The 2009-03-30 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20090330
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Welcomes Feedback on Redesigned Web Site
W3C invites public feedback on a beta release of a W3C site
redesign. The new site features a harmonized design, simplified
information architecture, new style for technical reports, and new
content, including calendars and aggregated blogs. W3C welcomes
feedback on the usability of the site, links to useful information,
contributions of content to new pages, and bug fixes. Take a
10-minute screencast tour of the site, learn more about the
redesign, and find out how you can help.
http://dotsub.com/view/41e149bd-8b98-4103-a9f8-c96787497211
http://beta.w3.org/
http://dotsub.com/view/41e149bd-8b98-4103-a9f8-c96787497211
http://beta.w3.org/Help/about-redesign
http://beta.w3.org/Help/about-redesign#howtohelp
Patent Advisory Group Launched for "Widgets 1.0: Updates"
In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a Patent
Advisory Group (PAG) in response to a disclosure related to the
"Widgets 1.0: Updates" specification; see the PAG charter. The
WebApps Working Group develops this specification. W3C launches a
PAG to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that
may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free
licensing requirements. Learn more about Patent Advisory Groups.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/p66
http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/
http://www.w3.org/2009/03/widgets-pag-charter
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exception
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-RF
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exception
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview
The OWL Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft
of "OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview." This document,
part 1 of 13 in the OWL 2 document set, serves as an introduction to
OWL 2 and the various other OWL 2 documents. It describes the
various syntaxes for OWL 2, the different kinds of semantics, the
defined profiles (sub-languages), and the differences between OWL 1
and OWL 2. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-owl2-overview-20090327/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Exploring Richer Web Content Authoring with CSS and SVG: Five First
Public Drafts
The CSS and SVG Working Groups delivered today five new
specifications for public review, aimed at enabling more compelling
content creation with open Web technologies. The five drafts are:
"SVG Transforms 1.0, Part 2: Language," "CSS 2D Transforms Module
Level 3," "CSS 3D Transforms Module Level 3," "CSS Animations
Module Level 3," and "CSS Transitions Module Level 3." SVG
Transforms allows two-dimensional objects to be transformed using
three-dimensional transformations. CSS 2D Transforms allows elements
rendered by CSS to be transformed in two-dimensional space. CSS 3D
Transforms extends CSS Transforms to allow elements rendered by CSS
to be transformed in three-dimensional space. CSS Animations allow
an author to modify CSS property values over time. CSS Transitions
allows property changes in CSS values to occur smoothly over a
specified duration. The groups are working closely together to make
implementing and authoring these features easy and consistent across
Web languages. Learn more about the Style Activity and Graphics
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-SVG-Transforms-20090320/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-2d-transforms-20090320/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-3d-transforms-20090320/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-animations-20090320/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-transitions-20090320/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Activity
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Draft Published
The Web Applications Working Group has published the Working Draft
of "Cross-Origin Resource Sharing." This document defines a
mechanism to enable client-side cross-origin requests.
Specifications that want to enable cross-origin requests in an API
they define can use the algorithms defined by this specification. If
such an API is used on http://example.org resources, a resource on
http://hello-world.example can opt in using the mechanism described
by this specification (e.g., specifying Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
http://example.org as response header), which would allow that
resource to be fetched cross-origin from http://example.org. Learn
more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-cors-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
W3C Invites Implementations of SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization
System) Reference; Primer Also Published
The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group invites implementation of
the Candidate Recommendation of "SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization
System Reference." This document defines the Simple Knowledge
Organization System (SKOS), a common data model for sharing and
linking knowledge organization systems via the Web. SKOS—Simple
Knowledge Organization System—provides a model for expressing the
basic structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri,
classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies,
folksonomies, and other similar types of controlled vocabulary. As
an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF), SKOS
allows concepts to be composed and published on the World Wide Web,
linked with data on the Web and integrated into other concept
schemes. The Working Group also published today a Working Draft of
"SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Primer." Learn more
about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-skos-reference-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-skos-primer-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Five First Public Drafts of Web Services Specifications
The Web Services Resource Access Working Group published five First
Public Working Drafts: "Web Services Enumeration (WS-Enumeration),"
"Web Services Eventing (WS-Eventing)," "Web Services Resource
Transfer (WS-RT)," "Web Services Transfer (WS-Transfer)," and "Web
Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange)." The first
describes a general SOAP-based protocol for enumerating a sequence
of XML elements that is suitable for traversing logs, message
queues, or other linear information models. The second describes a
protocol that allows Web services to subscribe to or accept
subscriptions for event notification. The third defines extensions
to WS-Transfer that deal primarily with fragment-based access to
resources to satisfy the common requirements of WS-ResourceFramework
and WS-Management. The fourth describes a general SOAP-based
protocol for accessing XML representations of Web service-based
resources. The fifth defines how metadata associated with a Web
service endpoint can be represented as resources, how metadata can
be embedded in endpoint references, and how metadata could be
retrieved from a Web service endpoint. Learn more about the Web
Services Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ra/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-enumeration-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-eventing-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-resource-transfer-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-transfer-20090317
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-metadata-exchange-20090317
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
Past home page news...
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* A rough view of the future by Philippe Le Hégaret
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/03/a_rough_view_of_the_future.html
http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/
* News from the Video Media Annotations front by Coralie Mercier
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/03/news_from_the_video_media_anno.html
http://my.opera.com/koalie/
* beta.w3.org by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/03/betaw3org.html
* Food, agriculture, and SKOS by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/03/food_agriculture_and_skos.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/
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
* 31 March, Paris, France: Improving Society through Better Use of
Web Standards. Daniel Dardailler presents at Technical
Regulation of the Internet.
* 1 April, Maputo, Mozambique: A Web that Empowers All People.
Steve Bratt gives a keynote at Africa Perspective on the Role of
Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development.
* 17 April, Washington, DC, USA: Interoperability and Web
Applications. Kevin Novak presents at eGov Washington Workshop:
Putting Open Standards to Work for Transparency, Security and
Interoperability.
* 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.
* 23 April, Madrid, Spain: Panel on Multilingual Web Sites.
Richard Ishida participates in a panel at 18th World Wide Web
Conference (WWW2009).
* 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.
* 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
tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
* More talks...
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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