be authenticated and trusted. The aim is to provide a platform
through which opinions, claims and assertions about online resources
can be expressed by people and exchanged by machines. Learn more
about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-dr-20080317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/powder-grouping/
http://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/
SVG Open 2008 Conference and Exhibition
SVG Open 2008, the 6th International Conference on Scalable Vector
Graphics, will be held at the Maritim Hotel conference center in
Nuremberg, Germany on 26-28 August 2008, with additional workshops
on 29 August. Co-sponsored by W3C, the SVG Open conference series is
the premier forum for SVG designers, developers, and implementors to
share ideas, experiences, products, and strategies. The W3C SVG
Working Group and W3C staff members Chris Lilley and Doug Schepers
will participate. Proposals for presentation abstracts and course
outlines are welcome through 31 March. Early-bird registration is
now open, with a 25% discount for W3C Members. Learn more about the
W3C Graphics Activity
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_presenters
http://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_workshops
https://www.svgopen.org/2008/index.php?section=participate_registrat
ion
Mauro Nunez Named W3C Business Manager
W3C has named Mauro Nunez W3C Business Manager. This is a broadening
of his initial position as North American Business Manager, and
incorporates the already broader role that Mauro has assumed at the
Consortium since he was hired in October 2006. Mauro's primary
objective will be to foster a business and operating environment
that is cost-effective, productive and positive, across all W3C
operating locations. Please join us in congratulating Mauro on his
new role at W3C.
http://www.w3.org/People/Mauro/
http://www.w3.org/People/Mauro/
W3C Invites Implementations of XQuery Update Facility 1.0 (Candidate
Recommendation)
The XML Query Working Group has published the Candidate
Recommendation of "XQuery Update Facility 1.0." This document
defines an update facility that extends the "XML Query language,
XQuery." The XQuery Update Facility provides expressions that can
be used to make persistent changes (including node insertion,
deletion, modification, and creation) to instances of the XQuery 1.0
and XPath 2.0 Data Model. The Working Group also published today two
additional documents that will become Working Group notes: " XQuery
Update Facility 1.0 Requirements" and "XQuery Update Facility 1.0
Use Cases." Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xquery-update-10-20080314/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xquery-update-10-requirements-20080314/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xquery-update-10-use-cases-20080314/
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0: Comments Welcome on
First Public Working Draft
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published
a first public Working Draft of the "User Agent Accessibility
Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0." UAAG 2.0 addresses accessibility of
browsers and media players and their interoperability with assistive
technologies. It will cover more advanced Web technologies than
"UAAG 1.0." Read the invitation to review the UAAG 2.0 Working
Draft and about the Web Accessibility Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-UAAG20-20080312/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008JanMar/0062
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Telephone Game about the Semantic Web by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/semantic_web-telephone_game.html
* HTML WG members working together by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/html-wg-working-together.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* W3C reaches its 1000th translation! by Mauro Nunez
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/w3c_1000_translations.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Mauro/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
Upcoming Meetings
* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
W3C Track at WWW2008
Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:
23 April
* Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy, Lynda Hardman
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
24 April
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
Upcoming Talks
* 15 March, Los Angeles, USA: How Web Accessibility Guidelines
Apply to Design for the Ageing Population. Shadi Abou-Zahra,
Andrew Arch present at CSUN 2008.
* 17 March, Geneva, Switzerland: Video on the Web at W3C. Philippe
Le Hégaret presents at Media Distribution over Open Internet.
* 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of
Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage. Philipp
Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
* 21 April, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in
HTML. Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works
internationally. Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web
(through an example). Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at The 17th
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 23 April, Beijing, China: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 24 April, Beijing, China: Web Usage in China. Weihan Liu
presents at W3C Track, The 17th International World Wide Web
Conference (WWW2008).
* 26 April, Budapest, Hungary: [title TBD]. Bert Bos presents at
Magyarországi Web Konferencia 2008.
* 6 May, Dublin, Ireland: XForms 1.1. Steven Pemberton gives a
tutorial at XTech 2008.
* 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: CSS Advanced Layout is not only for big
grids. Bert Bos presents at XTech 2008.
* 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: Why you should have a Website. Steven
Pemberton presents at XTech 2008.
* 19 May, Canberra, Australia: Improving Government through better
use of the Web. José Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at Web
Directions South: Government.
* 17 June, New York, NY, USA: Web of Data. Tim Berners-Lee
presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring the new web
of connected data.
* 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan Herman
gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des
Connaissances (IC2008).
* 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility
Standards Impact User Experience Design. Shawn Henry presents at
Usability Professionals' Association International Conference
2008.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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The 2008-03-10 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080310
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Working Draft
The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group published
updated Working Drafts of "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
2.0" and "Implementation Techniques for ATAG 2.0." ATAG helps
developers design tools that are accessible so that people with
disabilities can use the tools, and so that the tools help produce
accessible Web content. Read the invitation to review the updated
ATAG 2.0 Working Drafts and learn more about the Web Accessibility
Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-20080310/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080310/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008JanMar/0058
Note: Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use
Cases
The Web Security Context Working Group has published the Group Note
"Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use Cases"
. The Working Group is chartered to recommend user interfaces that
help users make trust decisions on the Web. This Note explains the
group's technical aims (complementing the group charter), what
technologies may be used to achieve the group's mission, and how
proposals will be evaluated. This Note also includes an initial
collection of use cases that the group expects will drive its
technical work. Learn more about the Security Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-wsc-usecases-20080306/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Security/wsc-charter
W3C Video on the Web Seminar in Tokyo on 14 March
W3C invites the public to join a seminar on "Video on the Web" on 14
March 2008 from 13:00-15:30 at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; the
meeting page is available in Japanese. Philippe Le Hégaret, co-chair
of the W3C Video on the Web Workshop (December 2007 in Brussels)
will present a report on that Workshop. The seminar also includes a
panel session with Web Video industry specialists in Japan to
discuss current practices and future direction on "Video on the Web"
in Japan. All sessions will be held in Japanese (except Philippe's
talk), and one-by-one interpretation between English and Japanese
will be provided for Philippe's talk and the panel session. There
are a limited number of seats available. Please use the registration
page, also in Japanese.
http://www.w3.org/2008/03/video
http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/
http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/sign_up/w3c-video-seminar-200803/
RDB2RDF Incubator Group to Study Mapping Relational Data into RDF
W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the RDB2RDF Incubator
Group, sponsored by W3C Members Oracle, HP, PartnersHealthcare, and
OpenLink Software. The mission of this Incubator Group is twofold:
(1) to examine and classify existing approaches to mapping
relational data into RDF and assess whether standardization is
possible and/or necessary in this area, and (2) to examine and
classify existing approaches to mapping OWL classes to Relational
data, or, more accurately, SQL queries, moving towards the goal of
defining a standard in this area. See the charter for more
information. Read more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative
to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies.
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf/charter-20080304
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Browser wars, HTML test jam, and CSS awards at SXSW Interactive
in Austin by Dan Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/browser_wars_html_test_jam_and.html
* Character encoding in HTML by olivier Théreaux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/html-charset.html
http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
* Templating Language for Authoring Tools by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/web-templating-language.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
Upcoming Meetings
* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
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W3C Presentations at WWW2008
Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China.
23 April
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
* Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy, Lynda Hardman
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
24 April
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
Upcoming Talks
* 8 March, Austin, TX, USA: Catching up with Accessibility: The
Basics Quickly. Shawn Henry presents at SXSW Interactive 2008
Conference.
* 10 March, Berlin, Germany: An Introduction to POWDER
(tentative). Phil Archer, Thomas Tikwinski give a tutorial at
Web 2.0 Telecoms.
* 10 March, San Diego, CA, USA: New W3C Standards For Speech and
Multimodal Applications. Deborah Dahl presents at Voice Search
Conference.
* 15 March, Los Angeles, USA: How Web Accessibility Guidelines
Apply to Design for the Ageing Population. Shadi Abou-Zahra,
Andrew Arch present at CSUN 2008.
* 17 March, Geneva, Switzerland: Video on the Web at W3C. Philippe
Le Hégaret presents at Media Distribution over Open Internet.
* 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of
Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage. Philipp
Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works
internationally. Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web
(through an example…). Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at The 17th
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in
HTML. Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 23 April, Beijing, China: Localization and Internationalization
of Layout on the Web. Paul Nelson presents at W3C Track, The
17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 23 April, Beijing, China: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 17 June, New York, NY, USA: (not yet determined). Tim
Berners-Lee presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring
the new web of connected data.
* 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan Herman
gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des
Connaissances (IC2008).
* 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility
Standards Impact User Experience Design. Shawn Henry presents at
Usability Professionals' Association International Conference
2008.
* View upcoming talks by country
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The 2008-03-03 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080303
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Last Call: Service Modeling Language (SML) 1.1; SML Interchange Format
1.1
The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published Last Call
Working Drafts of "Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1" and
"Service Modeling Language Interchange Format, Version 1.1." The
former defines a language for modeling complex services and systems,
including their structure, constraints, policies, and best
practices. The latter defines an interchange format for SML. The
format identifies the model being interchanged, distinguishes
between model definition documents and model instance documents, and
defines the binding of rule documents with other documents in the
interchange set. Comments are welcome through 26 March. Learn more
about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-sml-20080303/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-sml-if-20080303/
Last Call: Element Traversal Specification
The Web API Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft
of "Element Traversal Specification." This specification defines
the ElementTraversal interface, which allows script navigation of
the elements of a DOM tree, excluding all other nodes in the DOM,
such as text nodes. It is intended to provide a more convenient
alternative to existing DOM navigation interfaces, with a low
implementation footprint. Comments are welcome through 3 April.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ElementTraversal-20080303/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
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Upcoming Meetings
* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...
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* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 3 March, Quito, Ecuador: Accessibility of the Web: Strategies
and Resources. Judy Brewer participates in a panel at Foro
G3ICT.
* 5 March, Seoul, Korea: Towards the Web of Things. Dave Raggett
presents at Mobile Wednesday Workshop.
* 5 March, Seoul, Korea: Mobile Web 2.0 Forum Standardization
Activities. Seungyun Lee presents at Mobile Wednesday Workshop.
* 7 March, Tokyo, Japan: State of the Semantic Web. Karl Dubost,
Ivan Herman present at INTAP Semantic Web Conference 2008.
* 8 March, Austin, TX, USA: Catching up with Accessibility: The
Basics Quickly. Shawn Henry presents at SXSW Interactive 2008
Conference.
* 10 March, Berlin, Germany: An Introduction to POWDER
(tentative). Phil Archer, Thomas Tikwinski give a tutorial at
Web 2.0 Telecoms.
* 10 March, San Diego, CA, USA: New W3C Standards For Speech and
Multimodal Applications. Deborah Dahl presents at Voice Search
Conference.
* 15 March, Los Angeles, USA: How Web Accessibility Guidelines
Apply to Design for the Ageing Population. Shadi Abou-Zahra,
Andrew Arch present at CSUN 2008.
* 17 March, Geneva, Switzerland: Video on the Web at W3C. Philippe
Le Hégaret presents at Media Distribution over Open Internet.
* 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of
Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage. Philipp
Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works
internationally. Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at
17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in
HTML. Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at
17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web
(through an example…). Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 17th
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 17 June, New York, NY, USA: (not yet determined). Tim
Berners-Lee presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring
the new web of connected data.
* 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan Herman
gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des
Connaissances (IC2008).
* 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility
Standards Impact User Experience Design. Shawn Henry presents at
Usability Professionals' Association International Conference
2008.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
* More talks...
W3C Membership
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New Members
* Kyoto Institute of Technology [Japan]
About W3C
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