W3C Weekly News - 9 July 2001

                             W3C Weekly News

                          28 June - 9 July 2001

SOAP Version 1.2 and XML Protocol Abstract Model Working Drafts Published

   9 July 2001: The XML Protocol Working Group has released Working
   Drafts of SOAP Version 1.2 and the XML Protocol Abstract Model.
   Publicly developed and based on SOAP/1.1 (Simple Object Access
   Protocol), SOAP is a data transfer protocol designed for information
   exchange on the Web, using XML as its encapsulation language. Version
   1.2 implements XML schemas and namespaces, clarifies ambiguities, and
   provides a refined processing model. Read the press release and
   testimonials.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-20010709/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xmlp-am-20010709/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/07/soap12wd-pressrelease

W3C Team Presentations in July

   9 July 2001: On 10 July, Hugo Haas and Eric Prud'hommeaux attend the
   Software Services Grid Workshop, sponsored by the Object Management
   Group, Inc, in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA. On 11 July, Philipp
   Hoschka presents "Activities of the W3C" at the ICANN PSO General
   Assembly, sponsored by ETSI, in Sophia-Antipolis, France. Charles
   McCathieNevile speaks on Web accessibility at the TechFest 2001
   Assistive Technology Expo to be held on 17 and 19 July in Launceston
   and Hobart, Tasmania. Charles also speaks at the Central Queensland
   University in Rockhampton, at Changing Landscape II on 20 July.

    http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/
    http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/software_services_grid_workshop.htm
    http://www.pso.icann.org/PSO_GA_2001/PSO_GA_HOME.htm
    http://www.education.tas.gov.au/equitystandards/tech-assist/techfest.htm

W3C Restructures User Interface Domain

   6 July 2001: In the W3C sense, "domains" are groups of related W3C
   Activities. To better balance and focus W3C work, the Document
   Formats Domain and the Interaction Domain replace W3C's User
   Interface Domain as of 6 July. The Document Formats Domain, led by
   Vincent Quint, hosts the Amaya, Graphics, HTML, Internationalization,
   Math, and Style Activities. The Interaction Domain, led by Philipp
   Hoschka, hosts the Device Independence, Synchronized Multimedia, and
   Voice Browser Activities. Michael Sperberg-McQueen becomes
   Architecture Domain Leader.

    http://www.w3.org/DF/
    http://www.w3.org/Interaction/

Amaya 5.0 Released

   4 July 2001: Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version
   5.0 adds accessibility features, enhanced SVG and PNG support, CSS
   parser feedback, and XHTML 1.1 support including simple and complex
   ruby annotation. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris 8, Linux, and
   Windows 2000, NT, 95, and 98. Source code is available. If you are
   interested in annotations, please visit the Annotea home page.

    http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/

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