W3C Weekly News - 24 September 2001

                             W3C Weekly News

                Week of 18 September - 24 September 2001

URIs, URLs, and URNs Note Published

   24 September 2001: The W3C/IETF URI Planning Interest Group has
   released "URIs, URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations 1.0"
   as a W3C Note. The Note outlines the difference between classical and
   contemporary URI partitioning; explains the relationship between URIs,
   URLs, and URNs; describes how URI schemes and URN namespace ids are
   registered; and sets forth recommendations. Read about the W3C URI
   Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-uri-clarification-20010921/
    http://www.w3.org/Addressing/

Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 Last Call Working Draft Published

   24 September 2001: The P3P Specification Working Group has released
   "The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P 1.0)" as a Last Call
   Working Draft. Comments are welcome through 15 October. P3P
   simplifies and automates the process of reading Web site privacy
   policies, promoting trust and confidence in the Web. Read the answers
   to frequently asked questions about P3P and more on the W3C Privacy
   Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-P3P-20010924/
    http://www.w3.org/P3P/p3pfaq
    http://www.w3.org/Privacy/Activity

CSS3 module: Backgrounds Working Draft Published

   24 September 2001: The CSS Working Group has released the first
   Working Draft of "CSS3 module: Backgrounds." Part of the Cascading
   Style Sheets (CSS) language Level 3, this module describes
   backgrounds such as background colors and background images that are
   used to render HTML and XML documents. Comments are welcome. Visit
   the CSS home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-background-20010924/
    http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

XML Blueberry Requirements Working Draft Published

   21 September 2001: The XML Core Working Group has published an
   updated Working Draft of "XML Blueberry Requirements." The draft
   lists the design principles and requirements for a revision of XML
   1.0 being developed to address Unicode character set and line ending
   issues. Comments are welcome. Read about the W3C XML Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xml-blueberry-req-20010921
    http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity

Device Independence Principles Published

   19 September 2001: The Device Independence Working Group has released
   its first publication, a Working Draft of "Device Independence
   Principles." The document describes the principles necessary to make
   the Web accessible by "anyone, anywhere, anytime, anyhow." Read about
   the W3C Device Independence Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-di-princ-20010918/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/di/

W3C HTML Validation Service Upgraded

   18 September 2001: W3C is pleased to announce an upgrade to the W3C
   HTML Validation Service created and maintained by Gerald Oskoboiny of
   the W3C Systems Team. New features include XHTML 1.1 and XHTML Basic
   1.0 support, experimental MathML 2.0 support, new functions on the
   results page, and an option to override character encoding. Feedback
   on the service is welcome. Refer to What's New for the change history.

    http://validator.w3.org/

W3C Morocco Office Launches Arabic Home Page

   18 September 2001: The home page of the W3C Morocco Office is now
   available as Unicode encoded Arabic. The Office is hosted by the
   Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, in Rabat, Morocco. W3C Offices assist
   with promotion efforts in local languages, broaden W3C's geographical
   base, and encourage international participation in W3C Activities.

    http://www.emi.ac.ma/W3C/
    http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/

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