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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Open Web Platform Progress Drives Expanding Industry Interest
10 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9087
W3C and its partners are creating an innovative Open Web
Platform for application development. The platform has captured
the attention of a great many industries that see the business
opportunities enabled by its richness, universality, and
interoperability across diverse devices. "W3C's Open Web
Platform is emerging as the platform of choice for the delivery
of services and the development of rich applications across a
broader set of industries, including mobile, television,
publishing, and advertising," said Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. As
a result, nearly forty organizations from sixteen countries
have joined W3C in the past twelve months, including these
leaders in media, television, entertainment, gaming,
telecommunications, device manufacturers, and social media:
China Unicom, Comcast, Facebook, LG Electronics, NEC
Corporation, Netflix, SanDisk, Sony, and Zynga. Read the full
press release and testimonials from many of the recent Members.
http://www.w3.org/People/Jeff/
http://www.w3.org/2011/05/membership-pr
http://www.w3.org/2011/05/membership-testimonials
RIF In RDF Note Published
13 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9098
The Rule Interchange Format Working Group has published a Group
Note of "RIF In RDF." This document specifies a reversible
mapping (or transformation) from Rule Interchange Format (RIF)
XML documents to Resource Description Framework (RDF) graphs.
This mapping allows the contents of RIF documents to be
interoperably stored and processed as RDF triples, using
existing serializations and tools for RDF. When used with the
standard mapping from RDF triples to RIF frames, this also
provides a "reflection" or "introspection" mechanism, an
interoperable way for RIF rules to operate on RIF documents.
Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-rif-in-rdf-20110512/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
First Draft of Points of Interest Core Published
13 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9097
The Points of Interest Working Group has published the First
Public Working Draft of "Points of Interest Core." In general
terms, a "point of interest" is a location about which
information is available. A POI can be as simple as a set of
coordinates and an identifier, or more complex such as a three
dimensional model of a building with names in various
languages, information about open and closed hours, and a civic
address. POI data has many uses including augmented reality
browsers, location-based social networking games, geocaching,
mapping, and navigation systems. This document describes a
generic data model and one normative format. This format is
based on XML and is likely insufficient to cover all POI use
cases, therefore, it is expected that the data model will be
mapped to other formats, such as JSON, GML, RDF, GeoRSS, or
HTML. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-poi-core-20110512/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
Call for Review: Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 is a
Proposed Recommendation
12 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9096
The Voice Browser Working Group has published a Proposed
Recommendation of "Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version
1.0." This document describes CCXML, or the Call Control
eXtensible Markup Language. CCXML is designed to provide
telephony call control support for dialog systems, such as
VoiceXML. Comments are welcome through 10 June. Learn more
about the Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/Group/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-ccxml-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Last Call: Five SPARQL 1.1 Drafts
12 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9095
The SPARQL Working Group has published Last Call Working Drafts
of the following SPARQL 1.1 documents:
http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/wiki/Main_Page
* SPARQL 1.1 Query adds support for aggregates, subqueries,
projected expressions, and negation to the SPARQL query
language.
* SPARQL 1.1 Update defines an update language for RDF
graphs.
* SPARQL 1.1 Service Description defines a vocabulary and
discovery mechanism for describing the capabilities of a
SPARQL endpoint.
* SPARQL 1.1 Graph Store HTTP Protocol describes the use of
the HTTP protocol for managing named RDF graphs on an HTTP
server.
* SPARQL 1.1 Entailment Regimes defines conditions under
which SPARQL queries can be used with entailment regimes
such as RDF, RDF Schema, OWL, or RIF.
SPARQL is a set of specfications related to querying a web of
linked data. Review comments welcome through 29 July. Learn
more about the Semantic Web and Linked Data.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Last Call: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
12 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9094
The SVG Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft
of "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)," a
modularized language for describing two-dimensional vector and
mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. The document has been
republished as a Last Call Working Draft primarily for the
community to validate changes made as a result of the previous
Last Call. Comments are welcome through 02 June. Learn more
about the Graphics Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-SVG11-20110512/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/
Updated CSS Snapshots for 2010, 2007
12 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9093
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published
updates to two Group Notes: "Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Snapshot 2010" and "Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Snapshot 2007"
. These documents collect into one definition all the specs
that together form the current state of Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) as of the indicated year. The primary audience is CSS
implementors, not CSS authors, as this definition includes
modules by specification stability, not Web browser adoption
rate. Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-css-2010-20110512/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-css-beijing-20110512/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
W3C Announces Workshop to Bring Local Focus to the Multilingual Web
12 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9091
[] W3C announces the A Local Focus for the Multilingual Web, to
take place 21 - 22 September 2011 in Limerick, Ireland,
co-located with the 16th Annual LRC Conference. Workshop
participants will discuss currently available best practices
and standards that help content creators, localizers, language
technology developers, browser makers, and others meet the
challenges of the multilingual Web. The Workshop also provides
opportunities for networking that bring together the various
communities involved in enabling the multilingual Web. This is
the third of four Workshops being planned by W3C over two years
as part of the MultilingualWeb European Project and is hosted
by the University of Limerick. Participation is free and open
to anyone. However, space is limited and participants are
advised to register as soon as possible. People wishing to
speak should submit an outline of their proposed talk with
their registration form. The deadline for speaker proposals is
15 July. For more information, see the call for participation.
Learn more about W3C's Internationalization Activity.
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/pisa-workshop/pisa-cfp
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/limerick-workshop/limer
ick-cfp
http://www.localisation.ie/resources/conferences/2011/index.htm
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/limerick-workshop/limer
ick-cfp
http://www.w3.org/International/
W3C Publishes First Draft of RDF Interfaces
10 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9088
The RDF Web Applications Working Group has published the First
Public Working Draft of the "RDF Interfaces" specification. The
goal of the RDF Interfaces specification is to provide a common
development environment for Web Applications that utilize
structured data and RDF. It provides interfaces for creating
and managing RDF Triples, Graphs, and Parsers. It also provides
the basic building blocks for the upcoming RDF API and the
recently published "RDFa API." While RDF support is a
priority, support for Microdata and Microformats are also
provided through extensible-by-design interfaces for parsers
and Graph storage. Since this is a First Public Working Draft,
the document is expected to change over the coming months. We
welcome feedback from the community of Web Application
developers on the group's public list. For more information
about the Semantic Web, please see the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-rdf-interfaces-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-api/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdfa-wg/
http://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/
Call for Review: Ink Markup Language (InkML) Proposed Recommendation
Published
10 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9086
The Multimodal Working Group has published a Proposed
Recommendation of "Ink Markup Language (InkML)." This document
describes the syntax and semantics for the Ink Markup Language,
which serves as the data format for representing ink entered
with an electronic pen or stylus. The markup allows for the
input and processing of handwriting, gestures, sketches, music
and other notational languages in applications. It provides a
common format for the exchange of ink data between components
such as handwriting and gesture recognizers, signature
verifiers, and other ink-aware modules. Comments are welcome
through 10 June. Learn more about Multimodal Interaction.
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-InkML-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/Activity
Last Call: Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0
10 May 2011 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9085
The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group has published a
Last Call Working Draft of the "Evaluation and Report Language
(EARL) 1.0 Schema," and updated Working Drafts of "Developer
Guide for Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0," " HTTP
Vocabulary in RDF 1.0," "Representing Content in RDF 1.0,"
and "Pointer Methods in RDF 1.0." EARL is a machine-readable
format for expressing test results, such as results from web
accessibility evaluation tools. Read the invitation to review
the EARL 1.0 Last Call Working Draft and about the Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-EARL10-Schema-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-EARL10-Guide-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-HTTP-in-RDF10-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-Content-in-RDF10-20110510/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-Pointers-in-RDF10-20110510/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2011AprJun/0017
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 2011-05-24 (24 MAY) – 2011-05-25 (25 MAY)
Identity in the Browser
http://www.w3.org/2011/identity-ws/
Mountain View, CA, USA
Hosted by Mozilla Foundation
The Web is now critical infrastructure and, as such,
requires mechanisms that foster trust. For critical
enterprise activity, effective government engagement, and
sensitive social information accessed over the Web, a
higher level of identity assurance, privacy protection, and
security is required, and client-side technologies like
browsers have an important role to play. There is a
pressing need for trustworthy, widely-applicable digital
identity management. W3C is therefore organizing a Workshop
on Identity in the Browser. Participants will investigate
strategies to facilitate the development and deployment of
improved identity authentication and authorization
technologies across the Web. Also included in the workshop
will be explorations into the operational, policy, and
legal issues that must be addressed by the solutions.
* 2011-06-03 ( 3 JUN) – 2011-06-05 ( 5 JUN)
Federated Social Web Europe
http://d-cent.org/fsw2011/
Berlin, Germany
Hosted by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Social networking has transformed the Web. However, most
Social Web applications today limit relationships to those
with accounts in the same system. As with many other
communications tools (telephone, email, Web) people will
ultimately prefer Social Web applications without such
barriers, where anyone can communicate seamlessly with
anyone else, whatever application they are using. W3C will
be exploring how to achieve "One Social Web" at Federated
Social Web Europe.
* 2011-06-04 ( 4 JUN) – 2011-06-05 ( 5 JUN)
Mobile and Web Technologies in Social and Economic
Development
http://public.webfoundation.org/2011/01/MW4D_WS/
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jointly organized by the World Wide Web Foundation and W3C
The Workshop on Mobile and Web Mobile Technologies in
Social and Economic Development aims to understand the
challenges associated with using mobile phones and Web
technologies to deliver sustainable services for
underprivileged populations in developing countries.
* 2011-09-21 (21 SEP) – 2011-09-22 (22 SEP)
A Local Focus for the Multilingual Web
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/limerick-workshop/l
imerick-cfp
Limerick, Ireland
Co-located with the 16th LRC Conference and hosted by the
University of Limerick
W3C Blog
* Hash URIs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2011/05/hash_uris
12 May 2011 by Jeni Tennison
* RDF Interfaces published…
http://www.w3.org/QA/2011/05/rdf_interfaces_published
10 May 2011 by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
Upcoming Talks
* 2011-05-18 (18 MAY)
The semantic web and its applications
by Eyal Sela
Info2011
http://www.teldan.com/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1
&TMID=84&FID=720
Tel Aviv, Israel
* 2011-05-25 (25 MAY)
HTML5 & CSS3 in Practice
http://www.webvisionsevent.com/workshops/html5--css3-in-pra
ctice/
by Daniel Davis
WebVIsions 2011
http://www.webvisionsevent.com/
Portland, Oregon, USA
* 2011-05-25 (25 MAY)
Update on international web accessibility standards and
support material
by Shawn Henry
Evolving Standards in Accessibility
http://www.bcs.org/category/15015
London, United Kingdom
* 2011-06-05 (5 JUN)
Semantic Link - Live
panel features Ivan Herman
2011 Semantic Technology Conference
http://semtech2011.semanticweb.com/
San Francisco, CA, USA
* 2011-06-06 (6 JUN)
Introduction to Semantic Web
http://www.w3.org/2011/Talks/0606-SemTech-Tut-IH/#talk
by Ivan Herman
2011 Semantic Technology Conference
http://semtech2011.semanticweb.com/
San Francisco, CA, USA
* 2011-06-07 (7 JUN)
Introduction to RDFa
http://www.w3.org/2011/Talks/0607-SemTech-RDFa-IH/#talk
by Ivan Herman
2011 Semantic Technology Conference
http://semtech2011.semanticweb.com/
San Francisco, CA, USA
* 2011-06-10 (10 JUN)
HTML5: le nouveau visage du Web
panel features Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
E1 Saison 2
http://www.e1conference.com/
La Seyne sur Mer, France
* 2011-06-15 (15 JUN)
The semantic web and its applications
by Eyal Sela
Guest lecture at Bar-Ilan university
Ramat-Gan, Israel
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