W3C Public Newsletter, 2016-09-26

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W3C Global Web Experts Plan Technical Roadmap for Future of Web

   23 September 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5855>

   As W3C concludes today our annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) Meeting week, where more than 550 experts from the Web community met, we are excited to share advancements to the Open Web Platform and specific industry requirements for the next generation Web. In summarizing the W3C’s activities, Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO commented “Members of the W3C and the larger Web community carry a great responsibility to shape the future of Web technologies. Most people take for granted that the Web just works for them, but the foundational technologies that make the Web work for everyone are developed by highly skilled and dedicated technology experts in the W3C community. This year’s TPAC meetings underscored the importance and impact of W3C’s work.” Read the full Press Release.

   <https://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC/>
   <https://www.w3.org/2016/09/tpac2016.html.en>

Call for Prior Art Related to Patents Disclosed by Visa Europe

   26 September 2016
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5862>

   This is a public call for prior art regarding patent disclosures by Visa Europe within the Web Payments Working Group.

   <https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/cfpa>
   <https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/Overview.html#disclosures>
   <https://www.w3.org/Payments/WG/>

   The goal of this call for prior art is to collect information that would help to ensure that people may implement the (future) Recommendations of the Web Payments Working Group under patent licensing terms consistent with the Royalty-Free Licensing Requirements of the W3C Patent Policy. Specifically, W3C seeks prior art available under terms consistent with W3C’s RF licensing terms or in the public domain.

   <https://www.w3.org/Payments/WG/>
   <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Requirements>

   While W3C welcomes information at any time, responses as soon as possible and ideally before 31 December 2016 are encouraged. See the call for prior art for instructions on how to send responses.

   <https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/cfpa.html#responses>

   On 19 July 2016, pursuant to its rights under W3C’s Patent Policy, Visa Europe disclosed a number of patents and patent applications and excluded claims from Royalty-Free licensing for two specifications from the Web Payments Working Group: "Payment Request API" and "Payment Method Identifiers." In accordance with the exception procedures of the Patent Policy, W3C launched the Web Payments Working Group Patent Advisory Group (PAG) to determine possible solutions. The PAG has advised W3C to issue this call for prior art.

   <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/>
   <https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/Overview.html#disclosures>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-request/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-id/>
   <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exception>
   <https://www.w3.org/2016/08/wpwg-pag/>

   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

     * None. Read the W3C Blog Archives
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/>

Upcoming Talks

     * 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
     * 2016-11-16 (16 NOV)
       The WAI to Web Accessibility: An Interactive Tour Through Resources form the W3C Web Accessibility
       Accessing Higher Ground
       <http://accessinghigherground.org/>
       Colorado, USA
     * 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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