W3C Weekly News - 16 April 2001

                             W3C Weekly News

                     Week of 10 April - 16 April 2001

Modularization of XHTML Becomes a W3C Recommendation

   10 April 2001: The World Wide Web Consortium released Modularization
   of XHTML as a W3C Recommendation. The specification is stable, and
   has been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favors its adoption by
   academic, industry, and research communities. The Recommendation
   extends XHTML's reach onto emerging Web platforms like mobile
   devices, television, and appliances. Read the press release and
   testimonials, and visit the HTML home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xhtml-modularization-20010410/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xhtml-m12n-pressrelease
   http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xhtml-m12n-testimonial
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

DOM Level 3 Events Working Draft Published

   10 April 2001: The DOM Working Group has published an updated Working
   Draft of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events
   Specification. The DOM is a platform- and language-neutral interface
   that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the
   content, structure, and style of documents. Comments are invited.
   Read about the W3C DOM Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-3-Events-20010410/
   http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity

Semantic Web Featured in Scientific American

   13 April 2001: "The Semantic Web," written by W3C Director
   Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, and Ora Lassila, is the cover story
   in the May 2001 issue of Scientific American magazine. Read more
   about the W3C Semantic Web Activity.

   http://www.sciam.com/2001/0501issue/0501berners-lee.html
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

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