W3C Public Newsletter, 2016-06-06

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W3C Opens New United Kingdom and Ireland Office

   31 May 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5451>

   W3C is pleased to announce the selection of Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton, to host UK & Ireland Office. The W3C United Kingdom and Ireland Office will be staffed by Susan Davies, Coordination Manager for the WSI, who will become the Office Manager, and Professor Leslie Carr, Director of the WSI Centre for Doctoral Training, who will act in a Senior Advisor role. W3C Offices act as local points of contact for W3C work and help ensure that W3C and its specifications reach an international audience. Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Executive Director of the WSI commented, “The WSI is excited to be taking on this important role within the W3C. The University of Southampton has played an active role in the Web community since 1994 and has been a member of the W3C since 1998, promoting new futures of the Web through W3C community groups including the Web Observatory, Annotations and Web of Things.” Read more in our press release, and learn more about the W3C Offices program.

   <http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page>
   <https://www.w3.org/2016/05/pressrelease-ukireland-office.html.en>
   <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/>

W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board

   1 June 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5461>

First Public Working Draft: Semantic Sensor Network Ontology

   31 May 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5458>

   The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group has published a Working Draft of "Semantic Sensor Network Ontology." The Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (commonly known as “SSN” or sometimes “SSNO”) is an OWL-2 DL ontology for describing sensors and the observations they make of the physical world. SSN is published in a modular architecture that supports the judicious use of “just enough” ontology for diverse applications, including satellite imagery, large scale scientific monitoring, industrial and household infrastructure, citizen observers, and Web of Things. SSN is described and examples of its use are given.

   <https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-vocab-ssn-20160531/>

First Public Working Draft: Web Authentication: A Web API for accessing scoped credentials

   31 May 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5456>

   The Web Authentication Working Group has published a Working Draft of "Web Authentication: A Web API for accessing scoped credentials." This specification defines an API that enables web pages to access WebAuthn compliant strong cryptographic credentials through browser script. Conceptually, one or more credentials are stored on an authenticator, and each credential is scoped to a single Relying Party. Authenticators are responsible for ensuring that no operation is performed without the user’s consent. The user agent mediates access to credentials in order to preserve user privacy. Authenticators use attestation to provide cryptographic proof of their properties to the relying party. This specification also describes a functional model of a WebAuthn compliant authenticator, including its signature and attestation functionality.

   <https://www.w3.org/webauthn/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-webauthn-20160531/>

   More news: <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/>

Workshops

     * 2016-06-29 (29 JUN) – 2016-06-30 (30 JUN)
       Blockchains and the Web Workshop
       <https://www.w3.org/2016/04/blockchain-workshop/>
       Cambridge, MA, USA
       Hosted by the MIT Media Lab

W3C Blog

     * Finishing HTML5.1 … and starting HTML 5.2
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/06/finishing-html5-1-and-starting-html-5-2/>
       2 June 2016 by Charles McCathie Nevile
     * Invitation to upcoming GIPO sessions at EuroDIG
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/06/invitation-to-upcoming-gipo-sessions-at-eurodig/>
       2 June 2016 by Daniel Dardailler

Upcoming Talks

     * 2016-06-17 (17 JUN)
       The evolution of CSS 4 Color
       by Chris Lilley
       CSS Day
       <http://cssday.nl/2016>
       Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     * 2016-06-21 (21 JUN)
       Streamlining Web Payments
       panel features Ian Jacobs
       Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) Webinars
       <http://www.merchantadvisorygroup.org/stay-connected/events-landing/2016/06/21/default-calendar/webinar-streamlining-web-payments>
       Online, USA
     * 2016-08-26 (26 AUG)
       WebFonts: Level Up!
       by Chris Lilley
       BrazilJS 2016
       <https://braziljs.org/conf?lang=en>
       Porto Alegre, Brazil
     * 2016-09-24 (24 SEP)
       REST Interfaces to the Internet of Things
       <http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2016/09-24-euroia>
       EuroIA 2016
       <http://www.euroia.org>
       Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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