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The 2009-08-31 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Announces Two New Co-Chairs for the HTML Working Group
Tim Berners-Lee announced today that two people will join Sam Ruby
(IBM) in co-Chairing the HTML Working Group: Paul Cotton (Microsoft)
and Maciej Stachowiak (Apple). Chris Wilson has stepped down as
co-Chair and indicated that he will be changing his focus to
programmability in the web platform. As Berners-Lee wrote about this
transition, "The work of this group is tremendously important to the
Web. I am pleased that all three co-Chairs have taken on the
responsibility for working closely with the editor and group to make
HTML 5 a success." More information about the new Chairs is
available in Berners-Lee's announcement. Learn more about the HTML
Working Group.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public/2009Aug/1293
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public/2009Aug/1290
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public/2009Aug/1293
http://www.w3.org/html/wg
Online Training Course: An Introduction to W3C's Mobile Web Best
Practices (Sep to Nov 2009)
W3C announces today the next edition of its successful online course
to introduce Web developers and designers to its Mobile Web Best
Practices. The next session runs from 7 September to 9 November
2009. W3C received very positive reviews from participants who
attended the previous session, including:
* "Every web developer should at least know the basics of mobile
web development. So this is the course to take."
* "The best starting point possible!"
* "[The] tutor and student forum to discuss ideas or problems
throughout the course was invaluable."
W3C invites you to join the next session, where you will:
* learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile
platform
* learn how to use W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices to design
mobile-friendly Web content and to adapt existing content for
mobile
* discover the relevant W3C resources for mobile Web design
Participants have access to lectures and assignments that provide
hands-on practical experience of using W3C's Mobile Web Best
Practices. Participants will work with both W3C experts on this
topic (the instructors) and peers who can share experiences about
the real-world challenges of mobile Web design. More information is
available about the course material (including a free sample),
registration fee, and intended audience. Learn more about the Mobile
Web Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/2009/07/MobiWeb105/
http://www.w3.org/2009/04/MobiWeb102/
http://www.w3.org/2009/07/MobiWeb105/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
SSML 1.1 Candidate Recommendation Updated
The Voice Browser Working Group has updated the Candidate
Recommendation of "Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version
1.1." SSML is designed to provide a rich, XML-based markup language
for assisting the generation of synthetic speech in Web and other
applications. Although the Working Group has not formally identified
any features as being at-risk, as a result of the previous
publication, the Working Group now understands that some features
may not receive adequate implementation experience. This draft
identifies them in the "status section" and asks for feedback. A few
editorial errors in the "previous draft" and the Implementation
Report Plan document were also fixed. A list of "changes from the
previous draft" is available. Learn more about the Voice Browser
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-speech-synthesis11-20090827/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-speech-synthesis11-20090827/#status
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-speech-synthesis11-20081107/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/2009/ssml11-irp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-speech-synthesis11-20090827/#AppG
http://www.w3.org/Voice/Activity
HTML 5 Drafts Published
The HTML Working Group has published Working Drafts of "HTML 5" and
"HTML 5 differences from HTML 4." In HTML 5, new features are
introduced to help Web application authors, new elements are
introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices,
and special attention has been given to defining clear conformance
criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.
"HTML 5 differences from HTML 4" describes the differences between
HTML 4 and HTML 5 and provides some of the rationale for the
changes. Learn more about HTML.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-html5-20090825/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-html5-diff-20090825/
http://www.w3.org/html/
SVG Open 2009 Schedule Available; Early-Bird Registration Ends 31
August
SVG Open 2009, the 7th International Conference on Scalable Vector
Graphics, will be held 2-4 October, hosted by Google in Mountain
View, California, with workshops hosted by IBM, on 5 October. The
theme is "SVG Coming of Age", reflecting increased industry support
and interest by Web designers and developers. The schedule and
confirmed keynote speakers are now available. Over 70 presentations
will be delivered by SVG experts from around the globe, on topics
including script libraries, authoring tools, mobiles, Web mapping
and geo-location services, and much more. Chris Lilley, Doug
Schepers, and the W3C SVG Working Group will be participating. Learn
more about W3C's SVG Activity.
http://www.svgopen.org/2009/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
https://www.svgopen.org/2009/registration.php?section=workshops
http://www.svgopen.org/2009/registration.php?section=conference_sche
dule
http://www.svgopen.org/2009/keynotes.shtml
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0 Draft Published
The Voice Browser Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0." This document
specifies VoiceXML 3.0, a modular XML language for creating
interactive media dialogs that feature synthesized speech,
recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, telephony, mixed
initiative conversations, and recording and presentation of a
variety of media formats including digitized audio, and digitized
video. A list of "changes from the previous draft" is available.
Learn more about the Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-voicexml30-20090825/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-voicexml30-20090825/#Changes
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
XMLHttpRequest Drafts Published
The Web Applications Working Group has published updates to Working
Drafts of "XMLHttpRequest" and "XMLHttpRequest Level 2." The
XMLHttpRequest specification is part of the Web application
technology stack, enabling Ajax-style development. XMLHttpRequest
defines an API that provides scripted client functionality for
transferring data between a client and a server. XMLHttpRequest
Level 2 offers additional features, such as cross-origin requests,
progress events, and the handling of byte streams for both sending
and receiving. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20090820/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-XMLHttpRequest2-20090820/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
W3C Relaunches Multimodal Interaction Working Group
W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Multimodal
Interaction Working Group to develop technology that enables users
to use their preferred modes of interaction with the Web. Deborah
Dahl (Invited Expert) chairs the group which is chartered to develop
open standards to adapt to device, user and environmental
conditions, and to allow multiple modes of Web interaction including
GUI, speech, vision, pen, gestures, haptic interfaces, sensor data,
etc. W3C Members may use this form to join the Working Group. Read
about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi
http://www.w3.org/2009/05/mmi-charter.html
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/34607/join
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
Call for Review: XForms 1.1 Proposed Recommendation Published
The Forms Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of
"XForms 1.1." XForms is not a free-standing document type, but is
intended to be integrated into other markup languages, such as
XHTML, ODF or SVG. XForms 1.1 refines the XML processing platform
introduced by XForms 1.0 by adding several new submission
capabilities, action handlers, utility functions, user interface
improvements, and helpful datatypes as well as a more powerful
action processing facility, including conditional, iterated and
background execution, the ability to manipulate data arbitrarily and
to access event context information. Comments are welcome through 22
September. Learn more about the XForms Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PR-xforms11-20090818/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
Last Call: Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working
Draft of "Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events." Widgets are full-fledged
client-side applications that are authored using Web standards.
Examples range from simple clocks, stock tickers, news streamers,
games and weather forecasters, to complex applications that pull
data from multiple sources to be "mashed-up" and presented to a user
in some interesting and useful way. The APIs and Events
specification defines a set of APIs and events for the Widgets 1.0
family of specifications. Comments are welcome through 15 September.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-apis-20090818/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
>From Chaos, Order: SKOS Recommendation Helps Organize Knowledge
Today W3C announces a new standard that builds a bridge between the
world of knowledge organization systems - including thesauri,
classifications, subject headings, taxonomies, and folksonomies -
and the linked data community, bringing benefits to both. Libraries,
museums, newspapers, government portals, enterprises, social
networking applications, and other communities that manage large
collections of books, historical artifacts, news reports, business
glossaries, blog entries, and other items can now use "Simple
Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)" to leverage the power of
linked data. The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group also
published today two Group Notes with the Recommendation, updating
the "SKOS Primer" and "SKOS Use Cases and Requirements." Read the
press release and testimonials and learn more about the Semantic Web
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-skos-reference-20090818/
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-skos-primer-20090818/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-skos-ucr-20090818/
http://www.w3.org/2009/07/skos-pr
http://www.w3.org/2009/07/skos-testimonial
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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Upcoming Meetings
* Improving Access to Financial Data on the Web, 5-6 October
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 1 September, Florence, Italy: A Roadmap for Making the Web an
Inclusive Environment. Judy Brewer gives a keynote at AAATE 2009
Conference.
* 2 September, Florence, Italy: Web Accessibility and Older
People. Andrew Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra present at AAATE
conference.
* 2 September, Hangzhou, China: Introduction to the World Wide Web
Consortium. Ivan Herman presents at Zheijiang University.
* 4 September, Bristol, United Kingdom: Web Accessibility Benefits
Older Users. Andrew Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra present at British
Society of Gerontology 38th Conference.
* 15 September, Durban, South Africa: M-government: anytime,
anywhere connected citizen. Vagner Diniz presents at GovTech
2009.
* 16 September, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mobile web
development: why so many platforms? How to make a choice? .
François Daoust, Nick Allot (OMTP) present at WIPJAM@OSiM.
* 16 September, London, United Kingdom: Web Applications Enabled.
Michael Cooper, Shadi Abou-Zahra, various speakers to be
confirmed give a tutorial at Techshare 2009.
* 17 September, London, United Kingdom: Improving the web
experience for older people. Andrew Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra
present at Techshare 2009.
* 21 October, London, United Kingdom: Browser Standardization.
Philipp Hoschka participates in a panel at Mobile Web and
Applications 2009.
* 23 October, Ede, The Netherlands: The Open Web. Steven Pemberton
gives a keynote at NLUUG Najaarsconferentie "Het Open Web".
* 23 October, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Disintermediation
through Aggregation: Making your Data your Own. Steven Pemberton
presents at Society of the Query.
* 29 October, Chicago, IL, USA: WAI-ARIA Introduction: Making
Advanced Websites and Web Applications Accessible. Shawn Henry
presents at ATIA 2009 Chicago.
* 30 October, Chicago, IL, USA: Web Accessibility Standards and
Guidelines Update 2009. Shawn Henry presents at ATIA 2009
Chicago.
* 4 November, San Francisco, USA: Apps in the Cloud. Philipp
Hoschka participates in a panel at Open Mobile Summit ‘09.
* 11 November, Berlin, Germany: Mobile Web 2.0. Philipp Hoschka
presents at 5th International FOKUS IMS Workshop 2009.
* 13 March 2010, Prague, Czech Republic: XML Prague 2010. Mohamed
ZERGAOUI is at XML Prague 2010.
* View upcoming talks by country
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