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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Tim Berners-Lee Announces Creation of New Foundation to Bring the Web
to All People
Before a gathering of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in
Washington, D.C. (USA), Tim Berners-Lee announced today the creation
of the World Wide Web Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is:
* to advance One Web that is free and open,
* to expand the Web's capability and robustness,
* and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet.
Following Berners-Lee's speech, Alberto Ibargüen, Knight
Foundation's president and CEO, announced a $5 million seed grant in
support of the mission. Learn more about the World Wide Web
Foundation at www.webfoundation.org, which also includes a FAQ and
video and photos from the event.
http://www.knightfoundation.org/
http://www.webfoundation.org/
http://www.webfoundation.org/donations/knight2008/tbl-speech
http://www.webfoundation.org/about/
http://www.webfoundation.org/faq/
http://www.webfoundation.org/donations/knight2008/
Last Call: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification
The SVG Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of
"Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification." This
specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) Tiny, Version 1.2, a language for describing
two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. Its
goal is to provide the ability to create a whole range of graphical
content, from static images to animations to interactive Web
applications. SVG Tiny 1.2 is a profile of SVG intended for
implementation on a range of devices, from cellphones and PDAs to
desktop and laptop computers. Comments are welcome through 13
October. Learn more about the W3C Graphics Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-SVGMobile12-20080915/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/
Access Control for Cross-Site Requests Draft Published
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"Access Control for Cross-Site Requests." Other specifications that
wish to enable cross-siterequests in an API they define can use the
algorithms defined by this specification. If such an API is used on
http://example.org resources, a resource on
http://hello-world.example can opt in using the mechanism described
by this specification. Learn more about the Rich Web Client
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-access-control-20080912/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Last Call: Service Modeling Language (1.1) and Interchange Format
The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published the Last
Call Working Drafts of "Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1" and
"Service Modeling Language Interchange Format Version 1.1." The
former specification defines the Service Modeling Language, Version
1.1 (SML) used to model complex services and systems, including
their structure, constraints, policies, and best practices. The
latter defines the interchange format for SML 1.1. This 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
model. Comments are welcome through 03 October. Learn more about the
Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/XML/SML/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-sml-20080912/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-sml-if-20080912/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 Draft Published
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a
Working Draft of "CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3." CSS
is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents
(such as HTML and XML). This draft contains the features of CSS
level 3 relating to borders and backgrounds. It includes and extends
the functionality of CSS level 2. The main extensions compared to
level 2 are borders consisting of images, boxes with multiple
backgrounds, boxes with rounded corners and boxes with shadows.
Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-css3-background-20080910/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators Draft
Published
The XML Schema Working Group has published a Working Draft of "W3C
XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators." This
document defines a system for designating XML Schema components.
Schema components are the building blocks that comprise the abstract
data model of the schema. They are specified by XML Schema Part 1:
Structures and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes. The XSD specification
divides the problem of constructing schema component designators
into two parts: defining a designator for an assembled schema, and
defining a designator for a particular schema component or schema
components, understood relative to a designated schema. Learn more
about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xmlschema-ref-20080910/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Representing Content in RDF and HTTP Vocabulary in RDF Drafts Published
The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group today published
"Representing Content in RDF" as a First Public Working Draft. This
document provides a vocabulary to represent content in RDF, and is
flexible for any type of content available on the Web or in local
storage media. The Working Group also published an an updated
Working Draft of "HTTP Vocabulary in RDF," which defines terms to
allow HTTP headers that have been exchanged between a client and a
server to be recorded in RDF. These documents can be used to extend
the "Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema," an RDF
vocabulary to record test results such as those generated by Web
accessibility evaluation tools. They are part of the EARL
Specification. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/
http://www.w3.org/TR/HTTP-in-RDF/
http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/earl.php
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Learn about SMIL 3.0 and test it! by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/learn-test-smil30.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* How To Insert A Video From Youtube by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/howto-insert-youtube-video.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/
Upcoming Meetings
* W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in Energy Industries; Part I: Oil &
Gas, 9-10 December
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 16 September, Yahoo!'s Mission College Campus, Santa Clara,
California, USA: Introduction to the Protocol for Web
Description Resources. Phil Archer, Matt Womer are at POWDER:
More of what you want, when you want it.
* 17 September, Sophia-Antipolis, France: Mobile Web: Trust starts
with a few Best Practices. François Daoust presents at Smart
Mobility 2008.
* 23 September, London, United Kingdom: Standardisation vs.
Openness vs. Proprietary Systems - Examining in which Direction
the Mobile Web Industry is heading and why this really Matters.
Dominique Hazaël-Massieux presents at Mobile Web Europe 2008.
* 23 September, York, United Kingdom: How web accessibility
guidelines apply to design for the ageing population. Andrew
Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra present at Accessible Design in the
Digital World.
* 24 September, Washington, DC, USA: Introducing the W3C
eGovernment Interest Group. Kevin Novak presents at The Next
Generation of Our Public Record:Many Voices, One Voice.
* 24 September, Berlin, Germany: Auf dem Weg ins Semantische Web.
Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at W3C-Tag.
* 24 September, Vienna, Austria: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 2nd European Semantic Technology
Conference.
* 26 September, Corfu, Greece: Improving Access to Government
through Better Use of the Web. José Manuel Alonso gives a
keynote at 2nd International Conference on Methodologies,
Technologies and Tools enabling e-Government.
* 30 September, São Paulo, Brazil: On the Way to the Semantic Web.
Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at W3C Brazil meeting.
* 2 October, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: On the Way to the Semantic
Web. Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at Rio Info 2008.
* 13 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0
World. Shawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
* 14 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Getting Real with Accesibility.
Shawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
* 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.
* 26 October, Karlsruhe, Germany: RDFa—Bridging the Web of
Documents and the Web of Data. Michael Hausenblas, Ivan Herman,
Ben Adida give a tutorial at 7th International Semantic Web
Conference (ISWC2008).
* 14 November, Paris, France: La mode se démode, le Style jamais.
Daniel Glazman presents at Paris Web 2008.
* 5 December, Turn, Italy: Overlapping User Experiences: Mobile
Web Usability and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
Shawn Henry presents at UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design:
cultivating diversity.
* 6 December, Turin, Italy: How New Web Accessibility Standards
Impact User Experience Design . Shawn Henry presents at UPA
Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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