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- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:22:18 -0600
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W3C Weekly News
13 November - 24 November 2005
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W3C Group Links Semantic Web With Medical Industry
W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Semantic Web Health Care
and Life Sciences Interest Group (HCLSIG). Chaired by Tonya
Hongsermeier (Partners HealthCare) and Eric Neumann (Unaffiliated), the
group is chartered to improve collaboration, research and development,
and innovation adoption in the health care and life science industries.
Aiding decision-making in clinical research, Semantic Web technologies
will bridge many forms of biological and medical information across
institutions. Read the press release and visit the Semantic Web home
page.
http://www.w3.org/2005/11/hcls-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
W3C Launches Rich Web Client Activity
W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Rich Web Client Activity
for client-side Web Application development. The Web APIs Working Group
chaired by Robin Berjon (Expway) will document and build standard
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) such as XMLHttpRequest, an
AJAX component. The Web Application Formats Working Group chaired by
Art Barstow (Nokia) will develop declarative languages for Web
Applications, building on existing technologies in the marketplace
where possible. The Compound Document Formats Working Group chaired by
Kevin Kelly (IBM) moves to this Activity, and continues to develop a
framework for combined documents as well as profiles that use existing
W3C formats. Participation in these groups is open to W3C Members.
http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/
http://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/
http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/Group/
(Member-only link)
W3C Hosts Feed Validation Service
W3C is pleased to launch the W3C Feed Validation Service, a free online
tool open to creators of syndication feeds in formats such as RSS and
Atom. Based on 'feedvalidator', and adding a SOAP Web service interface
for interactive programming, the tool is useful for automatic or batch
syntax checking. This service joins the existing pool of free, open
source tools offered by W3C to the Web development community to help
build a better World Wide Web. Learn more in the announcement.
http://validator.w3.org/feed/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2005Nov/0083
XPointer Registry Launched
W3C is pleased to announce the XPointer Registry, opening XPointer
scheme registration up to the public. XPointer is an extensible system
for identifying regions in XML documents. XPointer provides for
multiple addressing schemes but the XPointer specification reserved
unprefixed scheme names to W3C. The registry adds public access and
enables open and well-regulated use through the XPointer Scheme Name
Registry Policy.
http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-schemes/
http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-policy
W3C Launches Efficient XML Interchange Working Group
W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Efficient XML Interchange
Working Group. Robin Berjon (Expway) and Oliver Goldman (Adobe Systems)
are Chairs. The group's objective is to define an alternative encoding
of the XML Information Set that addresses the requirements identified
in the work of the XML Binary Characterization Working Group, while
maintaining the existing interoperability between XML specifications.
The group is chartered through December 2007. Visit the XML home page.
http://www.w3.org/XML/EXI
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Note: WSDL 1.1 Description for XKMS
The XML Key Management Service (XKMS) Working Group has published
"A WSDL 1.1 description for XKMS" as a Working Group Note. The group
has defined a Web service to handle conventional PKI (public-key
infrastructure) functions. Written for XKMS developers, this note
provides a sample Web Services Description Language (WSDL) description
for an XKMS service. Visit the XKMS home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/NOTE-xkms-wsdl-20051118/
http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/
Last Call: Delivery Context Interfaces (DCI)
The Device Independence Working Group has released a Last Call Working
Draft of "Delivery Context: Interfaces (DCI) Accessing Static and
Dynamic Properties." DCI provides access to device properties including
capabilities, configuration, user preferences and environmental
conditions such as remaining battery life, signal strength, ambient
brightness, location, and display orientation. The previous version of
this document was named "Dynamic Properties Framework (DPF)." Comments
are welcome through 4 December. Read about the Device Independence
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-DPF-20051111/
http://www.w3.org/2001/di/
Working Drafts: Internationalization Tag Set
The Internationalization Tag Set Working Group has published a First
Public Working Draft of the "Internationalization Tag Set (ITS)" and
an updated Working Draft of its requirements. Organized by data
categories, this set of elements and attributes supports the
internationalization and localization of schemas and documents.
Implementations are provided for DTDs, XML Schema and Relax NG, and for
existing vocabularies like XHTML, DocBook and OpenDocument. Visit the
Internationalization home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-its-20051122/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-itsreq-20051122/
http://www.w3.org/International/
Working Draft: Device Description Ecosystem
The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group released a
First Public Working Draft of "Device Description Ecosystem," a future
Working Group Note. Serving as input for the group's requirements
document, this draft outlines business models and participants in the
field of device descriptions, and postulates a common repository. Read
about the Mobile Web Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-dd-ecosystem-20051121/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Working Drafts: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has
released Working Drafts of the "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
2.0" and "HTML Techniques for WCAG 2.0" and a First Public Working
Draft of "Understanding WCAG 2.0." Following WCAG makes Web content
more accessible to the vast majority of users, including people with
disabilities and older users, using many different devices including a
wide variety of assistive technology. Read about the Web Accessibility
Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WCAG20-20051123/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WCAG20-HTML-TECHS-20051123/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20051123/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Working Draft: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released
a Working Draft of "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0"
incorporating Last Call comments. The guidelines are written to help
developers create accessible authoring interfaces that produce
accessible Web content. Resulting content can be read by a broader
range of readers including those with disabilities.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-ATAG20-20051123/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Note: Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
The WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group has released
"Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA: Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the
Web" as a Working Group Note. Requests for visual verification of a
bitmapped image pose problems for those who are blind, have low vision
or have a learning disability such as dyslexia. The note examines ways
for systems to test for human users while preserving access for users
with disabilities.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/NOTE-turingtest-20051123/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Working Drafts: Compound Document Framework and WICD Profiles
The Compound Document Formats Working Group has released four Working
Drafts: the "Compound Document by Reference Framework 1.0," "WICD Core
1.0," "WICD Full 1.0," and "WICD Mobile 1.0." The drafts describe
behavior for audio, video, images, fonts, layout, events, scripting,
links and encoding when single documents contain multiple XML formats.
Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CDR-20051121/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WICD-20051121/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WICDFull-20051121/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WICDMobile-20051121/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/Activity.html
W3C/Keio Presents at SFC Open Research Forum in Tokyo
SFC Open Research Forum (ORF) is an annual open house event of the Keio
Research Institute of Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Keio University, Japan.
At W3C Forum in ORF 2005 on 22 November, Tatsuya Hagino chairs, Yoshio
Fukushige presents the Semantic Web, Kazuyuki Ashimura presents voice
browsing, and Felix Sasaki presents internationalization. An exhibition
booth and open tutorials on 22-23 November introduce the Mobile Web
Initiative, XHTML 2.0, XForms, Compound Document Formats,
internationalization of Web services, and Semantic Web services.
The event is open to interested companies and the general public.
http://orf.sfc.keio.ac.jp/
http://www.w3.org/2005/11/orf2005
W3C Continues ICANN Participation
W3C is pleased to announce the nomination of Daniel Dardailler, W3C
Associate Chair based in Europe, as W3C liaison to the Internet
Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board of Directors.
Thomas Roessler will serve on the 2006 ICANN Nominating Committee
(NomCom). W3C's involvement in ICANN and in the post-WSIS forum, soon
to be launched, should help preserve the operational stability of the
Internet and the Web in a transparent and open way while ensuring its
unfragmented growth based on contributions from the international
community. Read About W3C.
http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#XI-A-2.7
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/dd-wsis-tp.html
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/
Mobile Web Initiative Presents "Web on the Move"
The Web on the Move was held on 15 November at the British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London, UK. MWI sponsors attended
and Michael Wilson, W3C UK and Ireland Office, was master of
ceremonies. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, sent a recorded welcome
address (MP3 audio). Read the media advisory and about the Mobile Web
Initiative, a concerted effort to make the Web interoperable and usable
for users of mobile devices.
http://www.w3.org/2005/11/mwi-ukevent.html
http://www.w3.org/2005/11/15-tim-mwi-london.mp3
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/mwi-UKevent_media_advisory
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
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