W3Cx; schema.org for datasets; #SDSVoc; Spatial Data Quality; Internet Archive; Snooper's law; WebVR; PROV; Blockchain

This is the 28 November - 5 December 2016 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list [1]. 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/



1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first]


29 November 2016
@thew3cx
Learn layout and positioning in this week's @w3c's #MOOC #CSS Intro https://kwz.me/VR  @MSLearning @edXOnline  @techie4good https://twitter.com/thew3cx/statuses/803599787400380416
(18 Retweets, 23 Likes)

1 December 2016
@danbri
Proposed "http://schema.org  for datasets" @W3C CG to surface 1:1 threads & follow up from #SDSVoc workshop https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/https://twitter.com/danbri/statuses/804359104860999680
(18 Retweets, 19 Likes)

28 November 2016
@stevefaulkner
Why do I work on #WebStandards @W3C? to benefit users & developers + it's where my employers clients look for authoritatve information #a11y
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/statuses/803199850787565568
(11 Retweets, 22 Likes)

1 December 2016
@VRE4EIC
Thanks to all participants for a successful #SDSVoc workshop! Find all slides https://www.w3.org/2016/11/sdsvoc/agenda … @W3C @VRE4EIC @CWInl
https://twitter.com/VRE4EIC/statuses/804376911250132992
(11 Retweets, 7 Likes)

30 November 2016
@deirdrelee
Existing @Joinup_eu & @w3c vocabs that could be used to express #SpatialData quality @AndreaPere9o #SDSVoc
https://twitter.com/deirdrelee/statuses/803960935576694784
(11 Retweets, 3 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  The Internet Archive Is Moving To Canada Following Trump’s Election
2 December 2016
NewsBlaze
by Khurram Aziz
http://newsblaze.com/social/internet/the-internet-archive-is-moving-to-canada-following-trumps-election_70669/


*  Snoopers law creates security nightmare
29 November 2016
BBC
by Rory Cellan-Jones
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38134560


3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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3 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]

*  WebVR – Une API pour créer du contenu VR sur internet (translation: "WebVR - An API for creating VR content on the Internet”)
3 December 2016
Realite Virtuelle
by Bastien L
http://www.realite-virtuelle.com/webvr-api-internet-0312


*  Developing software to aid disaster management
28 November 2016
University of Southampton
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/news/4962


*  Will Open Source Drive Blockchain Interoperability?
23 November 2016
American Banker
by Tanaya Macheel
http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/will-open-source-drive-blockchain-interoperability-1092576-1.html



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Amy van der Hiel
W3C/MIT
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Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
phone: +1.617.253.5628
amy@w3.org

Received on Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:55:22 UTC