W3C Weekly News - 4 June 2004

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CSS3 Basic User Interface Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

   W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the "CSS3 Basic User
   Interface Module" to Candidate Recommendation. The Cascading Style
   Sheets (CSS) language is used to render structured documents like HTML
   and XML on screen, on paper, and in speech. This module addresses user
   interface states and features, element fragments, forms, stylistic
   attributes in HTML, focus navigation, and styling elements as icons for
   accessibility. Comments are invited through 11 November. Visit the CSS
   home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-css3-ui-20040511/
    http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

Call for Participation: Workshop on Multimodal Interaction

   Position papers are due 11 June for the W3C Workshop on Multimodal
   Interaction to be held in Sophia Antipolis, France on 19-20 July.
   Attendees from user and research communities will discuss current
   plans, and provide feedback and suggestions for future multimodal work.
   Read about Workshops and visit the Multimodal Interaction home page at
   W3C.

    http://www.w3.org/2004/02/mmi-workshop-cfp.html
    http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
    http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements Published

   The RDF Data Access Working Group has released the First Public Working
   Draft of "RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements." The document
   outlines use cases for RDF query languages and access protocols and
   their requirements, and examines design objectives. Comments are
   welcome. Visit the Semantic Web home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-rdf-dawg-uc-20040602/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Working Draft: QA Specification Guidelines

   The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released "QA Specification
   Guidelines" as a Working Draft. The document is designed to help W3C
   Working Groups write technical reports. Reflecting major changes in the
   W3C QA Framework, these newly rewritten guidelines are lightweight and
   more user-friendly. Comments are welcome. Learn more about Quality
   Assurance (QA) at W3C.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20040602/
    http://www.w3.org/QA/

Working Draft: Web Services Internationalization Usage Scenarios

   The Web Services Task Force of the Internationalization Working Group
   has released an updated Working Draft of "Web Services
   Internationalization Usage Scenarios" with additional guidance for
   implementers of Web service technologies. The document examines how
   language, culture and related issues interact with Web services
   architecture and technology. Comments are welcome on this draft. Visit
   the Internationalization home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-ws-i18n-scenarios-20040512/
    http://www.w3.org/International/

Upcoming W3C Talks

   * Daniel Dardailler presents at DeViNT'2004 in Sophia Antipolis,
     France on 4 June.
   * Ivan Herman presents at the W3C Office for Germany and Austria
     in Sankt Augustin, Germany on 8 June.
   * Shadi Abou-Zahra presents at the IANIS Conference in Budapest,
     Hungary on 11 June.
   * Steve Bratt presents at the 16th Annual IRIS Workshop in
     Tucson, AZ, USA on 11 and 12 June.
   * Ivan Herman presents at the KRNet 2004 conference in Seoul,
     South Korea on 24 June.

   Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as
   an RSS channel.

    http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/

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