W3C Weekly News - 10 September 2001

                             W3C Weekly News

                  Week of 4 September - 10 September 2001

Refactoring RDF/XML Syntax Working Draft Published

   6 September 2001: The RDF Core Working Group has released the first
   public Working Draft of Refactoring RDF/XML Syntax. The document
   records the process of updating the grammar in the Resource
   Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification, showing
   the changes step-by-step. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20010906/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Becomes a W3C Recommendation

   5 September 2001: The World Wide Web Consortium today released the
   Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Specification as a W3C
   Recommendation. The specification has been reviewed by the W3C
   Membership, who favor its adoption by industry. SVG delivers
   two-dimensional graphics in XML to the Web, providing accessible,
   dynamic, reusable, and extensible vector graphics, text, and images.
   Read about SVG implementations, and learn more in the press release
   and testimonials.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/09/svg1-pressrelease

SMIL Animation Becomes a W3C Recommendation

   5 September 2001: The World Wide Web Consortium has issued SMIL
   Animation as a W3C Recommendation. This subset of the Synchronized
   Multimedia Integration Language 2.0 (SMIL, pronounced "smile") puts
   animation on a time line, allows composition of multiple animations,
   and describes animation elements for any XML-based host language.
   Read about the W3C Synchronized Multimedia Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-smil-animation-20010904/
    http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/

W3C Team to Present at XML Days Europe

   4 September 2001: Eight W3C Team members will present at the XML Days
   conference series to be held from 17 September through 1 October
   2001. Steven Pemberton appears in Amsterdam and Helsinki. Daniel
   Dardailler appears in Brussels and in Copenhagen. Bert Bos appears in
   Munich. Karl Dubost appears in Zurich. Oreste Signore of the W3C
   Italian Office appears in Milan. Philippe Le Hégaret appears in
   Paris. Charles McCathieNevile appears in Oslo and Stockholm, and
   Henry Thompson appears in Budapest.

    http://www.ltt.de/xml_days.2001/
    http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/

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