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- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:18:58 -0400
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2016-09-19 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20160919
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W3C Communications Team
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W3C Invites Developers to Lisbon Meetup (19 September)
16 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5836>
W3C is pleased to invite the developer community to attend the W3C Developer Meetup in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday 19 September 2016. The event is kindly sponsored by Yandex, The Paciello Group and Técnico Lisboa, where the meetup will take place (map).
<http://www.meetup.com/GeeksIn-Lisbon/events/233972259/>
<https://yandex.com/company/>
<https://www.paciellogroup.com/>
<https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/>
<https://yandex.com/maps/?um=constructor:Z1luPqfqurX3khgUapL1onVwxN0GrkhW&source=constructorLink>
Confirmed speakers:
* WICG: How W3C incubates work. Yoav Weiss – Akamai
* New things in CSS. Greg Whitworth – Microsoft
* User interactions. Patrick Lauke – The Paciello Group
* Service Workers / offline apps. Jake Archibald – Google
* Accessibility. Léonie Watson – The Paciello Group
* Web Components. Travis Leithead – Microsoft (Em portugês)
Web designers and application developers are encouraged to gather for an evening of discussions and networking with others in the W3C community who are convening next week during W3C’s TPAC 2016. Participation in the meetup is open to anyone at no cost, but space is limited. Please RSVP before Sunday 18 September, or send e-mail to team-2016-lisboa@w3.org and meet us there!
<http://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC>
<http://www.meetup.com/GeeksIn-Lisbon/events/233972259/>
<mailto:team-2016-lisboa@w3.org>
Call For Review: HTML 5.1 Proposed Recommendation Published
16 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5844>
The Web Platform Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of "HTML 5.1."
<http://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/PR-html51-20160915/>
This specification defines the 5th major version, first minor revision of the core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In this version, new features continue to be introduced to help Web application authors, new elements continue to be introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention continues to be given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.
Comments are welcome through 13 October 2016.
For more details about our HTML Plan, see:
* HTML: what’s next?
* Working on HTML5.1
* Finishing HTML5.1 … and starting HTML 5.2
* HTML – From 5.1 to 5.2
First Public Working Drafts of Web Payments HTTP Specifications
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5821>
The Web Payments Working Group has published First Public Working Drafts of the following specifications, which enable the initiation of payment requests outside of a browser context:
<https://www.w3.org/Payments/WG/>
* Web Payments HTTP API 1.0 outlines how to register payment applications, create payment requests, and reply with payment responses using a standard HTTP API.
* Web Payments HTTP Messages 1.0 specifies the Web Payments messages that are used to initiate and acknowledge a payment request via the HTTP protocol. The messages are typically passed between the software ecosystem that inititates, executes, and finalizes Web Payments.
The Working Group welcomes feedback on these early drafts.
Secure Contexts published as a Candidate Recommendation
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5825>
The Web Application Security Working Group has published a Candidate Recommendation of "Secure Contexts." This specification defines “secure contexts”, thereby allowing user agent implementers and specification authors to enable certain features only when certain minimum standards of authentication and confidentiality are met.
<https://www.w3.org/2011/webappsec/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-secure-contexts-20160915>
W3C Invites Implementations of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5830>
The SVG Working Group has published a Candidate Recommendation of "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2." This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Version 2. SVG is a language based on XML for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. SVG content is stylable, scalable to different display resolutions, and can be viewed stand-alone, mixed with HTML content, or embedded using XML namespaces within other XML languages. SVG also supports dynamic changes; script can be used to create interactive documents, and animations can be performed using declarative animation features or by using script.
<https://www.w3.org/2011/Graphics/SVG/WG/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-SVG2-20160915/>
Call for Review: WebIDL Level 1 Proposed Recommendation Published
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5832>
The Web Platform Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of "WebIDL Level 1." This document defines an interface definition language, Web IDL, that can be used to describe interfaces that are intended to be implemented in web browsers. Web IDL is an IDL variant with a number of features that allow the behavior of common script objects in the web platform to be specified more readily. How interfaces described with Web IDL correspond to constructs within ECMAScript execution environments is also detailed in this document. It is expected that newly published specifications reference this document to ensure conforming implementations of interfaces are interoperable. Comments are welcome through 14 October.
<https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/PR-WebIDL-1-20160915>
First Public Working Draft: TV Control API Specification
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5834>
The TV Control Working Group has published a Working Draft of "TV Control API Specification." This specification defines an API for sourcing audio and video media, such as TV and radio from broadcast, IPTV, or other sources, with associated channel and program metadata, and allows presentation of the media using the video and audio HTML elements. The API is agnostic of any underlying audio or video sourcing technologies.
<https://www.w3.org/2016/tvcontrol/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-tvcontrol-api-20160915/>
W3Cx and Microsoft open CSS Introduction MOOC course
15 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5816>
Following on the success of the HTML5 series of W3Cx courses, today W3C announced the launch of a new W3Cx course: CSS Introduction, designed in cooperation with Microsoft Corporation. The W3Cx CSS Introduction course will teach you how to take your Web pages from bland to bold with the power of CSS styling. Explore colors, fonts, and layout, along with the fundamental elements of CSS and the latest Web standards. We encourage future Web developers and designers to already enroll this course to start 7 November 2016.
<https://www.edx.org/xseries/html5-w3c>
<https://www.edx.org/course/css-introduction-w3cx-css-0x>
<https://www.edx.org/course/css-introduction-w3cx-css-0x>
First Public Working Draft: Portable Web Publications Use Cases and Requirements
13 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5804>
The Digital Publishing Interest Group has published a First Public Working Drafts of "“Portable Web Publications Use Cases and Requirements." The document explores requirements for Portable Web Publications by listing 50 different requirements, each of them backed up with at least one, but often several, real world use cases and scenarios. This work will be the basis for the planning of further activities on Digital Publishing at the W3C.
<http://www.w3.org/dpub/IG/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-pwp-ucr-20160913/>
If you wish to make comments regarding these documents, please submit issues at the corresponding github issues’ list.
<https://github.com/w3c/dpub-pwp-ucr/issues>
3 First Public Working Drafts by The Device and Sensors Working Group
13 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5807>
The Device and Sensors Working Group has published 3 First Public Working Drafts of new sensor APIs to read data from "accelerometers," "gyroscopes" and "magnetometers."
<https://www.w3.org/2009/dap/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-accelerometer-20160913/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-gyroscope-20160913/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-magnetometer-20160913/>
These APIs, based on the group’s "Generic Sensor API," give access to the low-level sensors needed to build higher-level APIs such as the "Device Orientation API," but also open up new use cases so far unavailable to the Web Platform, e.g. via innovative use of the magnetometer.
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-generic-sensor-20160830/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/>
3 Notes Published: Content Security Policy: Cookie Controls, Pinning; Entry Point Regulation
13 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5810>
The Web Application Security Working Group has published 3 Notes:
<https://www.w3.org/2011/webappsec/>
* Content Security Policy: Cookie Controls: This Note provides a historical reference for a proposed set of mechanisms by which web developers can limit the ways in which cookies may be set in the context of their sites and applications.
* Content Security Policy: Pinning: This Note provides a historical reference for a proposed mechanism to allow authors to instruct user agents to remember (“pin”) and enforce a Content Security Policy for a set of hosts for a period of time.
* Entry Point Regulation: This Note provides a historical reference for a proposed mechansim to mitigate the risk of reflected cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site script inclusion (XSSI), and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by demarcating the areas of an application which are intended to be externally referencable. A specified policy is applied on external requests for all non-demarcated resources.
W3Cx re-opens its HTML5 Part 2 Course in self-paced mode
13 September 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5796>
Today, W3Cx reopens registration for the HTML5 Part MOOC course in self-paced mode. Entitled “Advanced Techniques for Designing HTML5 Apps”, the HTML5 Part 2 course covers advanced topics to help developers design and deliver innovative services on the Web. As part of the “HTML5 from W3C” XSeries, it follows the HTML5 Introduction and the HTML5 Part 1 course both available in self-paced mode.
<https://www.edx.org/course/html5-part-2-advanced-techniques-w3cx-html5-2x>
<https://www.edx.org/course/html5-part-2-advanced-techniques-w3cx-html5-2x>
<https://www.edx.org/xseries/html5-w3c>
<https://www.edx.org/course/html5-introduction-w3cx-html5-0x>
<https://www.edx.org/course/html5-part-1-html5-coding-essentials-w3cx-html5-1x-0>
Read this course great reviews, register and enhance your resume by purchasing a Verified Certificate. Learn lots and have fun!
<https://www.coursetalk.com/providers/edx/courses/html5-part-2-advanced-techniques-for-designing-html5-apps#reviews>
<https://www.edx.org/course/html5-part-2-advanced-techniques-w3cx-html5-2x>
<https://courses.edx.org/verify_student/upgrade/course-v1:W3Cx+HTML5.2x+2T2016/>
More news: <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/>
Workshops
* 2016-10-19 (19 OCT) – 2016-10-20 (20 OCT)
Web & Virtual Reality Workshop
<https://www.w3.org/2016/06/vr-workshop/>
San Jose, CA, USA
Hosted by Samsung
The Workshop will look at the intersection of Web and Virtual Reality technologies. It aims at enabling the sharing of experiences between practitioners of the field, discuss existing gaps in the Web platform that make some Virtual Reality use cases difficult or impossible in browsers today, and explore what future standards are needed to pave the way for the Web to be one of the major VR platforms.
* 2016-11-30 (30 NOV) – 2016-12-01 ( 1 DEC)
Smart Descriptions & Smarter Vocabularies (SDSVoc)
<https://www.w3.org/2016/11/sdsvoc/>
Amsterdam
CWI with support from the VRE4EIC project
The workshop will cover a variety of related issues: how to manage a vocabulary in a collaborative environment, how to define an application profile for human and machine consumption, how to request data using a specific profile and, as a prime example of all this - experiences of using "DCAT" that might lead to its extension.
<https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/>
W3C Blog
* Bringing Virtual Reality to the Web platform
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/09/bringing-virtual-reality-to-the-web-platform/>
19 September 2016 by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
<http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/>
* HTML – from 5.1 to 5.2
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/09/html-from-5-1-to-5-2/>
15 September 2016 by Charles McCathie Nevile
* Just how should we share data on the Web?
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/09/just-how-should-we-share-data-on-the-web/>
15 September 2016 by Phil Archer
Upcoming Talks
* 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
* 2016-10-12 (12 OCT)
Digital Contracts: The new economy disruptor
<http://www.ecom-icom.hku.hk/seminar/upcoming.asp#Iannella>
by Renato Iannella
HKU Experts Address Series
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
* 2016-11-16 (16 NOV)
Petroleum retail opportunities with the web
by Bernard Gidon
IFSF annual conference
<http://www.ifsf.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/ifsf_newsletter_august_2016.pdf>
Schiphol, The Netherlands
* 2016-11-21 (21 NOV)
XForms, the only Standard Web Framework
<http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2016/11-21-nluug>
by Steven Pemberton
NLUUG najaarsconferentie
<https://www.nluug.nl/events/>
Bunnik, The Netherlands
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