W3C Public Newsletter, 2012-01-09

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team

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Register for Mobile Web Best Practices Course; Early Bird Rate Ends 9
January

   06 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9313

   We invite you to register for the W3C Mobile Web and
   Application Best Practices (MWABP) course. Register by 9
   January and save 60 Euros. This is the third edition of this
   online course, which begins 30 January for 8 weeks. Developed
   by the W3C/MobiWebApp team, this course will be taught by
   Frances de Waal and Phil Archer. Participants spend an average
   of 4-6 hours per week on the course material and assignments.
   Read the past students' feedback and find out more about the
   course.

   http://www.w3devcampus.com/mobile-web-and-application-best-prac
   tices-training/
   http://www.w3techcourses.com/course/view.php?id=14
   http://www.w3devcampus.com/mobile-web-and-application-best-prac
   tices-training/

Last Call: Five SPARQL 1.1 Drafts

   05 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9312

   The SPARQL Working Group has published (second) Last Call
   Working Drafts of the following SPARQL 1.1 documents. SPARQL is
   a set of specfications related to querying a web of linked
   data. Today's publications

   http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/wiki/Main_Page
     * 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 Query Language adds support for aggregates,
       subqueries, projected expressions, and negation to the
       SPARQL query language.
     * SPARQL 1.1 Protocol describes a means for conveying SPARQL
       queries and updates to a SPARQL processing service and
       returning the results via HTTP to the entity that requested
       them.
     * 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.

   Review comments welcome through 6 February. Learn more about
   the Semantic Web and Linked Data.

   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

DOM4 Draft Published

   05 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9311

   The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working
   Draft of "DOM4." DOM4 defines the event and document model the
   Web platform uses. The DOM is a language- and platform-neutral
   interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically
   access and update the content and structure of documents. Learn
   more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-dom-20120105
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Last Call for Two XML Encryption 1.1 Specifications; Related Drafts
Published

   05 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9310

   The XML Security Working Group has published a new Last Call
   Working Draft of " "XML Encryption 1.1" " to solicit review of
   changes since the previous Candidate Recommendation. The
   primary changes are to (1) make the AES-128-GCM algorithm
   mandatory to implement, to address newly publicized
   chosen-ciphertext attacks against the CBC class of algorithms,
   (2) add new security considerations related to
   chosen-ciphertext attacks, timing attacks, CBC block encryption
   vulnerabilities, and the insecure use of error messages, (3)
   add a new algorithm for the RSA-OAEP key transport that does
   not require SHA-1 with the mask generation function, enabling
   use of various hash MGF combinations.

   http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xmlenc-core1-20120105/

   The XML Security WG is also soliciting review of the Last Call
   working draft of " "XML Encryption 1.1 CipherReference
   Processing using 2.0 Transforms" ". This specification brings
   the simplification benefits of the ongoing XML Security 2.0
   effort to XML Encryption CipherReference transform processing.
   Feedback on both of these Last Call drafts is requested by 16
   February 2012.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xmlenc-transform20-20120105/

   The Working Group also published today First Public Working
   Drafts of " "Test Cases for XML Encryption 1.1" " and " "Test
   Cases for Canonical XML 2.0" " and encourages community
   participation in developing further tests and performing
   testing. In addition, they updated " "XML Security Algorithm
   Cross-Reference" " to reflect new algorithm definitions in XML
   Encryption 1.1. Learn more about the W3C Security Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xmlenc-core1-testcases-20120105/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xml-c14n2-testcases-20120105/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xmlsec-algorithms-20120105/
   http://www.w3.org/Security/Activity

Updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
2.0

   03 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9309

   The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group today
   published updates of two Notes that accompany WCAG 2.0:
   "Techniques for WCAG 2.0" and "Understanding WCAG 2.0." (This
   is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document.) To
   learn more about WCAG Techniques and about contributing to
   future updates, see the WCAG Techniques Updated - Learn about
   the informative guidance blog post. Read about the Web
   Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20120103/
   http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/01/wcag_techniques_learn_more
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

First Draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements Published

   03 January 2012 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9308

   The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) today published
   a First Public Working Draft of "Media Accessibility User
   Requirements" that describes the accessibility requirements of
   people with disabilities with respect to audio and video on the
   Web, particularly in the context of HTML5. Learn more from the
   call for review email and about the Web Accessibility
   Initiative (WAI).

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF
   http://www.w3.org/TR/media-accessibility-reqs
   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012JanMar/0001
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

   More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive

Workshops

     * 2012-03-15 (15 MAR) – 2012-03-16 (16 MAR)
       The Multilingual Web – The Way Ahead
       http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/luxembourg-workshop
       /luxembourg-cfp
       Luxembourg
       Hosted by the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) of
       the European Commission.
       Building on the success of the preceding events in Madrid,
       Pisa, and Limerick, this workshop will once again bring
       together speakers and participants with an interest in best
       practices and standards aimed at helping content creators,
       localizers, tools developers, and others meet the
       challenges of the multilingual Web. It provides further
       opportunities for networking across communities that span
       the various aspects involved.
       http://multilingualweb.eu/

W3C Blog

     * WCAG Techniques Updated - Learn about the informative
       guidance
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/01/wcag_techniques_learn_more
       3 January 2012 by Shawn Henry
       http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
     * W3C TAG Publishes Finding on Identifying Application State
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2011/12/w3c_tag_publishes_finding_on_i
       24 December 2011 by Ashok Malhotra

Upcoming Talks

     * 2012-01-12 (12 JAN)
       HTML5, connecting devices
       keynote by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
       Día W3C en España
       http://www.w3c.es/Eventos/2012/DiaW3C/
       Granada, Spain
     * 2012-01-12 (12 JAN)
       ICC Color Management in SVG2
       by Chris Lilley
       OpenIcc @ FOSDEM
       http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/Events/Fosdem/2012
       Brussels, Belgium
     * 2012-01-12 (12 JAN)
       New features in SVG2 - WebFonts, Advanced Gradients, and
       more
       by Chris Lilley
       Web Directions SVG Social
       http://svgsocial.eventbrite.com/
       Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
     * 2012-01-12 (12 JAN)
       Transforming the Web Together
       http://www.w3c.nl/Talks/2012_NewYear.pdf
       by Fons Kuijk
       2012 Internet New Years Event
       http://www.w3.org/2004/08/TalkFiles/2012/www.isoc.nl/active
       /2012-nieuwjaar.htm
       Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     * 2012-02-27 (27 FEB)
       Building the Business Case in your Organization
       by Shawn Henry
       AccessU at CSUN
       http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/accessu.php
       San Diego, CA, USA

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