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- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:09 -0400
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Service Modeling Standards Extend Reach of XML Family
Today W3C announces new standards that make it possible to use XML
tools to improve the quality of increasingly sophisticated systems
and services built from the XML family of standards. Now developers
can validate sets of XML documents, either in place, using "Service
Modeling Language 1.1 (SML)," or as a package, using "SML
Interchange Format 1.1 (SML-IF)." Read the press release and
testimonials, and learn more about the Extensible Markup Language
(XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-sml-20090512/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-sml-if-20090512/
http://www.w3.org/2009/04/sml-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2009/04/sml-testimonial
http://www.w3.org/XML/
W3C to Participate in SVG Open 2009
W3C will again this year sponsor SVG Open 2009, the 7th
international conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, hosted by
Google in Mountain View, California on 2-4 October 2009. SVG Open
provides an opportunity for designers, developers and implementers
to share ideas, experiences, products and strategies. Members of the
W3C SVG Working Group will be attending and presenting at the
conference, which will include a Working Group panel session on
future SVG developments. A day of workshops will also be scheduled
adjacent to the main conference. The conference organizers have
indicated that proposals for presentation abstracts and course
outlines are welcome through 15 May. Learn more about the W3C
Graphics Activity.
http://www.svgopen.org/2009/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
https://www.svgopen.org/2009/participate.shtml
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/
Draft Published of Timed Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 – Distribution
Format Exchange Profile (DFXP)
The Timed Text Working Group has published a Working Draft of "Timed
Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 – Distribution Format Exchange
Profile (DFXP)." Timed text is textual information that is
intrinsically or extrinsically associated with timing information.
The timed text authoring format is a content type that represents
timed text media for the purpose of interchange among authoring
systems. The Distribution Format Exchange Profile (DFXP) provides a
standardized representation of a particular subset of textual
information with which stylistic, layout, and timing semantics are
associated by an author or an authoring system for the purpose of
interchange and potential presentation. Learn more about the Video
in the Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ttaf1-dfxp-20090511/
http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/
Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web Note
Published
The eGovernment Interest Group has published a Group Note of
"Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web."
This document is an attempt to describe, but not yet solve, the
variety of issues and challenges faced by governments in their
efforts to apply 21st century capabilities to eGovernment
initiatives. It provides examples of existing, applicable open Web
standards. Where government needs in the development of eGovernment
services are not currently met by existing standards, those gaps are
noted. Learn more about the eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-egov-improving-20090512/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
Guidelines for Writing Device Independent Tests Note Published
The Mobile Web Initiative Test Suites Working Group has published a
Group Note of "Guidelines for writing device independent tests." As
support for Web technologies grows, it is important that tests
writers develop test suites that will work as well as possible
across devices. This document offers guidance in the form of simple
guidelines to follow to create device-independent tests. Learn more
about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/Tests/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-di-testing-20090512/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Four XHTML Documents Published as Proposed Edited Recommendations
The XHTML2 Working Group has published four Proposed Edited
Recommendations:
* "XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML - Second Edition," which serve
as the basis for future extended XHTML 'family' document types
* "XHTML™ Basic 1.1 - Second Edition," includes the minimal set
of modules required to be an XHTML host language document type,
and in addition it includes images, forms, basic tables, and
object support.
* "XHTML-Print - Second Edition," designed for mobile printers
and in environments where it is not feasible or desirable to
install a printer-specific driver and where some variability in
the formatting of the output is acceptable.
* "XHTML™ 1.0"
These updates incorporate known errata; each document links to a
list of changes. The review period is open until 4 June. Learn more
about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml11-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml-basic-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml-print-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml1-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
State Chart XML (SCXML) Working Draft Published
The Voice Browser Working Group has published an updated Working
Draft of "State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for
Control Abstraction." SCXML is a general-purpose event-based state
machine language that may be used in a number of ways, including as
a high-level dialog language controlling VoiceXML 3.0's encapsulated
speech modules, or as a multimodal control language in the
MultiModal Interaction framework. The main differences from the
previous draft are (1) a revision of the send and invoke elements
and (2) the introduction of Event I/O processors to support them.
Learn more about the Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-scxml-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Mobile Web Application Best Practices Draft Published
The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Mobile Web Application Best Practices." This document
specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web
applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon
statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (BP1),
especially those that relate to the exploitation of device
capabilities and awareness of the delivery context. Learn more about
the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-mwabp-20090507/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Notes Published: Basic, Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding
Version 1.0
The XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group has published
two Group Notes: "Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version
1.0" and " Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0"
. Schema patterns describe the ways people use XML for common data
structures in programming languages. The data structures described
are intended to be independent of any particular programming
language, database or modelling environment. Learn more about the
Web Services Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/databinding/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-xmlschema-patterns-20090505/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-xmlschema-patterns-advanced-20090505/
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
W3C Invites Implementations of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD)
1.1
The XML Schema Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate
Recommendation of XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1. The
specification consists of "Part 1: Structures" and "Part 2:
Datatypes." XSD provides tools for describing the structure of XML
content and constraining the contents of XML documents. Part 2
provides tools for defining datatypes (dates, times, numbers,
strings, etc.) to be used in XML Schemas as well as other XML
specifications. Information about " changes to structures" and
"changes to datatypes" since XML Schema 1.0 is available. Learn more
about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-xmlschema11-1-20090430/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-xmlschema11-2-20090430/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-xmlschema11-1-20090430/#changes
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-xmlschema11-2-20090430/#changes
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Past home page news...
http://www.w3.org/News/
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Search Engines take on Structured Data by Dan Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/structured_data_and_search_eng.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
* W3C is micro-blogging by Coralie Mercier
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/w3c_is_micro-blogging.html
http://my.opera.com/koalie/
* Data interchange problems come in all sizes by Dan Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/data_interchange_problems_come.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
* Once more into Versioning -- this time with HTML by Larry
Masinter
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/once_more_into_versioning_--_t.html
http://larry.masinter.net
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/
Upcoming Meetings
* Using Ink in Multimodal Applications within the W3C's Multimodal
Architecture and Interfaces, 10-11 July
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 19 May, Hobart, Australia: Introduction and Applications of
Semantic Web. Ivan Herman presents at Presentation series "The
future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic
technologies".
* 19 May, Hobart, Australia: HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history
about how to drive the future of the Web. Michael(tm) Smith
presents at Presentation series "The future of web standards,
HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies".
* 20 May, Melbourne, Australia: Introduction and Applications of
Semantic Web. Ivan Herman presents at Presentation series "The
future of web standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic
technologies".
* 20 May, Melbourne, Australia: HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from
history about how to drive the future of the Web. Michael(tm)
Smith presents at Presentation series "The future of web
standards, HTML5, XHTML and semantic technologies".
* 26 May, Rabat, Morocco: Les Activités Actuelles du W3C et le
Rôle de ses Membres.. Najib Tounsi participates in a panel at
Gouvernance de l’Internet : défis et enjeux pour le Maroc.
* 26 May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Introduction to the Semantic
Web. Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at PhD School Course,
Netherlands Bioinformation Centre.
* 26 May, Rabat, Morocco: Improving Society through Better Use of
Web Standards . Daniel Dardailler presents at "Gouvernance de
l’Internet: défis et enjeux pour le Maroc.
* 11 June, London, United Kingdom: De-Fragmentation & Apps in the
Cloud. Philipp Hoschka participates in a panel at Open Mobile
Summit 09.
* 11 June, Santander, Spain: Guidelines for Mobile Web Content
Adaptation by Third-party Proxies. François Daoust presents at
ICT-MobileSummit 2009.
* 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: What is New in W3C Land?. Ivan
Herman presents at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 2009 Semantic Technology
Conference.
* 16 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introducing OWL 2. Ivan Herman
participates in a panel at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 17 June, San Jose, USA: XBRL and the Semantic Web. Dave Raggett,
Diane Mueller present at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
* 30 June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Future of Code. Steven
Pemberton presents at Kings of Code.
* 20 July, Seattle, WA, USA: Accessibility: It's for Everyone and
Everything. Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World 2009
Seattle.
* 21 July, Seattle, WA, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World.
Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World 2009 Seattle (discount
"Passport" registration code: S9W06).
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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* More talks...
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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