The 2009-02-09 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20090209
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Tim Berners-Lee Speaks at TED2009
Tim Berners-Lee, Director of W3C, addresses TED2009 today in Long
Beach, California on the subject of Linked Data. Berners-Lee's talk
highlights the many possibilities that arise when governments,
enterprises, scientists, and others in the community choose to share
and link data on the Web using Web standards.
http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0204-ted-tbl/
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
http://conferences.ted.com/
http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0204-ted-tbl/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web: Workshop Report
Published
W3C published today a report from the W3C Workshop on Security for
Access to Device APIs from the Web. Workshop participants identified
a number of challenges as high-priority work items, including:
* Declaration of APIs used by web applications and widgets
* Policy description
* API patterns and concrete APIs
W3C invites follow-up discussion on the public mailing list
public-device-apis@w3.org (public archive). Learn more about the W3C
Mobile Web Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/report
http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Social Networking Challenges Identified by Industry Leaders in W3C
Workshop
W3C has published a report from the Workshop on the Future of Social
Networking. Observations from the fifty-five organizations that
participated (and submitted 72 position papers) include:
* By enabling users to share profiles and data across networks,
social networking sites can grow further and open possibilities
for a decentralized architecture for the Social Web.
* Contextual information, especially for mobile device users, can
significantly enrich the social networking user experience.
* Many users remain unaware of the impact of social networking on
their privacy.
The report highlights the need for an interoperable distributed
social Web framework and suggests concrete next steps for W3C. W3C
now welcomes interested parties to contribute to public discussion.
See video highlights from the Workshop, read the press release and
learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI).
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/report
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/papers/
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/report#Next
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-social-web-talk/
http://www.ustream.tv/oripekelman/videos
http://www.w3.org/2009/02/socialnetworks-pressrelease.html.en
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Social Networking Workshop Report by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/02/social_networking_workshop_rep.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/
Upcoming Meetings
* W3C Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 , 5-6 March
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 12 February, 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.
* 25 February, Cambridge, MA, USA: W3C's Semantic Web in Heath
Care and Life Sciences Interest Group. Lee Feigenbaum, Susie
Stephens, Eric Prud'hommeaux give a tutorial at Conference on
Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (C-SHALS) .
* 2 March, San Diego, USA: Frontiers in Interaction: The Power of
Multimodal Standards. Deborah Dahl presents at Voice Search
2009.
* 14 March, Austin, TX, USA: Making Web Widgets Accessible: Tools
and Techniques. Michael Cooper participates in a panel at South
by Southwest Conference.
* 19 March, Los Angeles, CA, USA: Towards a More Accessible
Browser. Jeanne Spellman, Jim Allan present at CSUN Center on
Disabilities 24th Annual International Technology and Persons
with Disabilities Conference.
* 19 March, Los Angeles, CA, USA: The New WCAG 2: Web
Accessibility Q&A with the Editors. Shawn Henry, Michael Cooper,
Loretta Guarino Reid participate in a panel at CSUN
International Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Conference.
* 21 March, Prague, Czech Republic: XML Processing and
Choreography. Mohamed Zergaoui presents at XML Prague 2009.
* 22 March, Prague, Czech Republic: Exploring XProc. Norman Walsh
presents at XML Prague 2009.
* 27 March, Frankfurt, Germany: Mobile Access – Device-independent
or Accessible. Dominique Hazaël-Massieux participates in a panel
at European Accessibility Forum.
* 29 April, Madrid, Spain: Web Accessibility and Older Users - We
Are There!. Andrew Arch gives a keynote at W4A2009 -
International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web
Accessibility.
* 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 2009 Semantic Technology
Conference.
* 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: What is New in W3C Land?. Ivan
Herman presents at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 16 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introducing OWL 2. Ivan Herman
participates in a panel at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 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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