Tech all over the world: December 2008

W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-12-22

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-12-22 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081222

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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SVG Tiny 1.2 Advances State of the Art for Web Graphics

Creating beautiful and accessible interactive content was made
easier today with the release of the "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Tiny 1.2" Recommendation. Already implemented and deployed in mobile
phones, media centers, and browsers around the world, this open
standard allows authors to build documents and interfaces for the
Web, with open-source and commercial authoring tools that output
open, reusable content. Searchable, internationalized text and
user-created metadata bring the Semantic Web to graphics, and
improve the experience of users everywhere, while easier programming
interfaces put the power in the hands of developers. A test suite
helps to ensure interoperable SVG content in modern Web browsers,
making it easier than ever to develop and deploy the right look and
feel. Read the testimonials and start creating content today. Learn
more about the Graphics Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SVGTiny12-20081222/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/svg-testimonial.html
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/

Element Traversal Specification Is a W3C Recommendation

The Web Applications Working Group has published the W3C
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. Learn more about
the Rich Web Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-ElementTraversal-20081222/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Web IDL Draft Published

The Web Applications Working Group has published the Working Draft
of "Web IDL." This document defines an interface definition
language, Web IDL, that can be used to describe interfaces that are
intended to be implemented in web browsers. Web IDL is an IDL
variant with a number of features that allow the behavior of common
script objects in the web platform to be specified more readily. How
interfaces described with Web IDL correspond to constructs within
ECMAScript and Java execution environments is also detailed. Learn
more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20081219/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Last Call: Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration

The Web Applications Working Group has published the Last Call
Working Draft of "Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration." This
document standardizes a Zip-based packaging format, an XML-based
configuration document format and a series of steps that user agents
follow when processing and verifying various aspects of widgets. The
packaging format acts as a container for files used by a widget. The
configuration document is an XML vocabulary that authors can use to
declare metadata and configuration parameters for a widget. The
steps for processing a widget resource describe the expected
behavior and means of error handling for widget user agents while
processing the packaging format, configuration document, and other
relevant files. Comments are welcome through 31 January. Learn more
about the Rich Web Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-20081222/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Mobile Web Application Best Practices Published Draft Published

The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Mobile Web Application Best Practices." This document
specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web
applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon
statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (BP1),
especially concerning statements that relate to the exploitation of
device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context.
Furthermore, since BP1 was written, networks and devices have
continued to evolve, with the result that a number of Best Practices
that were omitted from BP1 can now be included. Learn more about the
Mobile Web Initiative Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-mwabp-20081222/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

First Draft of Geolocation API Specification Published

The Geolocation Working Group has published the First Public Working
Draft of "Geolocation API Specification." This specification
defines an API that provides scripted access to geographical
location information associated with the hosting device. The API
defines a high-level interface to location information associated
with the hosting device, such as latitude and longitude. The API
itself is agnostic of the underlying location information sources.
Common sources of location information include Global Positioning
System (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP
address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell
IDs. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-geolocation-API-20081222/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/

First Draft of Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0
Published

The Voice Browser Working Group has published the First Public
Working Draft of "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0."
This document specifies VoiceXML 3.0, a modular XML language for
creating interactive media dialogs that feature synthesized speech,
recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, telephony, mixed
initiative conversations, and recording and presentation of a
variety of media formats including digitized audio, and digitized
video. The primary goal of this version is to bring the advantages
of Web-based development and content delivery to interactive voice
response applications. Learn more about the Voice Browser Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-voicexml30-20081219/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/

XForms for HTML, First Public Draft

The Forms Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft
of "XForms for HTML." XForms for HTML provides a set of attributes
and script methods that can be used by the tags or elements of an
HTML or XHTML web page to simplify the integration of data-intensive
interactive processing capabilities from XForms. The semantics of
the attributes are mapped to the rich XForms
model-view-controller-connector architecture, thereby allowing web
application authors a smoother, selective migration path to the
higher-order behaviors available from the full element markup
available in modules of XForms. Learn more about the XForms
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-XForms-for-HTML-20081219/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/

Five Publications from RIF-WG

The Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Working Group published five new
Working Drafts today. Since the Last Call Working Draft of "RIF
Basic Logic Dialect (BLD)," the group has been developing other key
dialects, components, and test cases. The new publications are:
1. "RIF Use Cases and Requirements" : minor changes
2. "RIF Core" : new design to support both BLD and PRD
3. "RIF Datatypes and Built-Ins 1.0" : various improvements
4. "RIF Production Rule Dialect (PRD)" : operational semantics are
complete
5. "RIF Test Cases" : early stages of test suite

The Working Group is nearing Last Call on these remaining elements
of RIF, and welcomes feedback from rulesystem users and designers.
Please send comments by 23 January. Learn more about the Semantic
Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/rules
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-bld-20080730/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-ucr-20081218/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-core-20081218/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-dtb-20081218/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-prd-20081218/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rif-test-20081218/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Report Announced from Workshop on Semantic Web in Energy Industries
Part I: Oil & Gas

Today W3C published a report on the W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in
Oil & Gas Industry. 54 experts from 33 organizations discussed how
Semantic Web technologies can help to handle the staggering amount
of new data that is produced every day as well as the challenges of
interfacing to service companies and managing joint ventures between
operators that are very important in this industry. Participants
discussed issues related to data integration, ontology management
and creation, presented applications and tool developments in the
oil & gas area. The Workshop concluded with a panel that explored
the next steps that this community may take, possibly in conjunction
with W3C, to explore this area further. W3C thanks Chevron for
hosting the Workshop, which took place in Houston, Texas, USA, on
the 9 and 10 December, 2008. Read the 17 position papers and learn
more about the Semantic Web.

http://www.w3.org/2008/12/ogws-report.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/ogws-report.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/11/ogws-agenda
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/ogws-report.html#participants
http://www.w3.org/2008/11/ogws-agenda.html#panel2
http://www.w3.org/2008/11/ogws-agenda.html#papers
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Past home page news...

http://www.w3.org/News/

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Small update of the RDFa distiller sofware by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/small_update_of_the_rdfa_disti.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
* Amaya Also for RDFa by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/amaya_also_for_rdfa.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Talks

* 9 January 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Never is a long time
- Disruptive technology and the Web. Steven Pemberton presents
at Freelance Factory.
* 12 February 2009, Gijón, Spain: Innovative Uses of Mobile ICTs
for Development. José Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at
II International Meeting on ICT for Development Cooperation.
* 21 March 2009, Prague, Czech Republic: XML Processing and
Choreography. Mohamed Zergaoui is at XML Prague 2009.
* 29 April 2009, Madrid, Spain: [web accessibility and older users
- we are there]. Andrew Arch gives a keynote at 3d European
eAccessibility Forum.
* 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/

Upcoming Meetings

* 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
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April 2009
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

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W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-12-15

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-12-15 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081215

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Web Standard Defines Accessibility for Next Generation Web

Today W3C announced a new standard that will help Web designers and
developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with
disabilities and older users. Drawing on extensive experience and
community feedback, the "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
2.0" improve upon W3C's groundbreaking initial standard for
accessible Web content, apply to more advanced technologies, and are
more precisely testable. W3C also published supporting resources,
including "Understanding WCAG 2.0," "Techniques for WCAG 2.0," and
How to Meet WCAG 2.0: A Customizable Quick Reference. Read the press
release, testimonials, announcement, and WCAG Overview. Learn more
about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/wcag20-pressrelease.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/wcag20-testimonial
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008OctDec/0152
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Call for Review: EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup language
Proposed Recommendation

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published the Proposed
Recommendation of "EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup
language." This document is part of a set of specifications for
multimodal systems, and provides details of an XML markup language
for containing and annotating the interpretation of user input. The
interpretation of the user's input is expected to be generated by
signal interpretation processes, such as speech and ink recognition,
semantic interpreters, and other types of processors for use by
components that act on the user's inputs such as interaction
managers. See the group's implementation report. Comments are
welcome through 15 January. Learn more about the Multimodal
Interaction Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-emma-20081215/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/2008/emma-ir/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

Minor Update to CSS Mobile Profile 2.0

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group updated the Candidate
Recommendation of "CSS Mobile Profile 2.0." The specification
defines in general a subset of CSS 2.1 that is to be considered a
baseline for interoperability between implementations of CSS on
constrained devices (e.g. mobile phones). Its intent is not to
produce a profile of CSS incompatible with the complete
specification, but rather to ensure that implementations that due to
platform limitations cannot support the entire specification
implement a common subset that is interoperable not only amongst
constrained implementations but also with complete ones. This
document is the same as the last working draft, except for editorial
changes. Learn more about the Style Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-css-mobile-20081210/
http://www.w3.org/Style/

W3C launches Validator Donation and Sponsorship Campaign

W3C launched a new initiative giving web developers and designers a
chance to show their support for the W3C Validators. With millions
of validations performed daily, the validator services are among the
most popular applications on the web today. W3C appreciates the
great work of the dedicated volunteers who have helped make the
validator such a success. Donations and sponsorship from the
community will help us fund hardware and staffing to build even
better, faster and friendlier free tools, such as:
* Integrated the web quality checking with the central Unicorn
framework
* A new generation of tools for CSS checking
* A multilingual, flexible and friendly Markup Validator
* New tools for SVG, accessibility, and more

We also welcome sponsorships from organizations that support Web
Standards, and encourage Web Communities to spread the word about
this campaign. Visit the Validator Donation page.

http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Donate
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Donate
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Unicorn
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/dreamimg_a_new_css_validator.html
http://validator.w3.org/todo.html
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Donate
Past home page news...

http://www.w3.org/News/

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Validator Donation Program: day 2 by olivier Théreaux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/validator_donation_program.html
http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
* A Few Predictions for 2009 by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/a_few_predictions_for_2009.html
* A personal reflection on the WCAG 2.0 publication by Shawn Henry
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/a_personal_reflection_on_wcag20.htm
l
http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
* A New Era for Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 is Finalized by Shawn
Henry
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/wcag_20_is_finalized.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
* From Iran, with love by Coralie Mercier
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/from_iran_with_love.html
http://my.opera.com/koalie/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Talks

* 9 January 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Never is a long time
- Disruptive technology and the Web. Steven Pemberton presents
at Freelance Factory.
* 12 February 2009, Gijón, Spain: Innovative Uses of Mobile ICTs
for Development. José Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at
II International Meeting on ICT for Development Cooperation.
* 21 March 2009, Prague, Czech Republic: XML Processing and
Choreography. Mohamed Zergaoui is at XML Prague 2009.
* 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/

Upcoming Meetings

* 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
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April 2009
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

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W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-12-08

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-12-08 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081208

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Mobile Web Made Easier with W3C mobileOK Tests Standard and Online
Checker

Today W3C made it easier to create content that will improve the
user experience on a broad range of devices. The W3C mobileOK
checker provides feedback on whether content is "mobileOK" and is
based on the W3C Recommendation also published today, "mobileOK
Basic Tests 1.0." "Clean content offers a number of benefits to
authors and users alike. The mobileOK checker does a nice job
helping you improve your content one step at a time," said Tim
Berners-Lee, W3C Director. Read the press release, Member
testimonials, and learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative.

http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobileOK-basic10-tests-20081208/
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/mobileok-pressrelease.html.en
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/mobileok-testimonial.html
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Device Description Repository Simple API Is a W3C Recommendation

The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
published the W3C 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. The Working Group also
published a Group Note of "Device Description Structures," an
expression language for the structured categorization of devices in
content adaptation. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-DDR-Simple-API-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-dd-structures-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

CSS Marquee Module Level 3 Updated

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group updated today the
Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Marquee Module Level 3." CSS
Marquee allows the designer to specify a "marquee" effect for the
display of overflow content; the content is animated and moves
automatically back and forth. Learn more about the Style Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-css3-marquee-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/Style/

Five XQuery Drafts Published

The XML Query Working Group published five Working Drafts today
relating to the XQuery language for querying and processing
structured information:
1. "XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0," giving procedural assignment,
blocks and synchronization to XQuery; together with the "XQuery
Scripting Extension 1.0 Use Cases" ;
2. "XQuery 1.1," adding new features to XQuery including windowing
and grouping, published together with "XQuery 1.1 Use Cases" and
" diffs" from the previous draft;
3. "XQueryX 1.1," giving a detailed XML representation of a parsed
query. This is a First Public Working Draft.

Learn more about the XML Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-use-cases-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-use-cases-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xqueryx-11-20081203/diff-from-20070123.
html
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xqueryx-11-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

Minor Update of "Cool URIs for the Semantic Web"

W3C updated the Interest Group Note "Cool URIs for the Semantic Web"
today to include a link to an errata page

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-cooluris-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/2008/Errata-in-CoolURIs.html

Eleven Publications Related to OWL 2

The OWL Working Group published eleven documents today 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. Six
of these documents are last call drafts, indicating the Working
Group believes the technical work in those areas is done. The
documents are:
1. "Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax" (last
call)
2. "Direct Semantics" (last call)
3. "RDF-Based Semantics"
4. "Conformance and Test Cases" (last call)
5. "Mapping to RDF Graphs" (last call)
6. "XML Serialization" (last call)
7. "Profiles" (last call)
8. "Quick Reference Guide" (first public working draft)
9. "New Features and Rationale" (first public working draft)
10. "Manchester Syntax" (first public working draft)
11. "rdf:text: A Datatype for Internationalized Text" (first public
working draft)

The "Manchester Syntax" is an optional, alternative OWL
serialization; this document is expected to become a Note. The XML
datatype "rdf:text" was co-developed with the RIF Working Group for
use with RDF data. Please send comments by 23 January. Learn more
about the Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/News/

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* XML and language resources by Felix Sasaki
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/xml_and_language_resources.html
http://www.w3.org/People/fsasaki/
* How to evaluate Web Applications security designs? by Dan
Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/web_applications_security_requ.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Talks

* 9 December, Boston, MA, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World.
Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World - Boston 2008.
* 11 December, Karlstad, Sweden: Using Web Technologies and mobile
phones for Social Development: W3C Approach. Philipp Hoschka,
Stéphane Boyera present at 1st International Conference on
\"M4D\": Mobile communication technology For Development.
* 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/

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
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April 2009
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-12-01 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081201

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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SMIL 3.0 Advances Standard for Synchronized Multimedia

Today W3C announced a new standard to make it easier to author
interactive multimedia presentations. "Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)" allows video, audio, images, text,
and hypertext links to be combined into interactive presentations,
with fine-grain control of layout and timing. "The importance of
SMIL 3.0 is that it contains a set of user-requested features that
provide exciting new functionality, while retaining all the
advantages of a declarative (that is, without scripting) approach to
building a multimedia presentation," said Dick Bulterman, chair of
the Synchronized Multimedia Working Group, which published the
specification. Read the full press release, testimonials, and learn
more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SMIL3-20081201/cover.html
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/smil3-pressrelease.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/11/smil-testimonial.html
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/Group/

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Fifth Edition Is a W3C
Recommendation

The XML Core Working Group has published the W3C Recommendation of
"Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)." This fifth
edition of the widely deployed standard XML incorporates corrections
to errata found in previous versions. In particular, one correction
relaxes the restrictions on element and attribute names, thereby
providing in XML 1.0 the major end user benefit currently achievable
only by using XML 1.1. As a consequence, many possible documents
that were not well-formed according to previous editions of this
specification are now well-formed, and previously invalid documents
using the newly-allowed name characters in, for example, ID
attributes, are now valid. XML has been designed for ease of
implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-20081126/
http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata
http://www.w3.org/XML/

W3C Invites Implementations of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language

The XML Processing Model Working Group invites implementation of the
Candidate Recommendation of "XProc: An XML Pipeline Language." This
specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc, a
language for describing operations to be performed on XML documents.
A pipeline consists of steps. Like pipelines, steps take zero or
more XML documents as their inputs and produce zero or more XML
documents as their outputs. The inputs of a step come from the web,
from the pipeline document, from the inputs to the pipeline itself,
or from the outputs of other steps in the pipeline. Learn more about
the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Processing/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xproc-20081126/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

W3C Invites Implementations of Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1
and Service Modeling Language Interchange Format Version 1.1

The Service Modeling Language Working Group invites implementation
of the Candidate Recommendations of "Service Modeling Language,
Version 1.1" and "Service Modeling Language Interchange Format
Version 1.1." The former 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
models. 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. Learn more about the Extensible
Markup Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/SML/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-sml-20081125/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-sml-if-20081125/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

Incubator Group Report: Elements of an EmotionML 1.0

The Emotion Markup Language Incubator Group published their final
report. As the web is becoming ubiquitous, interactive, and
multimodal, technology needs to deal increasingly with human
factors, including emotions. The report provides elements for an
Emotion Markup Language striking a balance between scientific
well-foundedness and practical applicability. The language is
conceived as a "plug-in" language suitable for use in three
different areas: (1) manual annotation of data; (2) automatic
recognition of emotion-related states from user behaviour; and (3)
generation of emotion-related system behaviour. This publication is
part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can
innovate and experiment. This work is not on the W3C standards
track.

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/emotion/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/emotion/XGR-emotionml-20081120/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/

Last Call: W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component
Designators

The XML Schema Working Group has published the Last Call Working
Draft of "W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component
Designators." XML Schema: Component Designators defines a scheme
for identifying XML Schema components as specified by XML Schema
Part 1: Structures and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes. Comments are
welcome through 19 January. Learn more about the Extensible Markup
Language (XML) Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xmlschema-ref-20081117/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

Workshop in Mozambique Continues W3C Focus on Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Development

W3C announced a Workshop on Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile
Technologies in Fostering Social and Economic Development, April 1-2
2009, in Maputo, Mozambique. Participants will explore ways to
fulfill the potential of mobile phones as a platform for deploying
development-oriented ICT services towards the poorest segments of
populations in developing countries, with an emphasis on the African
context. The Workshop is open to the public; learn how to
participate. You may also become a Workshop Sponsor to help support
the participation of those with expertise who might not otherwise be
able to attend due to travel or other costs. The Workshop is hosted
by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of
Mozambique and is organized as part of the Digital World Forum
project (European Union's FP7). Read the press release and learn
more about W3C's Mobile Web Initiative (MWI).

http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/
http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/#Participation
http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/sponsors.html
http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/
http://www.w3.org/2008/11/mw4dafrica-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
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W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Interview: Dan Appelquist on Vodafone, Mobile Web, and W3C
Standards by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/11/_as_part_of_a.html
* 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
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April 2009
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks

* 3 December, United Nations, New York City, USA: Perspectives
from Policy Makers, Civil Society Organizations representing
persons with disabilities, Industry and Standard Organizations.
Judy Brewer participates in a panel at Seminar on Implementing
the Digitial Accessibility Agenda of the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
* 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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