The 2008-10-06 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081006
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
-----------------------------------
W3C Organizes Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the
Web
W3C invites people to participate in a Workshop on Security for
Access to Device APIs from the Web to be hosted by Vodafone in
London (UK) on 10-11 December 2008. The goal of this workshop is to
bring together people from a wide variety of backgrounds (API
designers, security experts, usability experts, ...) to discuss the
security challenges involved in allowing Web applications and
widgets to access the APIs that allow to control these features
(e.g., cameras, gps, address books, etc.). Participants will also
advise the W3C on appropriate next steps for any gap that needs to
be addressed with new technical work. Position papers are due 30
October. W3C invites you to read more about the Workshop scope.
http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/
http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/#paper
http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/#scope
Call for Review: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL
3.0) is a Proposed Recommendation
The SYMM Working Group has published the Proposed Recommendation of
"Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0),"
pronounced "smile." SMIL 3.0 allows authors to write interactive
multimedia presentations. Using SMIL 3.0, an author may describe the
temporal behavior of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks
with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a
screen. SMIL 3.0 is a modular XML application: its components may be
used in other XML formats. SMIL also defines mobile profiles that
incorporate features useful within the industry. Comments are
welcome through 6 November. Read more about the Synchronized
Multimedia Activity. See also W3C's new Video on the Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-SMIL3-20081006/
http://www.w3.org/Audio/Video/
http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/
XMLHttpRequest Level 2 Draft Published
The Web Applications Working Group has published the Working Draft
of "XMLHttpRequest Level 2." The specification enhances
XMLHttpRequest with new features, such as cross-site requests,
progress events, and the handling of byte streams for both sending
and receiving. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-XMLHttpRequest2-20080930/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Call for Review: Device Description Repository Simple API Proposed
Recommendation
The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
published the Proposed Recommendation 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 31 October. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-DDR-Simple-API-20080917/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Semantic Web Applications by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/10/semantic_web_applications.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
* Understanding HTTP PUT by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/10/understanding-http-put.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* HTML 5 And The Hear-Write Web by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/fixing-html-with-html5.html
http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
* The Slideshow Must Go On by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/slideshow-must-go-on.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
* W3C Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web,
10-11 December
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 6 October, Nice, France: Les applications et services de
l'Internet mobile. Philipp Hoschka participates in a panel at
Internet of Things Internet of the Future.
* 7 October, Göteborg, Sweden: Webben, Open Source och standarder.
Olle Olsson presents at DFS-seminarium.
* 7 October, Tampere, Finland: W3C Semantic Web technologies for
the OKS . Ossi Nykänen gives a tutorial at The 2nd International
OPAALS Conference on Digital Ecosystems: OPAALS 2008 at Tampere,
Finland, 7 - 8 October 2008.
* 8 October, Kista, Sweden: Webb 2.0 och bortom. Olle Olsson
presents at ISOC.SE seminarium.
* 8 October, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece: An Open Platform for
Standardisation: WWW. Evangelos Markatos, Klaus Birkenbihl
present at 9th International HL7 Interoperability Conference
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.
* 16 October, Bålsta, Sweden: Klarspråk och förståelighet på
webben - webben som utmaning och möjlighet. Olle Olsson presents
at Klarspråkskonferensen 2008.
* 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).
* 5 November, Aarhus, Denmark: E-gov and the citizen -
transformation by new technology. Olle Olsson presents at
jboye08.
* 14 November, Paris, France: La mode se démode, le Style jamais.
Daniel Glazman presents at Paris Web 2008.
* 18 November, Sophia Antipolis, France: The W3C Multimodal
Architecture. Ingmar Kliche presents at ETSI Workshop on
Multimodal Interaction on Mobile Devices .
* 28 November, Berlin, Germany: Towards eGovernment 2.0 through
better use of the Web. José Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at
E-Government-Standards Kongress.
* 4 December, Malmö, Sweden: Standarder och Open Source. Olle
Olsson presents at DFS-seminarium.
* 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
tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
* More talks...
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
W3C Membership
W3C Members receive the W3C Member Newsletter, a weekly digest of
Member-only announcements and other benefits.
If you or your organization cannot join W3C, we invite you to
support W3C through a contribution.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/join
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/sup
New Members
* Mayo Clinic [United States]
* SERPRO (Brazilian Federal Agency of Information Technology)
[Brazil]
About W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium
where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work
together to develop Web standards. Read about W3C.
Contact Us
Bookmark this edition or the latest Public Newsletter and see past
issues and press releases. Subscribe to receive the Public
Newsletter by email. If you no longer wish to receive the
Newsletter, send us an unsubscribe email. Comments? Write the W3C
Communications Team (w3t-comm@w3.org).
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081006
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-announce/latest
http://www.w3.org/Press/
mailto:w3c-announce-request@w3.org?subject=Subscribe
mailto:w3c-announce-request@w3.org?subject=Unsubscribe
mailto:w3t-comm@w3.org
This edition on the Web:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081006
Latest Public Newsletter: http://www.w3.org/News/Public/
Copyright © 2008 W3C ® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio). Usage policies apply.
¶ 6:55 AM
