The 2009-02-16 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20090216
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Multimodal Standard Brings Web to More People, More Ways
As part of ensuring the Web is available to all people on any
device, W3C published a new standard today to enable interactions
beyond the familiar keyboard and mouse. EMMA, the "EMMA: Extensible
MultiModal Annotation Markup Language," promotes the development of
rich Web applications that can be adapted to more input modes (such
as handwriting, natural language, and gestures) and output modes
(such as synthesized speech) at lower cost. The document, published
by the Multimodal Interaction Working Group, 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. Read the press release and testimonials, and learn
more about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-emma-20090210/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
http://www.w3.org/2009/02/emma-pressrelease.html.en
http://www.w3.org/2009/02/emma-testimonial
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
Call for Review: Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1 Proposed
Recommendation
The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published the
Proposed Recommendations of "Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1"
and "Service Modeling Language Interchange Format Version 1.1." SML
extends the coherence-checking mechanisms of W3C XML Schema from
individual documents to collections of documents. SML-IF extends the
utility of SML by providing mechanisms for gathering together a set
of documents whose coherence is guaranteed by an SML schema, which
itself is part of the resulting package. Comments are welcome
through 12 March. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language
(XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/XML/SML/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PR-sml-20090212/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PR-sml-if-20090212/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Drafts of HTML 5, Differences from HTML 4 Published
The HTML Working Group has published Working Drafts of "HTML 5" and
"HTML 5 differences from HTML 4." In this version of HTML5, new
features are introduced to help Web application authors, new
elements are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring
practices, and special attention has been given to defining clear
conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve
interoperability. Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-html5-20090212/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-html5-diff-20090212/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
Incubator Group Report: RDB2RDF
The RDB2RDF Incubator Group published their final report. In the
report, the group recommends that the W3C initiate a WG to
standardize a language for mapping Relational Database schemas into
RDF and OWL. 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/rdb2rdf/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf/XGR-rdb2rdf-20090126/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/
Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events
The Web Applications Working Group has published the First Public
Working Draft of "Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events." This specification
defines a set of APIs and events for the Widgets 1.0 Family of
Specifications that enable baseline functionality for widgets. The
APIs and Events defined by this specification defines, amongst other
things, the means to:
* access the metadata declared in a widget's configuration
document,
* receive events related to changes in the view state of a widget,
* determine the locale under which a widget is currently running,
* be notified of events relating to the widget being updated,
* invoke a widget to open a URL on the system's default browser,
* requests the user's attention in a device independent manner,
* and check if any additional APIs requested via the configuration
document's feature element have successfully loaded.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-apis-20090205/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Palm webOS approach to HTML extensibility: x-mojo-* by Dan
Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/02/palm_webos_approach_to_html_ex.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
* Semantic Data Extractor by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/02/semantic_data_extractor.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
* 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: What is New in W3C Land?. Ivan
Herman presents at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
Ivan Herman gives a tutorial 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
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* More talks...
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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