Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Ecommerce standard work in custexpdata CG, Lea Verou leaving W3C, etc.

This is the 5-12 July 2013 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and  
trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership  
and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1]) [sent  
separately]. This digest aggregates information about W3C from online  
media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


Notably this week :

- over 600 stories about W3C on Twitter in the past week.
- over 1700 mentions of W3C in past week.
- 65672 Twitter followers.
- 7 posts that dlvr.it posted between Jun 30 - Jul 07 got 26K (+38%)  
clicks with a potential reach to 75.5K connections.
- Peak 11-Jul (424 mentions) for top story “Leaving W3C” [1]
[1] http://lea.verou.me/2013/07/leaving-w3c/


Below is the compilation of what I harvested monitoring the  
(micro)blogosphere and press.


W3C and HTML5 related Twitter buzz
----------------------------------
[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first (popularity is flagged with the figure between  
parenthesis —that is the number of times the same URIs or tweet was  
quoted/RTed.]


* (20) W3C Blog: WCAG Techniques and Understanding WCAG Updates, by Shawn  
Henry
<http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/07/wcag_techniques_updated_july2013.html>

* (242) .net: 5 HTML5 and ARIA design patterns, By Léonie Watson and Steve  
Faulkner
<http://www.netmagazine.com/features/5-html5-and-aria-design-patterns>

* (357) W3C Working on an Ecommerce Web Standard
<http://gigaom.com/2013/07/10/google-adobe-and-best-buy-are-working-on-an-ecommerce-web-data-standard/>
<http://semanticweb.com/google-best-buy-w3c-working-on-an-ecommerce-web-standard_b38421>
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/proposed-w3c-standard-for-ecommerce-customer-data-moves-forward-021675.php>
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10915073.htm>
<http://www.qubitproducts.com/tag-management/w3c-open-data-standard>

This is related to work conducted in Customer Experience Digital Data CG  
<http://www.w3.org/community/custexpdata/>. That group is currently  
transitioning to a new W3C WG (Digital Data).


* (51) ALA: Security Affair, by Virgine Galindo
<http://alistapart.com/column/security-affair>

* (24) Lea Verou’s tweet that she’s leaving W3C
<http://twitter.com/leaverou/status/355242801530806272>

* (20) telecomreseller.com: “HTML5 and accessible real-time collaboration  
apps”
<http://www.telecomreseller.com/2013/07/08/html5-and-accessible-real-time-collaboration-apps/>

* (22) DIY Genius: “Why You Should Learn HTML5 Now Before It Explodes In  
Popularity”
<http://www.diygenius.com/why-you-should-learn-html5-now-before-it-explodes-in-popularity/>



W3C in the Press (or blogs):
---------------------------

12 articles. Highlights:
   * custexpdata CG work on an Ecommerce Web Standard
   * DNT

A selection follows.

[Most recent first.
  title, source (date), link.
  Find keywords on our Press clippings page:  
http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


    W3C Mulls Ad Industry Proposal For Do-Not-Track
    MediaPost Daily Online Examiner (11 July)
    http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/204370/w3c-mulls-ad-inustry-proposal-for-do-not-track.html


    W3C Report Updates Web Applications on Mobile Standards
    CMS Wire (11 July)
    http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/w3c-report-updates-web-applications-on-mobile-standards-021702.php


    The W3C on Web Standards: Security Affair
    A List Apart (11 July)
    http://alistapart.com/column/security-affair


    Bop Design Talks the Importance of W3C Standards for Design August 7-8  
in San Francisco   Read more about Bop Design Talks the Importance of W3C  
Standards for Design August 7-8 in San Francisco
    BWW Geeks World (10 July)
    http://geeks.broadwayworld.com/article/Bop-Design-Talks-the-Importance-of-W3C-Standards-for-Design-August-7-8-in-San-Francisco-20130710


    Proposed W3C Standard for e-Commerce Customer Data Moves Forward
    CMS Wire (10 July)
    http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/proposed-w3c-standard-for-ecommerce-customer-data-moves-forward-021675.php


    5 HTML5 and ARIA design patterns
    .net magazine (10 July)
    http://www.netmagazine.com/features/5-html5-and-aria-design-patterns


    HTML5 and accessible real-time collaboration apps
    Telecom Reseller (8 July)
    http://www.telecomreseller.com/2013/07/08/html5-and-accessible-real-time-collaboration-apps/


    Why You Should Learn HTML5 Now Before It Explodes In Popularity
    DIY Genius (7 July)
    http://www.diygenius.com/why-you-should-learn-html5-now-before-it-explodes-in-popularity/


    Cloud lock-in: What firms can be doing now to avoid the traps
    ZDNet (5 July)
    http://www.zdnet.com/cloud-lock-in-what-firms-can-be-doing-now-to-avoid-the-traps-7000017716/



-- 
  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +33643220001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

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