The 2009-03-03 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Open Meeting: Realizing Government Transparency and Openness
On 12-13 March, W3C's eGovernment Interest Group will hold a special
stakeholder meeting in Washington, DC to address a number of issues
of high interest to government policy makers, elected officials, and
managers of government information technology. Participants will
document progressive solutions for electronic government and develop
a road map for developing Web standards related to topics such as
participation and citizen engagement, open government data,
identification and authentication, and long-term data management.
The meeting is open to the public, but advance registration is
required and seating is limited. W3C thanks the American Institute
of Architects for hosting this meeting. Read the media advisory and
learn more about the W3C eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/F2F2
http://www.aia.org/
http://www.w3.org/2009/02/eGov-mediaadvisory.html.en
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
XML Security Working Group Releases Eight Working Drafts
The XML Security Working Group has published a set of eight Working
Drafts. The "XML Signature 1.1" and "XML Encryption 1.1" First
Public Working Drafts make changes to the default sets of
cryptographic algorithms in both specifications. "XML Security Use
Cases and Requirements" and "XML Signature Transform Simplification:
Requirements and Design" are documents that we expect to help guide
the group's work on a future version of the XML Security
specifications that might make more radical changes than the 1.1
series of these specifications. The Working Group would like to
receive early feedback on these four drafts.
Additionally, the "XML Security Derived Keys" specification
introduces mark-up for key derivation, for use with both XML
Signature and XML Encryption. "XML Signature Properties" defines
commonly used signature properties. "XML Security Algorithms" is a
cross-reference for the algorithms and their identifiers used with
the XML security specifications, bringing in one place information
located in a number of documents. "XML Signature Best Practices" is
a revised Working Draft for Best Practices in using the XML
Signature specification.
http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmldsig-core1-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmlenc-core1-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmlsec-reqs-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmldsig-simplify-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmlsec-%20derivedkeys-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmldsig-%20properties-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmlsec-%20algorithms-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-xmldsig-bestpractices-20090226/
Web Forms 2.0 Draft Superseded by HTML 5
The HTML Working Group has announced that "Web Forms 2.0" has been
superseded by material published in drafts of "HTML 5." Learn more
about HTML.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg
http://www.w3.org/TR/web-forms-2/
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
http://www.w3.org/html/
Last Call: Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines
The Web Security Context Working Group has published the second Last
Call Working Draft of "Web Security Context: User Interface
Guidelines." This specification deals with the trust decisions that
users must make online, and with ways to support them in making safe
and informed decisions where possible. In order to achieve that
goal, this specification includes recommendations on the
presentation of identity information by Web user agents. It also
includes recommendations for handling errors in security protocols.
This second Last Call Working Draft incorporates feedback gathered
during the first Last Call period, both from the public and from
implementers participating in the Working Group. Comments are
welcome through 19 March 2009. Learn more about the Security
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wsc-ui-20090226/
http://www.w3.org/Security/
Last Call: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA); Best
Practices and Implementation Guide Drafts Also Published
The Protocols and Formats Working Group published the Last Call
Working Draft of "Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)"
. WAI-ARIA defines a way to make Web content and Web applications
more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps
with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed
with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.
The Working Group also published a First Public Working Draft of the
"WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide" that provides guidance on
how browsers and other user agents should expose WAI-ARIA features
to platform accessibility APIs. The updated Working Draft of
"WAI-ARIA Best Practices" that was published today describes how Web
content developers can develop accessible rich Web applications
using WAI-ARIA. These WAI-ARIA documents are described in the
WAI-ARIA Overview. Read details in the review announcement, and
about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wai-aria-implementation-20090224/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wai-aria-practices-20090224/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009JanMar/0037
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Updated Working
Draft
The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has
published an updated Working Draft of "Authoring Tool Accessibility
Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0" that is synchronized with the finalized "WCAG
2.0." ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers
produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. 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/2009/WD-ATAG20-20090217/
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009JanMar/0033
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* 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
* 6 March, Utrecht, The Netherlands: XForms and Declarative
Applications. Steven Pemberton presents at MozCamp.
* 11 March, Stockholm, Sweden: Tillgänglighet, metoder, tekniker.
Olle Olsson presents at EPiServerdagen 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.
* 21 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.
* 17 June, San Jose, USA: XBRL and the Semantic Web. Dave Raggett,
Diane Mueller present 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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