Tech all over the world: April 2008

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

SVG Working and Interest Groups Chartered

W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the SVG Working Group.
Erik Dahlström (Opera Software ASA) and Andrew Emmons (W3C Invited
Expert) continue to chair the group, which is chartered to work in
public to continue the evolution of Scalable Vector Graphics as a
format and a platform, and enhance the adoption and usability of SVG
in combination with other technologies. A new SVG Interest Group is
also chartered to foster the widespread discussion of Scalable
Vector Graphics as a format and a platform, to gather requirements,
and enhance the adoption and usability of SVG in combination with
other technologies. Learn more about Scalable Vector Graphics.

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG

http://www.w3.org/2007/11/SVG_rechartering/SVG-WG-charter.html

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/

http://www.w3.org/2007/11/SVG_rechartering/SVG-IG-charter.html

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

Feedback Sought on Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers

The Mobile Web Test Suites Working Group has released a stable
version of its Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers, and has
sent an invitation to the community to share reports of browser
support and other feedback on the test itself. Read more about the
design of the test. Read more about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/Tests/

http://dev.w3.org/2008/mobile-test/test.html

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/is_your_mobile_browser_ready_f.html

http://dev.w3.org/2008/mobile-test/doc.html

http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg.html

Three RIF Working Drafts Published

The Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Working Group published three
drafts today:
* "RIF Basic Logic Dialect (RIF-BLD)"
* "RIF Framework for Logic Dialects (RIF-FLD)"
* "RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility (RIF-RDF-OWL)"

These drafts help solidify the "pure logic rules" branch of RIF,
which is distinct from the "production rules" branch (on which a
Working Draft is expected within the next 6 months). Both branches
share "RIF Core" (also expected within the next 6 months). The
Framework document (FLD) specifies how the various logic dialects
relate, while the Basic Logic Dialect (BLD) provides an interlingua
for rule languages providing approximately "Horn" expressivity. The
third document specifies how BLD can be logically combined with RDF
and OWL. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-bld-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-fld-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/

ISOC-IL New Host of W3C Israel Office

W3C is pleased to announce that the Israel Chapter of the Internet
Society (ISOC-IL) is the new host of the W3C Israel Office. Ori Idan
will manage the Office from ISOC-IL. W3C wishes to thank Michel
Bercovier and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for hosting the W3C
Israel Office since 1999; Michel will remain involved as senior
advisor. Learn more about the the W3C Offices, which promote
adoption of W3C Recommendations in local regions among developers,
application builders, and other regional stake-holders.

http://www.isoc.org.il/

http://www.w3c.org.il/

http://www.huji.ac.il/

Last Call: The XMLHttpRequest Object

The Web API Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft
of "The XMLHttpRequest Object." The XMLHttpRequest Object
specification defines an API that provides scripted client
functionality for transferring data between a client and a server.
Comments are welcome through 2 June. Learn more about the Rich Web
Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Delivery Context Ontology Draft Published

The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has published a
Working Draft of "Delivery Context Ontology." The Delivery Context
Ontology provides a formal model of the characteristics of the
environment in which devices interact with the Web or other
services. The delivery context is an important source of information
that can be used to adapt materials to make them useable on a wide
range of different devices with different capabilities. The delivery
context includes the characteristics of the device, the software
used to access the service and the network providing the connection
among others. This document describes the ontology (using "OWL" )
and gives details of each property that it contains. Learn more
about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-dcontology-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-guide/

http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/

Web Services Internationalization Draft Published

The Internationalization Core Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Web Services Internationalization (WS-I18N)." This
document describes enhancements to "SOAP messaging" to provide
internationalized and localized operations using locale and
international preferences. These mechanisms can be used to
accommodate a wide variety of development models for international
usage. Learn more about the Internationalization Activity.

http://www.w3.org/International/core/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ws-i18n-20080415/

http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/

http://www.w3.org/International/

Device Description Repository Core Vocabulary Group Note Published

The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
published a Group Note of "Device Description Repository Core
Vocabulary." This document identifies properties that are
considered essential for adaptation of content in the Mobile Web.
Its intended use is to define a baseline Vocabulary for Device
Description Repository (DDR) implementations. The Vocabulary defined
in this document is not intended to represent an exhaustive set of
properties for content adaptation. DDR Implementations that require
additional properties are free to make use of additional
vocabularies. The process of creating a new Vocabulary can be
modeled on the process described in this document. Learn more about
the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-ddr-core-vocabulary-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/urw3/

Incubator Group Report: Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web

The Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group
published their final report. The document includes a set of use
case descriptions that illustrate situations for reasoning under
uncertainty; some of the use cases include comprehensive information
and details on how uncertainty would help to address issues that
cannot be properly addressed with current deterministic approaches.
The document also identifies methodologies that may be applied to
address the use cases and that show promise as candidate solutions
for uncertainty reasoning on the scale of the World Wide Web. This
publication is part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C
Members can innovate and experiment. This work is not on the W3C
standards track.

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/urw3/XGR-urw3-20080331/

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/cwl/

Incubator Group Report: Common Web Language

The Common Web Language Incubator Group published their final
report. The goal of the Common Web Language (CWL) is to allow the
exchange of information through the Web and also for enabling
computers to process information semantically. CWL allows people to
describe contents and meta-data of Web pages written in natural
language; the language seeks to lower language barriers and to
facilitate the automatic extraction of information from Web pages.
This publication is part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where
W3C Members can innovate and experiment. This work is not on the W3C
standards track.

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/cwl/XGR-cwl-20080331/

Past home page news...

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/is_your_mobile_browser_ready_f.html

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Is your (mobile) browser ready for the Web? by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux

http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/

* Proposed Activity for Video on the Web by Philippe Le Hégaret

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/proposed_activity_for_video_on.html

http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/

* Past Q&A Blog ...

http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...

* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...

http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun

WWW 2008

Multiple presenters will be at The 17th International World Wide Web
Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:

21 April

* RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTML, by Ben Adida, Elias
Torres, Ivan Herman
* Producing XML that works internationally, by Richard Ishida,
Felix Sasaki
* Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…), by Ivan
Herman

23 April

* W3C booth, by Marie-Claire Forgue
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee

24 April

* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
* 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
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers

Upcoming Talks

* 21 April, Geneva, Switzerland: Web Accessibility Guidelines, in
panel on accessible content and services: addressing information
deprivation (via teleconference). Judy Brewer participates in a
panel at The Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities for ICT Standards.
* 22 April, Beijing, China: Looking To The Future: Web
Accessibility, Ageing, and Emerging Web Trends. Shadi Abou-Zahra
gives a keynote at W4A 2008.
* 23 April, Rabat, Morocco: L'Importance des Standards Ouverts
pour l'Interopérabilité . Najib Tounsi presents at Atelier
International «Développement de l'administration électronique :
Rôle et importance de l'interopérabilité des SI de
l'Administration».
* 23 April, beijing, China: A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from
Global Outreach. Daniel Dardailler presents at W3C Track
WWW2008.
* 24 April, Beijing, China: The Future of Web Applications. Tim
Berners-Lee gives a keynote at The 17th International World Wide
Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 24 April, Beijing, China: Building a More Secure Browser.
Mary-Ellen Zurko 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, Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Verordnete (Barriere-)Freiheit.
Shadi Abou-Zahra participates in a panel at Einfach-für-Alle
Tagung.
* 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.
* 14 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Internationalisering och lokalisering
-- språk på webben. Olle Olsson presents at Språk och Internet.
* 18 May, San Jose, CA, USA: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
Herman presents at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 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.
* 22 May, San Jose, CA, USA: Bringing SemTech Back to the
Business. Ivan Herman participates in a panel at 2008 Semantic
Technology Conference.
* 27 May, London, United Kingdom: One Big Happy Family: Practical
Collaboration on Meaningful Markup . Dan Brickley presents at
Microformats vEvent.
* 2 June, Västerås, Sweden: Framtidssäkra eFörvaltningen. Olle
Olsson participates in a panel at Offentliga Rummet 2008.
* 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.
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W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-04-14

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-04-14 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:

http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080414

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Six OWL 2 Drafts Published

The OWL Working Group published six drafts today related to the OWL
2 Web Ontology Language:
* "Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax"
* "Model-Theoretic Semantics"
* "Mapping to RDF Graphs"
* "XML Serialization"
* "Profiles"
* "Primer"

OWL 2 (previously known as OWL 1.1) defines extensions to "OWL,"
which is one of the core standards of the Semantic Web. Semantic Web
terms (such as "author" or "title") can be organized into
vocabularies (such as "data about publications"). OWL is used to
represent the meaning of terms (see, for example, the work of the
Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group) in these vocabularies
(or, "ontologies'), and relationships between those terms. Three of
the drafts published today (syntax, semantics, and mapping-to-rdf)
are the same as their January 2008 counterparts except for the name
change. Of the three new drafts: "XML Serialization" specifies a new
XML (not RDF/XML) syntax for OWL; "Profiles" specifies subsets
(logical fragments) of OWL that target particular application
contexts; and the "Primer" provides a unified technical introduction
to OWL 2. The Working Group seeks feedback on these drafts and has
highlighted particular issues throughout the documents. Learn more
about the Semantic Web.

http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-syntax-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-semantics-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-mapping-to-rdf-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-xml-serialization-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-profiles-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-primer-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/

http://www.w3.org/News/2008/News/2008#item64

http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces Working Draft Published

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published an updated
Working Draft of Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces (MMI
Architecture), which defines a loosely coupled architecture for
multimodal user interfaces. The main change in this draft is a more
thorough specification of the events sent between the Runtime
Framework and the Modality Components, including both schemas for
the individual messages and ladder diagrams showing message
sequences. The architecture envisioned by the Working Group will
provide a general and flexible framework providing interoperability
among modality-specific components from different vendors - for
example, speech recognition from one vendor and handwriting
recognition from another. Learn more about W3C's Multimodal
Interaction Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/Activity.html

Content Transformation Guidelines 1.0, Comments on First Public Draft
Welcome

The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published the First
Public Working Draft of "Content Transformation Guidelines 1.0."
This document provides guidance to managers of content
transformation proxies and to content providers for how to
coordinate when delivering Web content. Content transformation
techniques diverge widely on the web, with many non-standard HTTP
implications, and no well-understood means either of identifying the
presence of such transforming proxies, nor of controlling their
actions. This document establishes a framework to allow that to
happen. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ct-guidelines-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/

Four "Widgets 1.0" Working Drafts Published

The Web Application Formats Working Group has published four Working
Drafts related to Widgets 1.0: The Widget Landscape (Q1 2008),
"Packaging and Configuration," "Digital Signature," and
"Requirements" ; these are the First Public drafts for Digital
Signatures and Landscape. Widgets are small client-side Web
applications for displaying and updating remote data, that are
packaged in a way to allow a single download and installation on a
client machine, mobile phone, or mobile Internet device. "Landscape"
reviews commonalities and fragmentation across widget user agents
and explores how fragmentation currently affects, amongst other
things, authoring, security, distribution and deployment,
internationalization and the device-independence of widgets.
"Packaging" defines a Zip-based packaging format and an XML-based
configuration document format for widgets. "Digital Signature"
defines a profile of the XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
specification to allow a widget resource to be digitally signed.
"Requirements" lists the design goals and requirements that
specification would need to address in order to standardize various
aspects of widgets. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

TR/2008/WD-widgets-land-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-digsig-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-reqs-20080414/

http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Requirements of Japanese Text Layout Draft Published

"" Participants from four W3C Groups — CSS, Internationalization
Core, SVG and XSL Working Groups — as part of the Japanese Layout
Task Force published "Requirements of Japanese Text Layout." This
document describes requirements for general Japanese layout realized
with technologies like CSS, SVG and XSL-FO. The document is mainly
based on a standard for Japanese layout, JIS X 4051. However, it
also addresses areas which are not covered by JIS X 4051. "Japanese
version" is also available. Learn more about "basics of Japanese
text layout" and W3C's Internationalization Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-jlreq-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

http://www.w3.org/International/core/

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/

http://www.w3.org/2007/02/japanese-layout/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-jlreq-20080411/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-jlreq-20080411/ja/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-jlreq-20080411/#heading1

http://www.w3.org/International/

Last Call: XHTML Role Attribute Module

The XHTML2 Working Group has published the second Last Call Working
Draft of "XHTML Role Attribute Module." The XHTML Role Attribute
defined in this specification allows the author to annotate XML
Languages with machine-extractable semantic information about the
purpose of an element. Use cases include accessibility, device
adaptation, server-side processing, and complex data description.
This attribute can be integrated into any markup language based upon
XHTML Modularization. Comments are welcome through 10 May. Learn
more about the HTML Activity.

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xhtml-role-20080407/

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity

Language Bindings for DOM Specifications Draft Published

The Web API Working Group has published the Working Draft of
"Language Bindings for DOM Specifications." This specification
defines an Interface Definition Language (IDL) to be used by other
specifications that define a Document Object Model (DOM). The
document also addresses how interfaces described with this IDL
correspond to constructs within ECMAScript and Java execution
environments. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DOM-Bindings-20080410/

http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 Draft Published

The Math Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0." This is the
third draft of MathML, an XML application for describing
mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content.
The goal of MathML is to enable mathematics to be served, received,
and processed on the World Wide Web, just as HTML has enabled this
functionality for text. Learn more about the Math Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Math/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-MathML3-20080409/

http://www.w3.org/Math/

Rich Web Application Backplane Incubator Group to Study Building Blocks
for Web Applications

W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Rich Web Application
Backplane Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C Members CWI, HP, IBM,
and Xerox. The mission of the XG is to explore and refine the
architecture of a "Rich Web Application Backplane" -- a set of
common building blocks for Web applications. The XG charter states:
"[B]enefits to end-user interaction of adopting such common
infrastructure will include richer user interaction enabled through
simplified approaches to mixing multiple interaction technologies in
a single application. The ability to easily share data across
multiple components, and to freely intermix AJAX and declarative
components, should support a wider range of high function composable
UIs." Like all XG's, this group's work is not standards-track. Read
more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster
development of emerging Web-related technologies.

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/app-backplane/charter-20080409.html

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/

Last Call: Device Description Repository Simple API

The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
published the First Public and Last Call Working Draft of "Device
Description Repository Simple API." Web content delivered to mobile
devices usually benefits from being tailored to take into account a
range of factors such as screen size, markup language support and
image format support. Such information is stored in "Device
Description Repositories" (DDRs). This document describes a simple
API for access to DDRs, in order to ease and promote the development
of Web content that adapts to its Delivery Context. Comments are
welcome through 01 May. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DDR-Simple-API-20080404/

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/

Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group Drafts Show Power of Data
Integration

The mission of the W3C Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLS) Interest
Group is to show how to use Semantic Web technology to answer
cross-disciplinary questions in life science that have, until now,
been prohibitively difficult to research. Today the HCLS Interest
Group published two Working Drafts. The first describes the
"construction and use of the knowledge base" that was used as part
of a demonstration of life sciences data integration at the the 2007
World Wide Web Conference in Banff, Canada. The second document
explains the process of " integrating data with an existing Semantic
Web knowledge base." The success of the group continues to draw
industry interest. W3C Members are currently reviewing a draft
charter that would enable the renewed HCLS Interest Group to develop
and support use cases that have clear scientific, business and/or
technical value, using Semantic Web technologies in three areas:
life science, translational medicine, and health care. We invite all
W3C Members to review the draft charter (which is public during the
review), and encourage those who are interested in using the
Semantic Web to solve knowledge representation and integration on a
large scale to join the Interest Group. Learn more about the
Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-hcls-kb-20080404/

http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/HCLSIG_DemoHomePage_HCLSIG_Demo

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-hcls-senselab-20080404/

http://www.w3.org/2007/07/HCLSIGCharter

Past home page news...

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/badges.html

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* A validator is not an accessibility evaluation tool? by
Michael(tm) Smith

* Unescape HTML Entities in Python by Karl Dubost

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/unescape-html-entities-python.html

http://www.w3.org/People/karl/

* Past Q&A Blog ...

http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...

* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...

http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun

WWW 2008

Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:

21 April

* Producing XML that works internationally, by Richard Ishida,
Felix Sasaki
* Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…), by Ivan
Herman
* RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTML, by Ben Adida, Elias
Torres, Ivan Herman

23 April

* W3C booth, by Marie-Claire Forgue
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera

24 April

* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
* Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko

Upcoming Talks

* 17 April, Stockholm, Sweden: Vad nytt under webben?. Olle Olsson
is at SICS Open House 2008.
* 17 April, Stockholm, Sweden: HTML 5 - kommande HTML-standard.
Olle Olsson presents at SICS Open House 2008.
* 18 April, Stockholm, Sweden: Framtidsspaning. Olle Olsson
presents at ITARC2008.
* 22 April, Beijing, China: Looking To The Future: Web
Accessibility, Ageing, and Emerging Web Trends. Shadi Abou-Zahra
gives a keynote at W4A 2008.
* 23 April, Rabat, Morocco: L'Importance des Standards Ouverts
pour l'Interopérabilité . Najib Tounsi presents at Atelier
International «Développement de l'administration électronique :
Rôle et importance de l'interopérabilité des SI de
l'Administration».
* 24 April, Beijing, China: Designing the Web for All of Society.
Shawn Henry presents at W3C Track, The 17th International World
Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 24 April, Beijing, China: The Future of Web Applications. Tim
Berners-Lee gives a keynote at 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.
* 6 May, Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Verordnete (Barriere-)Freiheit.
Shadi Abou-Zahra participates in a panel at Einfach-für-Alle
Tagung.
* 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.
* 14 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Internationalisering och lokalisering
-- språk på webben. Olle Olsson presents at Språk och Internet.
* 18 May, San Jose, CA, USA: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
Herman presents at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 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.
* 22 May, San Jose, CA, USA: Bringing SemTech Back to the
Business. Ivan Herman participates in a panel at 2008 Semantic
Technology Conference.
* 27 May, London, United Kingdom: One Big Happy Family: Practical
Collaboration on Meaningful Markup . Dan Brickley presents at
Microformats vEvent.
* 2 June, Västerås, Sweden: Framtidssäkra eFörvaltningen. Olle
Olsson participates in a panel at Offentliga Rummet 2008.
* 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.
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-04-07

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-04-07 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:

http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080407

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Last Call: XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

The XML Core Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft
of "XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1." This specification
defines the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1, which allows
elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and
describe links between resources. It uses XML syntax to create
structures that can describe links similar to the simple
unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML, as well as more
sophisticated links. Comments are welcome through 16 May. Learn more
about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xlink11-20080331/

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/swsc/

Incubator Group Report: W3C SWS Challenge Testbed Incubator Methodology
Report

The W3C SWS Testbed Incubator Group published their final report:
SWS Challenge Testbed Incubator Methodology Report. This document
describes the SWS Testbed XG's Final Report on the best practices
for a methodology for evaluating the efficacy of various techniques
for mediation, discovery, and composition of Web Services, such
techniques including software engineering approaches as well as
semantic annotations. These best practices are based upon two years
of experience with five workshops and one year of discussion and
meetings on this subject by the XG Participants. The publication is
part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can
innovate and experiment.

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/swsc/XGR-SWSC-20080331/

http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/

Web Security Context: Experience, Indicators, and Trust Working Draft
Published

The Web Security Context Working Group has published a Working Draft
of "Web Security Context: Experience, Indicators, and Trust." This
specification deals with the trust decisions that users must make
online, and with ways to support them in making safe and informed
decisions where possible. In order to achieve that goal, this
specification includes recommendations on the presentation of
identity information by Web user agents; on handling errors in
security protocols in a way that minimizes the trust decisions left
to users, and induces them toward safe behavior where they have to
make these decisions; and on data entry interactions that will make
it easier for users to enter sensitive data into legitimate sites
than to enter them into illegitimate sites. Learn more about the
Security Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-wsc-xit-20080403/

http://www.w3.org/Security/

CURIE Syntax 1.0 Working Draft Published

The XHTML2 Working Group has published a Working Draft of "CURIE
Syntax 1.0." The aim of this document is to outline a syntax for
expressing URIs in a generic, abbreviated syntax. While it has been
produced in conjunction with the XHTML 2 Working Group, it is not
specifically targeted at use by XHTML Family Markup Languages. Note
that the target audience for this document is Language designers,
not the users of those Languages. Learn more about the HTML
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-curie-20080402/

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity

Cool URIs for the Semantic Web Interest Group Note

The Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) Interest Group has
published an Interest Group Note " 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.
Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/

http://www.w3.org//TR/2008/NOTE-cooluris-20080331/

Past home page news...

W3C Questions and Answers Blog

No recent entries in the Q&A Blog.

Upcoming Meetings

* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
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* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...

http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun

Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:

21 April

* RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTML, by Ben Adida, Elias
Torres, Ivan Herman
* Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…), by Ivan
Herman
* Producing XML that works internationally, by Richard Ishida,
Felix Sasaki

23 April

* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
* 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
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy
* Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam

24 April

* The Future of Web Applications, by Tim Berners-Lee [Keynote]
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
* Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
* Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko

Upcoming Talks

* 17 April, Stockholm, Sweden: HTML 5 - kommande HTML-standard.
Olle Olsson presents at SICS Open House 2008.
* 17 April, Stockholm, Sweden: Vad nytt under webben?. Olle Olsson
is at SICS Open House 2008.
* 18 April, Stockholm, Sweden: Framtidsspaning. Olle Olsson
presents at ITARC2008.
* 23 April, Beijing, China: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
* 24 April, Beijing, China: POWDER Use Cases. Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
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.
* 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: 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.
* 14 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Internationalisering och lokalisering
-- språk på webben. Olle Olsson presents at Språk och Internet.
* 18 May, San Jose, CA, USA: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
Herman presents at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 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.
* 27 May, London, United Kingdom: One Big Happy Family: Practical
Collaboration on Meaningful Markup . Dan Brickley presents at
Microformats vEvent.
* 2 June, Västerås, Sweden: Framtidssäkra eFörvaltningen. Olle
Olsson participates in a panel at Offentliga Rummet 2008.
* 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

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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-03-31

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-03-31 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:

http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080331

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Requirements Version 2.0; Comments
Welcome on First Public Draft

The XSL Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft
of "Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Requirements Version 2.0."
This document enumerates the collected requirements for a 2.0
version of XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO), not for XSLT. XSL-FO is
widely deployed in industry and academia where multiple output forms
(typically print and online) are needed from single source XML. It
is used in many diverse applications and countries on a large number
of implementations to create technical documentation, reports and
contracts, terms and conditions, invoices and other forms
processing, such as driver's licenses and postal forms. The XSL
Working Group invites people to help prioritize the feature set of
XSL 2.0 by completing a survey until the end of September 2008.
Learn more about the W3C XML Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xslfo20-req-20080326/

http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/xslfo20requirements/

http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/

XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0 and Use Cases; Comments on First Public
Drafts Welcome

The XML Query Working Group has published two First Public Working
Drafts: "XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0" and "XQuery Scripting
Extension 1.0 Use Cases." The former defines an extension to XQuery
1.0 and XQuery Update Facility. Expressions can be evaluated in a
specific order, with later expressions seeing the effects of the
expressions that came before them. This specification introduces the
concept of a block with local variable declarations, as well as
several new kinds of expressions, including assignment, while,
continue, break, and exit expressions. The latter specification
includes the usage scenarios that motivate the changes in the
former. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-20080328/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-use-cases-20080328/

http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/databinding/

Last Call: Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0

The XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group has published
two documents: the Last Call Working Draft of "Basic XML Schema
Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0" and an ordinary Working Draft
of " Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0." The
first specification provides a set of basic "XML Schema 1.0"
patterns known to be interoperable between state of the art
databinding implementations.The patterns may be used to describe
"XML 1.0" representations of commonly used data structures. Last
Call comments are welcome through 30 April. The second specification
provides a set of commonly used XML Schema 1.0 patterns known to
cause issues with some state of the art databinding implementations.
Learn more about the Web Services Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xmlschema-patterns-20080328/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xmlschema-patterns-advanced-20080328/

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/

http://www.w3.org/TR/xml

http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0

The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0." This
document is the specification of the Efficient XML Interchange (EXI)
format. EXI is a very compact representation for the "Extensible
Markup Language (XML) Information Set" that is intended to
simultaneously optimize performance and the utilization of
computational resources. The EXI format uses a hybrid approach drawn
from the information and formal language theories, plus practical
techniques verified by measurements, for entropy encoding XML
information. Using a relatively simple algorithm, which is amenable
to fast and compact implementation, and a small set of data types,
it reliably produces efficient encodings of XML event streams. Learn
more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/EXI/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-exi-20080326/

http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/

http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/

XML Query (XQuery) 1.1 Use Cases

The XML Query Working Group has published the First Public Working
Draft of "XML Query (XQuery) 1.1 Use Cases." This document
specifies usage scenarios for XML Query (XQuery) 1.1, to illustrate
important applications for the query language. Each use case is
focused on a specific application area, and contains a Document Type
Definition (DTD) and example input data. Each use case specifies a
set of queries that might be applied to the input data, and the
expected results for each query. See " changes" from the previous
draft and learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-use-cases-20080327/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-use-cases-20080327/#ChangeLog

http://www.w3.org/Policy/pling/

W3C Staff to Participate in Research on Privacy and Identity Management

Privacy assures autonomy of the individual, a necessary precondition
for a democratic society. W3C is pleased to announce the launch of
the PrimeLife research project. W3C Staff members Thomas Roessler
and Rigo Wenning will participate in this three-year, 10 Million
Euro multi-partner research effort. The goal of the project is to
develop scalable tools to help people protect their privacy and
manage their identities in new and emerging services and
applications (such as virtual communities and collaborative
applications). Read more about the W3C Policy Languages Interest
Group.

http://www.primelife.eu/

Call for Review: XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition)
Proposed Edited Recommendation

The XML Security Specifications Maintenance Working Group has
published the Proposed Edited Recommendation of "XML Signature
Syntax and Processing (Second Edition)." This document specifies
XML digital signature processing rules and syntax. XML Signatures
provide integrity, message authentication, and/or signer
authentication services for data of any type, whether located within
the XML that includes the signature or elsewhere. Read the "list of
changes" and the implementation report. Comments are welcome through
30 April. Learn more about the Security Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xmldsig-core-20080326/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xmldsig-core-20080326/explain.html

http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/report.html

http://www.w3.org/Security/

Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources

The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
has published a Working Draft of "Protocol for Web Description
Resources (POWDER): Grouping of 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. See the
"change log" and learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-grouping-20080324/

http://www.w3.org/TR/powder-grouping/

http://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-grouping-20080324/#change

http://www.w3.org/International/its/ig/

Internationalization Tag Set Interest Group Launched

W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Internationalization
Tag Set (ITS) Interest Group, chaired by Yves Savourel (ENLASO
Corporation). The ITS IG is a forum to foster a community of users
of the "Internationalization Tag Set (ITS)," by promoting its
adoption, and gathering information on its further development. The
ITS defines data categories that may be used with schemas to support
the internationalization and localization of schemas and documents.
Participation in the new ITS IG is open to W3C Members and the
public. Read about the W3C Internationalization Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/its/

http://www.w3.org/International/its/ig/#join

http://www.w3.org/International/

Past home page news...

http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/pre-obsolete-design.html

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Pre-Obsolete Design by Karl Dubost

http://www.w3.org/People/karl/

* Past Q&A Blog ...

http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

* Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
Development, 2-3 June
* More About Workshops...

* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...

http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun

W3C at WWW2008

Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:

21 April

* Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…), by Ivan
Herman
* Producing XML that works internationally, by Richard Ishida,
Felix Sasaki

23 April

* 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
* A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
Dardailler
* Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
* Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
* What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
Ishida
* Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
* Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
* Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
* International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
* Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
Web, by Raphaël Troncy
* Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by
Paul Nelson
* News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
Hazaël-Massieux

24 April

* The Future of Web Applications, by Tim Berners-Lee [Keynote]
* HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
* Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
José Manuel Alonso
* Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
* POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
* Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
* Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
* Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
* Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
Barstow
* Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
Schepers
* Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas

Upcoming Talks

* 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).
* 24 April, Beijing, China: Building a More Secure Browser.
Mary-Ellen Zurko 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.
* 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.
* 18 May, San Jose, CA, USA: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
Herman presents at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 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.
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