- From: Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:10:35 +0000
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- CC: "site-comments@w3.org" <site-comments@w3.org>, "chairs@w3.org" <chairs@w3.org>
And can you tell me how I navigate to the Timed Text area now. Sean -----Original Message----- From: chairs-request@w3.org [mailto:chairs-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Schiller Sent: 14 October 2009 3:59 PM To: Ian Jacobs Cc: Michael Hausenblas; site-comments@w3.org; chairs@w3.org Subject: Re: New W3C Web Site Launched Thanks Ian. Can you please point me to a valid URL for the SVG 1.1 spec in the meantime? Jeff On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote: > > On 14 Oct 2009, at 9:50 AM, Jeff Schiller wrote: > >> Um... >> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/ is now a 404? >> >> Please don't break the web! :) > > > Of course not. Obviously we are going to encounter a bunch of things > that need fixing that happened during the deployment (despite careful > preparation). > > These reports are very helpful and we will fix all the bugs as quickly > as we can. > > _ Ian > >> >> Regards, >> Jeff >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Michael Hausenblas >> <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> wrote: >>> >>> Ian, >>> >>>> We use RDF all over the place internally to manage the site. The >>>> RDF that we use is public: >>>> >>>> Group data: >>>> http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf >>>> >>>> Technical reports data: >>>> http://www.w3.org/2002/01/tr-automation/tr.rdf >>> >>> Thanks! This is good news indeed, though seems not to have not been >>> communicated in an optimal way. I still think we can do more (re >>> events, specs, authorships, test cases, etc.) - so many wonderful >>> vocabularies such as DOAP, FOAF, SIOC, etc. just waiting to be used >>> ... :) >>> >>>> We don't use RDFa where we have RDF source data. >>> >>> Maybe I'm dense, but what are you trying to tell me, here ? >>> >>> RDFa is just like RDF/XML a RDF serialisation. And a W3C standard. >>> Over the past two years we have successfully convinced quite a >>> number of players (from Drupal over Wordpress to the UK gov) out >>> there that enabling RDFa support is not only doable but >>> straight-forward and worth it. >>> >>>> Of course we could do more (e.g., a sparql endpoint for TR >>>> searches), and we are likely to do more. >>> >>> Very good! Looking forward to use yet another W3C standard and hence >>> eating more of our own dogfood ;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Michael Hausenblas >>> LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre >>> DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute NUIG - National >>> University of Ireland, Galway Ireland, Europe Tel. +353 91 495730 >>> http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ http://sw-app.org/about.html >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> >>>> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:39:32 -0500 >>>> To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> >>>> Cc: <site-comments@w3.org>, <chairs@w3.org>, W3C Members >>>> <w3c-ac-members@w3.org> >>>> Subject: Re: New W3C Web Site Launched >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2009, at 2:50 AM, Michael Hausenblas wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ian, >>>>> >>>>> Indeed, very nice job re design and usability. However, I think we >>>>> should also take into account what our 'customers' think [1], [2]: >>>>> >>>>> "so, are #semanticweb standards too complicated when even the new >>>>> #w3c site doesn't use them? #stopsnakeoil" >>>> >>>> Hi Michael, >>>> >>>> We use RDF all over the place internally to manage the site. The >>>> RDF that we use is public: >>>> >>>> Group data: >>>> http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf >>>> >>>> Technical reports data: >>>> http://www.w3.org/2002/01/tr-automation/tr.rdf >>>> >>>> And there's lots more, such as the Talks data. >>>> >>>> We don't use RDFa where we have RDF source data. >>>> >>>> Of course we could do more (e.g., a sparql endpoint for TR >>>> searches), and we are likely to do more. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>>> >>>>> "@iand apparently all of them: No (obvious) RDF export, no SPARQL >>>>> API. Just some (broken!) hCalendar items." >>>>> >>>>> This is indeed a poor message we send out - why don't we eat our >>>>> own dogfood? We have a couple of nice standards (RDFa, GRDDL, >>>>> etc.) in this area and should well be able to demonstrate that we >>>>> are able to use them, IMHO. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for spoiling the party, but given the broad uptake of >>>>> semantic technologies in the governmental area (US, UK), the >>>>> eCommerce domain (GoodRelations), linked data stuff and Google and >>>>> Yahoo! processing structured data, I can't seriously explain to my >>>>> colleagues or other W3C customers why we don't have structured >>>>> data (preferably in RDF) available at the new W3C site. >>>>> >>>>> Thoughts, anyone? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://twitter.com/bengee/status/4856670048 >>>>> [2] http://twitter.com/bengee/status/4856830531 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dr. Michael Hausenblas >>>>> LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre DERI - Digital Enterprise >>>>> Research Institute NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway >>>>> Ireland, Europe Tel. +353 91 495730 http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ >>>>> http://sw-app.org/about.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> >>>>>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:07:47 -0500 >>>>>> To: W3C Members <w3c-ac-members@w3.org> >>>>>> Cc: <chairs@w3.org> >>>>>> Subject: New W3C Web Site Launched >>>>>> Resent-From: <chairs@w3.org> >>>>>> Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:53 +0000 >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Advisory Committee Representatives and Chairs, >>>>>> >>>>>> Today W3C launched its new Web site: >>>>>> http://www.w3.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>> We also launched the new Member site: >>>>>> http://www.w3.org/Member/ >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope that you will find the new sites more usable. You will >>>>>> notice that some pages are missing content; we plan to continue >>>>>> to add content over time and invite your contributions >>>>>> (especially from Working Groups). >>>>>> >>>>>> I expect that over the next few days we will be fixing bugs in >>>>>> style sheets, and so forth. Feel free to send comments to site- >>>>>> comments@w3.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ >>>>>> Tel: +1 718 260 9447 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ >>>> Tel: +1 718 260 9447 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ > Tel: +1 718 260 9447 > >
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