W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-10-29

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Tim Berners-Lee and One Web at Mobile Internet World

   Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) presents "Escaping the Walled Garden: Growing
   the Mobile Web with Open Standards" at Mobile Internet World, 13-15
   November in Boston, MA, USA. W3C's Mobile Web Initiative holds a
   pre-conference Developers Summit on 13 November with initiative
   sponsors including Google, MobileAware, mTLD, Nokia, Opera Software,
   France Telecom Group and Vodafone to discuss the "One Web" vision
   and mobile standards. W3C hosts a media and analyst luncheon with
   the speakers on 14 November. Read the media advisory and about the
   Mobile Web Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/10/miw-mediaadvisory
   http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
   http://www.mobilenetx.com/media_contacts.shtml
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mwi-boston
   http://www.w3.org/2007/10/miw-mediaadvisory
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

XForms 1.0 Third Edition Is a W3C Recommendation

   The World Wide Web Consortium today released "XForms 1.0 Third
   Edition" as a Recommendation. The document responds to implementor
   feedback, brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with
   second edition errata and reflects clarifications already
   implemented in XForms processors. XForms separates presentation and
   content, minimizes the need for scripting and round-trips to the
   server, and offers device independence. Visit the forms home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-xforms-20071029/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/03/REC-xforms-20060314-errata-diff-20070719.h
   tml
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/wiki/XForms_Implementations
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/

RDFa Primer: Working Draft

   The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and the XHTML2 Working
   Group jointly published an updated Working Draft of the "RDFa Primer
   1.0." The primer is an introduction to "RDFa," a method for
   embedding structured data in XHTML. Among changes in this draft are
   the term "chaining," previously called striping, and a new
   instanceof attribute. Visit the XHTML2 and Semantic Web home pages.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-rdfa-primer-20071026/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-syntax/
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

W3C Names Shadi Abou-Zahra WAI International Program Office Activity
Lead

   W3C has named Shadi Abou-Zahra to the position of WAI International
   Program Office Activity Lead. The Activity's groups are responsible
   for education and outreach, coordination with research, general
   discussion on Web accessibility, coordination with the WAI Technical
   Activity, and WAI liaisons with other organizations including
   standards organizations. Shadi joined W3C in 2003. He coordinates
   WAI outreach in Europe, accessibility evaluation techniques, and
   worked on the WAI-TIES Project, and currently with the WAI-AGE
   Project. Shadi will continue to lead development of the Evaluation
   and Report Language (EARL) and chair the Evaluation and Repair Tools
   Working Group (ERT WG). W3C wishes to thank Judy Brewer who led the
   Activity, and continues her roles as Director of the Web
   Accessibility Initiative, and WAI Technical Activity Lead. Read more
   about WAI.

   http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
   http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/IPO/Activity
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/Technical/
   http://www.w3.org/People/Brewer/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI

XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft

   The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of "The
   XMLHttpRequest Object." The core component of Ajax, the
   XMLHttpRequest object is an interface that allows scripts to perform
   HTTP client functions, such as submitting form data or loading data
   from a remote Web site. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20071026/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Content Transformation Landscape 1.0: Working Draft

   The Content Transformation Task Force of the Mobile Web Best
   Practices Working Group released the First Public Working Draft of
   "Content Transformation Landscape 1.0." This document identifies
   some issues surrounding the use of transforming proxies in the
   delivery of Web content. Discussion of these issues is expected to
   influence the (future) requirements document for Content
   Transformation Guidelines. Read about the Mobile Web Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/TaskForces/CT/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ct-landscape-20071025/
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Progress Events 1.0: Working Draft

   The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of
   "Progress Events 1.0." These five events and their interfaces are
   used for data transfer in Ajax Web applications as described in
   "XHR" and for "media access events." When additional data is
   downloaded on demand, scripts can monitor progress, construct
   loading bars, and take action once data has been transferred. Read
   about the Rich Web Clients Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-progress-events-20071023/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/MediaAccessEvents/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

XML Signature and Encryption Workshop Report

   The report of the Workshop on Next Steps for XML Signature and XML
   Encryption is available. The report shows strong interest in
   additional work on XML security at W3C. A basic signature profile,
   the referencing and transform models, updating the set of supported
   cryptographic algorithms, and revisiting XML canonicalization were
   seen as highest priority among the several topics identified by the
   participants. The Workshop was held in September in Mountain View,
   CA, USA, hosted by VeriSign and chaired by Frederick Hirsch (Nokia)
   and Thomas Roessler (W3C). Read about W3C Workshops and about the
   Security Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/report
   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/cfp
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
   http://www.w3.org/Security/Activity.html
   Past home page news...

   http://www.w3.org/News/

Upcoming Meetings

     * Workshop on W3C's Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces, 16-17
       November
     * W3C Workshop on Video on the Web, 12-13 December
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks 

     * 29 October, New York City, USA: The Ubiquitous Web: Making It
       Happen…. Matt Womer participates in a panel at Mobile Monday New
       York.
     * 14 November, Boston, MA, USA: Escaping the Walled Garden:
       Growing the Mobile Web with Open Standards. Tim Berners-Lee
       presents at http://www.mobilenetx.com/about_boston.shtml.
     * 16 November, Paris, France: Bonnes pratiques du Web mobile.
       Dominique Hazaël-Massieux presents at ParisWeb 2007.
     * 19 November, Beijing, China: Semantic Web Adoption. Ivan Herman
       presents at 首届中国语义万维网研讨会 (CSWS 2007).
     * 22 November, Hangzhou, China: What is the Semantic Web?. Ivan
       Herman presents at Zheijiang University.
     * 28 November, Beijing, China: The World Wide Web Needs World Wide
       Standards. Steve Bratt presents at Open Standards International
       Conference 2007.
     * View upcoming talks by country
       http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
       tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
     * More talks...
       http://www.w3.org/Talks/

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