The 2009-03-16 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20090316
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web: First
Public Draft
The eGovernment Interest Group has published the First Public
Working Draft of "Improving Access to Government through Better Use
of the Web." The term "eGovernment" refers to the use of the Web or
other information technologies by governing bodies (local, state,
federal, multi-national) to interact with their citizenry, between
departments and divisions, and between governments themselves.
Recognizing that governments throughout the World need assistance
and guidance in achieving the promises of electronic government
through technology and the Web, this document seeks to define and
call forth, but not yet solve, the variety of issues and challenges
faced by governments. The use cases, documentation, and explanation
are focused on the available or needed technical standards but
additionally provide context to note and describe the additional
challenges and issues which exist before success can be realized.
This document has been published in time for W3C's eGovernment
stakeholder meeting in Washington, D.C.. Learn more about the
eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-egov-improving-20090310/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/F2F2
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
Video of Tim Berners-Lee's TED Talk Available
In February, W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee spoke at TED 2009 about
the Semantic Web and linked data (see slides). The video of his TED
talk is now available.
http://conferences.ted.com/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0204-ted-tbl/
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.h
tml
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0: Updated Working Draft
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published
an updated Working Draft of the "User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
(UAAG) 2.0." UAAG defines how browsers, media players, and other
"user agents" should support accessibility for people with
disabilities and work with assistive technologies. Read the
invitation to review the UAAG 2.0 Working Draft and about the Web
Accessibility Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-UAAG20-20080312/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009JanMar/0057
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Pointer Methods in RDF: First Draft Published
The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group today published
"Pointer Methods in RDF" as a First Public Working Draft. This
document provides a framework for representing pointers to identify
locations in content or portions of content, using Resource
Description Framework (RDF). This document is part of Evaluation and
Report Language (EARL) and can be used to extend the "EARL 1.0
Schema." Read the invitation to review Pointer Methods in RDF and
learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
http://www.w3.org/TR/Pointers-in-RDF
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/earl
http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009JanMar/0053
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Last Call: Selectors Level 3
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published the
Last Call Working Draft of "Selectors Level 3." Selectors are
patterns that match against elements in a tree, and as such form one
of several technologies that can be used to select nodes in an XML
document. Selectors have been optimized for use with HTML and XML,
and are designed to be usable in performance-critical code. Comments
are welcome through 07 April. Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-selectors-20090310/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
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Upcoming Meetings
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 24 March, Vienna, Austria: Moving the Web with Standards.
François Daoust presents at Mobile Internet 2009.
* 27 March, Frankfurt, Germany: Mobile Access – Device-independent
or Accessible. Dominique Hazaël-Massieux participates in a panel
at European Accessibility Forum.
* 31 March, Paris, France: Improving Society through Better Use of
Web Standards. Daniel Dardailler presents at Technical
Regulation of the Internet.
* 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.
* 23 April, Lisbon, Portugal: Improving Society through Better Use
of Web Standards. Daniel Dardailler participates in a panel at
ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum.
* 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.
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