The 2008-05-19 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Invites Implementations of XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0
(Candidate Recommendation); Requirements and Use Cases Drafts Available
The W3C XML Query Working Group and the W3C XSL Working Group
jointly published today a Candidate Recommendation of "XQuery and
XPath Full Text 1.0." This document defines the syntax and formal
semantics of XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 which is a language that
extends XQuery 1.0 [XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language] and XPath 2.0
[XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0] with full-text search capabilities.
Implementors are encouraged to run the groups' test suite and report
their results. The Groups also published Working Drafts of " XQuery
and XPath Full Text 1.0 Requirements" and "Use Cases." Learn more
about the XML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xpath-full-text-10-20080516/
http://dev.w3.org:/cvsweb/2007/xpath-full-text-10-test-suite/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xpath-full-text-10-requirements-2008051
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http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xpath-full-text-10-use-cases-20080516/
State Chart XML (SCXML) Working Draft Published
The Voice Browser Working Group has published an updated Working
Draft of "State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for
Control Abstraction." SCXML is an execution environment based on
UML Harel State Tables and "CCXML." The main differences from the
previous draft are (1) the modularization of the language, (2) the
introduction of profiles and (3) a revision of the algorithm for
document interpretation; the document as a whole has changed
significantly and the group welcomes review. Learn more about the
Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-scxml-20080516/
Last Call: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Snapshot 2007
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published the
Last Call Working Draft of "Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Snapshot
2007." This document collects together into one definition all the
specifications that together form the current state of Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS). The primary audience is CSS implementors, not
CSS authors, as this definition includes modules by specification
stability, not Web browser adoption rate. Comments are welcome
through 09 June. Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-css-beijing-20080516/
"Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review"; Comments
Welcome on First Public Draft
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach
Working Group Working Group (EOWG) has published "Web Accessibility
for Older Users: A Literature Review" as a First Public Working
Draft. The document includes reviews and analysis of guidelines and
articles covering the requirements of people with Web accessibility
needs related to ageing. This literature review will inform WAI
efforts to promote accessibility solutions for older Web users and
potentially to develop profiles or extensions to WAI guidelines. The
literature review is a deliverable of the WAI-AGE Project (Ageing
Education and Harmonisation). See the call for review and
participation for an introduction to the project and an invitation
to contribute to the literature review and other WAI-AGE work; and
about the Web Accessibility Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-wai-age-literature-20080514/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008AprJun/0083
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* My Arms Are WAI Too Short by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/05/web-accessibility-older-users.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* SVG + XMPP = whiteboard by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/05/using-svg-for-whiteboard.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* We, Robots Like Music Too by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/05/bbc-sharing-linked-data.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* Improving access to Government through better use of the Web by
José Manuel Alonso
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/05/better-web-access-to-government.htm
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* 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
Upcoming Talks
* 15 May, Melbourne, Australia: How to make the most out of
eGovernment. José Manuel Alonso presents at Web Standards Group
Meeting.
* 16 May, Sydney, Australia: How to make the most out of
eGovernment. José Manuel Alonso presents at Web Standards Group
Meeting.
* 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.
* 21 May, Sydney, Australia: Towards eGovernment 2.0. José Manuel
Alonso gives a keynote at eGovernment Forum at CeBIT.
* 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: États des lieux du Web sémantique. 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.
* 26 June, Frankfurt, Germany: Mobile Internet – the Way Forward.
Steve Bratt participates in a panel at 2nd NGMN Industry
Conference 2008.
* 20 August, New York, USA: Multimodal Standards and Applications.
Deborah Dahl, Ingmar Kliche, Raj Tumuluri present at SpeechTEK.
* 17 October, Poznan, Poland: The Policy-Aware Web meets Virtual
Goods. Renato Iannella gives a keynote at 6th International
Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business
Models for Virtual Goods.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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* More talks...
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