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