The 2008-10-13 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Schema Support Strengthens Toolkit in Updated XHTML Modularization
Standard
W3C updated its XHTML Modularization standard today with support for
designing modular languages using "XML Schema." The addition of
schemas to "XHTML Modularization 1.1" is an important step towards
the XHTML2 Working Group's goal that XHTML support rich Web content
and be extensible, while remaining interoperable. A modularization
standard allows language designers to reuse elements defined by
multiple parties (including other W3C standards such as SVG and
MathML) and combine them into new formats to meet specific
application needs. The standard allows people to use schema-enabled,
off-the-shelf tools to immediately begin authoring and validating
documents written in those new languages. The XHTML2 Working Group,
which gained experience using Modularization 1.1 to build some
modules and languages, now plans to add schema support to other
XHTML standards. Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-1-20041028/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xhtml-modularization-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/xhtml-m12n-11-implementation.html
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
W3C Organizes Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0
W3C invites people to participate in a Workshop on Speaker
biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 on 5-6 March 2009 in Menlo Park,
California (USA), hosted by SRI International. Attendees will
discuss directions for Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV)
standards work, and in particular, requirements for SIV and SIV
standards relevant to VoiceXML 3.0. The goal of the Workshop is to
help the Voice Browser Working Group integrate existing and
in-process standards with VoiceXML 3.0 specification and make the
specification more useful in current and emerging markets. Position
papers are due 18 December 2008. Read about "Voice Extensible Markup
Language (VoiceXML) 3.0 Requirements," Voice Browser and learn more
about W3C Workshops.
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-vxml30reqs-20080808/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
Seven OWL 2 Drafts Published
The OWL Working Group published seven documents yesterday relating
to the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language. OWL 2 extends "OWL," a core
standard of the Semantic Web, adding new features that users have
requested and that software providers are prepared to implement. The
documents are:
1. "Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax"
2. "Direct Semantics"
3. "RDF-Based Semantics" (First Public Draft)
4. "Mapping to RDF Graphs"
5. "XML Serialization"
6. "Profiles"
7. "Conformance and Test Cases" (First Public Draft)
The first three documents form the technical core of OWL 2, which
has both a traditional "direct" semantics (for OWL DL) and a new
"RDF-based" semantics (for OWL Full). Documents 4 and 5 specify two
different serializations for OWL ontologies, one based on RDF and
one using XML more directly. Document 6 defines useful subsets of
OWL which may be easier to implement or may better meet certain
performance requirements. Finally, document 7 specifies conformance
and will later enumerate the OWL 2 test cases. Five other documents
are under development; but they are not yet ready for public review.
Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/
http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-syntax-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-semantics-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-rdf-based-semantics-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-mapping-to-rdf-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-xml-serialization-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-profiles-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-test-20081008/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Widgets 1.0: Updates
The Web Applications Working Group has published the First Public
Working Draft of "Widgets 1.0: Updates." This specification defines
a model to allow a widget user agent to locate and replace a widget
resource with a new or different version of a widget resource. The
updates model is designed to work both over HTTP and from local
storage. For updates performed via the Web, the model makes use a
simple XML documents that authors place on a Web server to indicate,
amongst other things, where the next most suitable version of a
widget resource can be retrieved from. It also defines a mechanism
that allows authors to be notified of installation errors or
success. This specification also describes how to renegotiate
security policies when widgets are updated. Learn more about the
Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-updates-20081007/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
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/
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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
* W3C Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 , 5-6 March
2009
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 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).
* 30 October, Potsdam, Germany: Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit von
Webressourcen: Services, Datenheterogenität und
Identifizierbarkeit. Felix Sasaki presents at University of
Applied Sciences, Potsdam.
* 30 October, Moscow, Russia: Сделаем интернет доступным всем и
каждому. Shawn Henry presents at User eXperience 2008.
* 31 October, Moscow, Russia: Стандарты Web Accessibility:
Фундамент для международного сотрудничества и локального
внедрения. Shawn Henry presents at User eXperience 2008.
* 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.
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