The 2008-11-24 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Call for Review: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification
Proposed Recommendation
The SVG Working Group has published the Proposed Recommendation 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. The
specification enables the creation of graphical content, from static
images to animations to interactive Web applications. SVG 1.2 Tiny
is a profile of SVG intended for implementation on a range of
devices, from cell phones and PDAs to desktop and laptop computers,
and thus includes a subset of the features included in SVG 1.1 Full,
along with new features to extend the capabilities of SVG. Comments
are welcome through 15 December.
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-SVGTiny12-20081117/
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Updated Working
Draft
The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has
published an updated Working Draft of the "Authoring Tool
Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0." ATAG defines how authoring
tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is
accessible and conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that
people with disabilities can use them. Read the invitation to review
the ATAG 2.0 Working Draft and about the Web Accessibility
Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-20081124/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008OctDec/0117
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Last Call: SOAP over Java Message Service 1.0
The SOAP-JMS Binding Working Group has published the Last Call
Working Draft of "SOAP over Java Message Service 1.0." This
document specifies how SOAP should bind to a messaging system that
supports the Java Message Service (JMS). The specification helps to
ensure interoperability between the implementations of different Web
services vendors. It should also enable customers to implement their
own Web services for part of their infrastructure, and to have this
interoperate with vendor provided Web services. Comments are welcome
through 13 January. Learn more about the Web Services Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/soapjms/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-soapjms-20081121/
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
Call for Review: Element Traversal Specification Proposed
Recommendation
The Web Applications Working Group has published the Proposed
Recommendation of "Element Traversal Specification." This
specification defines the ElementTraversal interface, which allows
script navigation of the elements of a DOM tree, excluding all other
nodes in the DOM, such as text nodes. It also provides an attribute
to expose the number of child elements of an element. It is intended
to provide a more convenient alternative to existing DOM navigation
interfaces, with a low implementation footprint. Comments are
welcome through 15 December. Learn more about the Rich Web Client
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-ElementTraversal-20081117/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
XML Signature Best Practices First Public Draft
The XML Security Working Group has published the First Public
Working Draft of "XML Signature Best Practices." This document
collects best practices for implementors and users of the "XML
Signature specification." Most of these best practices are related
to improving security and mitigating attacks, yet others are for
best practices in the practical use of XML Signature, such as
signing XML that doesn't use namespaces, for example. Learn more
about the Security Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xmldsig-bestpractices-20081114/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
http://www.w3.org/Security/
Four POWDER Documents published; three Last Call Drafts
The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
published four Working Drafts today. The purpose of the Protocol for
Web Description Resources (POWDER) is to provide a means for
individuals or organizations to describe a group of resources
through the publication of machine-readable metadata.
* "Description Resources" (Last Call); which details the creation
and lifecycle of Description Resources (DRs), which encapsulate
metadata
* "Grouping of Resources" (Last Call); which describes how sets of
IRIs can be defined such that descriptions or other data can be
applied to the resources obtained by dereferencing IRIs that are
elements of the set.
* "Formal Semantics" (Last Call); which describes how the
relatively simple operational format of a POWDER document can be
transformed for processing by Semantic Web tools
* "Primer" (First Public Draft)
Last Call comments are welcome through 5 December. Learn more about
the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-dr-20081114/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-grouping-20081114/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-formal-20081114/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-powder-primer-20081114/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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," which defines
the Mathematical Markup Language, or MathML. MathML is 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-MathML3-20081117/
http://www.w3.org/Math/
W3C mobileOK Scheme 1.0 Updated
The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published an update
of Working Draft of "W3C mobileOK Scheme 1.0." The document
provides an overview of how the mobileOK specification helps ensure
that content is suitable for use on very basic mobile devices. Learn
more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-mobileOK-20081117/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* W3C Validator, now with HTML5 flavour by olivier Théreaux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/w3c_validator_now_with_html5.html
http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
* Extended deadline to submit position papers to workshop on the
Future of Social Netorking by Marie-Claire Forgue
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/extended_deadline_to_submit_po.html
http://www.w3.org/People/mcf/
* Joys and challenges of organizing TPAC2008 by Coralie Mercier
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/joys_and_challenges_of_organiz.html
* Learn How To Write HTML 5 by Karl Dubost
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/html5-howto.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
* W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, 15-16 January
2009
* 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
* 27 November, Milano, Italy: Il Web compie 20 anni. Dovè il
Semantic Web?. Oreste Signore presents at The 13th KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT FORUM.
* 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.
* 28 November, Berlin, Germany: Semantic Web im E-Government.
Klaus Birkenbihl participates in a panel at
E-Government-Standards für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung.
* 4 December, Llandudno, United Kingdom: Making the Web
International. Richard Ishida presents at bloc.
* 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.
* 8 December, Boston, MA, USA: Web Accessibility for Everyone and
Everything. Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World - Boston
2008.
* 9 December, Boston, MA, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World.
Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World - Boston 2008.
* 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/
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