[corrected] Re: W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-11-06

> Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
> 
> The 2007-11-06 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
>   http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20071106
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> A simplified plain text version is available below.


Apologies; due to a minor bug the newsletter was incorrect.
The HTML version has been updated and a corrected plain text
version is below.

_ Ian

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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/

DIAL Part 0: Primer

   The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has published a
   Working Draft of "DIAL Part 0: Primer." This document provides an
   introduction to, and the benefits of, DIAL (the Device Independent
   Authoring Language). It summarizes the concept of device
   independence, the scenarios in which it could be used, and the
   considerations in order to achieve that goal. It then describes the
   role of DIAL in ensuring the delivery of content suitable for the
   user, device and inherent circumstances in which it was requested.
   Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-dial-primer-20071101/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/

Best Practices for XML Internationalization

   The Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Working Group has published
   the Working Draft of "Best Practices for XML Internationalization."
   This document provides a set of guidelines for developing XML
   documents and schemas that are internationalized properly. Following
   the best practices describes here allow both the developer of XML
   applications, as well as the author of XML content to create
   material in different languages. Learn more about the
   Internationalization Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/International/its/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xml-i18n-bp-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/International/

Notes: Device Description Ecosystem 1.0, Landscape 1.0

   The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
   published two Group Notes: "Device Description Ecosystem 1.0" and
   "Device Description Landscape 1.0." The first describes the
   business models surrounding the creation, maintenance and use of
   device descriptions. It identifies the main actors in the current
   model, explores their motivations for participating, identifies the
   costs associated with participation and the benefits that accrue to
   participants. The second describes what efforts the W3C and other
   organizations are doing in order to provide accurate device
   descriptions, part of making it easier to author for the Mobile Web.
   Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-dd-ecosystem-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-dd-landscape-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Web Security: First Draft of "Web Security Context"; Last Call of "Web
Security Experience, Indicators and Trust"

   The Web Security Context Working Group has published two documents:
   the First Public Working Draft of "Web Security Context: Experience,
   Indicators, and Trust," which defines guidelines and requirements
   for the presentation and communication of Web security context
   information to end-users; ceremonies for secure data entry; and good
   practices for Web Site authors. The second is a Last Call Working
   Draft of "Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and
   Use Cases," which helps explain what the group aims to achieve,
   what technologies may be used and how technical proposals will be
   evaluated. Last Call comments are welcome through 30 November. See
   also the companion to the Last Call draft, "Web User Interaction:
   Threat Trees," a W3C Group Note. Learn more about the Security
   Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-wsc-xit-20071101/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-wsc-usecases-20071101/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-wsc-threats-20071101/
   http://www.w3.org/Security/

UAAG 2.0 Requirements: Working Draft

   The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Working Group has
   released the First Public Working Draft of "User Agent Accessibility
   Guidelines 2.0 Requirements," which defines planned new work on the
   second generation of UAAG. UAAG provides guidance on designing Web
   browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other 'user
   agents' to be accessible and to increase accessibility of Web
   content for people with disabilities. UAAG is part of a series of
   accessibility guidelines described in Essential Components of Web
   Accessibility. Read the UAAG Overview and about WAI.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-UAAG20-requirements-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/components.php
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag.php
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Three RIF Working Drafts: Basic Logic Dialect, RDF and OWL
Compatibility, and Core Design (Placeholder)

   The Rule Interchange Format Working Group has published three
   documents: "RIF Basic Logic Dialect," "RIF RDF and OWL
   Compatibility," and "RIF Core Design - Placeholder" ; the first two
   are First Public Working Drafts. Basic Logic Dialect specifies a
   basic format that allows logic rules to be exchanged between
   rule-based systems. Rules interchanged using the Rule Interchange
   Format RIF may depend on or be used in combination with RDF data
   and/or RDF Schema or OWL data models. RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility
   specifies compatibility of RIF with the Semantic Web languages RDF
   and RDFS; in the future the document will address OWL as well.
   Finally, the Placeholder document resets expectations about the core
   RIF design. The Working Group has decided that that the design
   previously published as "RIF Core" is better considered as the basis
   for Logic Rules, rather than all kinds of rules. In the future, a
   new Core may be published, but for now, interested parties should
   refer to the Basic Logic Dialect. Learn more about the Semantic Web
   Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg.html
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-bld-20071030
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-core-20071030
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-core-20070330/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources

   The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
   has published the First Public Working Draft of "Protocol for Web
   Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources." The
   Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) facilitates the
   publication of descriptions of multiple resources such as all those
   available from a Web site. This document describes how sets of
   resources may be defined, either for use in Description Resources or
   in other contexts. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-powder-grouping-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Note: POWDER: Use Cases and Requirements

   The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
   has published the Group Note of "POWDER: Use Cases and Requirements"
   . This document sets out the use cases and requirements that have
   motivated the development of the Protocol for Web Description
   Resources (POWDER). The use cases address social and commercial
   needs to provide information about groups of Web resources, such as
   those available from a Web site, to aid the annotation and/or
   personalization of content for end users in varying delivery
   contexts. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-powder-use-cases-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Incubator Group Reports: Geospatial Vocabulary and Geospatial
Ontologies

   The Geospatial Incubator Group published theirs reports on
   Geospatial Vocabulary and Geospatial Ontologies. The first document
   define a basic ontology and OWL vocabulary for representation of
   geospatial properties for Web resources. The second gives an
   overview and description of geospatial foundation ontologies to
   represent geospatial concepts and properties on the Web. Use cases
   for this work are described in the charter of the XG. Both
   publications are part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C
   Members can innovate and experiment.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/XGR-geo-20071023/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/XGR-geo-ont-20071023/
   http://www.w3.org/2004/OWL/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/charter#cases
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/charter
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/

XML Schema Patterns for Databinding: Working Drafts

   The XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group published
   updated Working Drafts of "Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding
   Version 1.0" and " Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding
   Version 1.0." The patterns can describe XML 1.0 representations of
   commonly used data structures independent of any particular
   programming language, database or modelling environment. Contribute
   to the test suite, and read the interoperability report and about
   Web services.

   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/databinding/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xmlschema-patterns-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xmlschema-patterns-advanced-20071031/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/databinding/testsuite/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/databinding/snapshots/report-20071030/all.
   html
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

W3C Opens Brazil Office

   W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the W3C Brazil Office,
   hosted by the NIC.br (Brazilian Network Information Center)
   institute, in São Paulo, Brazil. Vagner Diniz is Office Manager. W3C
   looks forward to increasing interaction with the Portuguese-speaking
   community through this Office, its first in South America. The IT
   landscape in Brazil aligns with exciting current trends at W3C such
   as mobile Web, Web applications and video on the Web. Read the press
   release and visit the Offices home page.

   http://www.w3c.br/
   http://www.w3c.br/
   http://www.nic.br/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/10/braziloffice-pr
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/

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/
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   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 

     * 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.
     * 15 November, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A Declarative Approach
       to Services. Steven Pemberton presents at Service Oriented
       Computing Platform Seminar.
     * 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: Emerging Technologies. Steve Bratt
       presents at Open Standards International Conference 2007.
     * 28 November, Beijing, China: The World Wide Web Needs World Wide
       Standards. Steve Bratt presents at Open Standards International
       Conference 2007.
     * 29 November, Gijón, Spain: Estándares Abiertos al rescate. José
       Manuel Alonso presents at Taller de Interoperabilidad e
       Intercambio de Datos, Tecnimap 2007.
     * View upcoming talks by country
       http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
       tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
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       http://www.w3.org/Talks/

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