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- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:50:30 -0600
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W3C Weekly News
20 December 2006 - 3 January 2007
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XML Base Proposed Edited Recommendation: Call for Review
The XML Core Working Group has published a Proposed Edited
Recommendation for "XML Base (Second Edition)." XML Base describes
a facility, similar to that of HTML BASE, for defining base URIs for
parts of XML documents. Comments are welcome through 31 January 2007.
Visit the XML Core home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PER-xmlbase-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
Authorized Translation of WCAG 1.0 in Catalan
W3C released the Authorized Catalan Translation of "Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0." This is the first document
published following the Policy for W3C Authorized Translations. The
Lead Translation Organization for this Authorized Translation was the
Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació - Universitat de Barcelona.
Visit the Web Accessibility Initiative home page. Learn more about W3C
Translations.
http://www.w3.org/2006/11/WCAG_ca/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/
Last Call: Canonical XML 1.1
The XML Core Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft
of "Canonical XML 1.1," which describes a method for generating a
physical representation, the canonical form, of an XML document that
accounts for permissible syntactic changes permitted by XML 1.0.
Comments are welcome through 30 April 2007. Visit the XML Core
home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xml-c14n11-20061220
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
Group Note: Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)
The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note "Known Issues
with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)," which addresses some of the issues
related to inheritance of the XML attributes xml:base and xml:id and
the W3C Recommendation for Canonical XML Version 1.0. Visit the XML
Core home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-C14N-issues-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
Group Note: Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment
The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note "Using XML
Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment," which describes how to
use the XML Digital Signature Recommendation in a way consistent with
the present (fall 2006) XML environment. Visit the XML Core home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-DSig-usage-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)
The Synchronized Multimedia (SYMM) Working Group has released the First
Public Working Draft of "Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
(SMIL 3.0)." This the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"), an XML-based language
that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. This
version will extend the functionality of SMIL 2.1, facilitate the reuse
of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, and define
new SMIL profiles. Read more about the Synchronized Multimedia
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-SMIL3-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP
The XML Protocol Working Group has released the First Public Working
Draft of "SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP." Where SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2
provides a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) and a
response-only MEP, the new Part 3 Working Draft provides a one-way MEP.
Visit the XML Protocol home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-soap12-part3-20061219/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/soap12-part2/
http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/
HTTP Vocabulary in RDF
The WAI Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) has released
the First Public Working Draft of "HTTP Vocabulary in RDF," which
describes a representation of HTTP vocabulary in RDF. The terms defined
by the document allow HTTP headers that have been exchanged between a
client and a server to be recorded in RDF format. Visit the WAI ERT
home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-HTTP-in-RDF-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
WAI-ARIA Suite Updated
The Protocols and Formats Working Group has published updated Working
Drafts of WAI-ARIA "Roadmap," "Roles," and "States and Properties." The
suite describes accessibility of rich Web content using interactive
technologies such as AJAX and DHTML. These concepts are further
introduced in the WAI-ARIA Overview. The PFWG charter has been updated
to allow the group to publish Recommendation-track documents.
Accordingly, WAI-ARIA Roles and States and Properties are now intended
to become W3C Recommendations; the Roadmap remains a draft Working
Group Note. Visit the WAI PFWG home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-roadmap-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-role-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-state-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
Web Services Policy 1.5 - Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors,
Primer
The Web Services Policy Working Group has published two Web Services
Policy 1.5 - Working Drafts: an update to the "Primer" and a First
Public Working Draft of "Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors." The
new Guidelines document provides guidance for assertion authors that
will work with the Web Services Policy 1.5 "Framework" and "Attachment"
specifications to create domain specific assertions. Web Services
Policy Framework defines a base set of constructs that can be used and
extended by other Web services specifications to describe a broad range
of service requirements and capabilities. Visit the Web Services Policy
Working Group home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ws-policy-primer-20061221
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ws-policy-guidelines-20061221
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/policy/
Patent Advisory Group for Remote XML Events (REX) Launched
In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a REX Patent
Advisory Group (PAG) in response to disclosures related to the "Remote
Events for XML (REX)" specification; see the PAG charter. The SVG
Working Group and Web API Working Group jointly develop this
specification. W3C launches a PAG to resolve issues in the event a
patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available
under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements. Public comments
regarding these disclosures may be sent to public-rex-pag@w3.org
(publicly archived). Learn more about Patent Advisory Groups.
http://www.w3.org/2006/12/w3c-rex-pag-charter
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rex-pag/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exception
Upcoming W3C Talks
* Michael Cooper presents at the "Premier Forum européen de
l'accessibilité numérique : Les services en ligne accessibles, pour
le bénéfice de tous (First European e-Accessibility Forum:
Accessible on-line services, a benefit for all)" on 29 January in
Paris, France.
* Erik Bruchez presents at "Solutions Linux - Solutions Open Source"
on 1 February in Paris, France.
* On behalf of the W3C Spain Office, Ivan Herman presents at the
European W3C Symposium on eGovernment on 2 February in Gijón, Spain.
* Marie-Claire Forgue, Philipp Hoschka and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
run booth 7D56 in Hall 7 at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 on
12-15 February in Barcelona, Spain.
* On behalf of the India Office, Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at the
International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries on
21 February in Bangalore, India.
Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS
channel.
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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