- From: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:43:38 -0700
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W3C Weekly News
7 March - 23 March 2007
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XML Binding Language (XBL) 2.0: Call for Implementations
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "XML Binding Language
(XBL) 2.0" to Candidate Recommendation. XBL extends the appearance
and behavior of elements in Web formats such as HTML. Elements may
be mapped to script, event handlers, CSS, and more complex content
models. Content can be re-ordered and wrapped so that for instance,
complex CSS styles can be applied to simple HTML or XHTML markup.
XBL can be used to implement new DOM interfaces and, with other
specifications, to implement arbitrary tag sets as widgets. Read
about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xbl-20070316/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
EGovernment and the Web: Workshop Report
The European W3C Symposium on eGovernment Report has been published.
Participants discussed specific government and citizens' needs
related to eGovernment services, to identify aspects that put Web
interoperability at risk and find how governments can deliver better
and more efficient services through computer technologies. Held 1-2
February (press release), in Gijón, Asturias, Spain, the symposium
was organized by the W3C Spanish Office and Fundación CTIC, and
supported by the Principality of Asturias Government.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/symposium-spain-report
http://www.w3.org/2007/01/egov-pressrelease
XQuery Scripting Extension and Version 1.1 Requirements: Working Drafts
Responding to requests from Working Group participants and the wider
community, the XML Query Working Group released two First Public
Working Drafts. "XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0 Requirements"
describes goals and requirements for making XQuery 1.0 functional as
a scripting language. "XML Query (XQuery) 1.1 Requirements"
describes compatibility and functionality requirements for extending
XML Query 1.0. Visit the XML home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xquery-sx-10-requirements-20070323/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xquery-11-requirements-20070323/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Notes: XML Query Requirements and Use Cases
The XML Query Working Group published two Working Group Notes, "XML
Query (XQuery) Requirements" and "XML Query Use Cases." The
documents are a record of the development of XQuery and its
associated specifications. Part of the XML family, the
Recommendations are used for data mining, document transformation,
and enterprise computing. Visit the XML home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-xquery-requirements-20070323/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-xquery-use-cases-20070323/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
RDFa Primer: Working Draft
The XHTML2 Working Group and the Semantic Web Deployment Working
Group jointly have published an updated Working Draft of the "RDFa
Primer 1.0." RDFa expresses metadata in XHTML-compatible constructs
and extensions, enabling a new world of user functionality. Changes
include new syntax for striping and use of the class attribute to
declare rdf:type. Read about HTML.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-rdfa-primer-20070312/
http://www.w3.org/html/
Upcoming W3C Talks
* Steve Bratt gives an invited talk entitled "The Web: From Fixed
to Mobile to Ubiquitous, Progress Report 2007" at "CTIA
Wireless 2007: Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council" on
Monday, 26 March in Orlando, Florida, USA.
* Philipp Hoschka gives a keynote entitled "The Web on the Move -
W3C's Mobile Web Initiative" at the "Mobile Web 20 Forum Opening
Ceremony" on Tuesday, 27 March in Seoul, Korea.
* Máté Pataki and Éva Megyaszai give a talk entitled "A W3C és a
mobil Web (W3C and Mobile Web)" at the "Magyarországi Web
Konferencia 2007 (Webconference in Hungary 2007)" on Saturday,
31 March in Budapest, Hungary.
* Ivan Herman gives a talk on behalf of the Finland Office entitled
"State of the Semantic Web" organized by the Tampere University of
Technology and the W3C Finnish Office, on Tuesday, 3 April in
Tampere, Finland.
* Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a keynote entitled "Web Accessibility – It's
not Magic, it's Art" at "Information and Communication Technology
and Accessibility" on Thursday, 12 April in Hammamet, Tunisia.
* Dan Connolly gives a talk entitled "How the W3C Process got its
Stripes" at the "Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface"
on Friday, 20 April in Durham, NC, USA.
* Ivan Herman gives a tutorial entitled "Introduction to the Semantic
Web" on Monday, 23 April and gives an invited talk entitled "State
of the Semantic Web" on Tuesday, 24 April at "Semantic Days 2007"
in Stavanger, Norway.
Browse W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel.
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/TalkFiles/Talks.rss
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