W3C Weekly News - 11 March 2002

                             W3C Weekly News

                         5 March - 11 March 2002

Requirements for a Web Ontology Language Published

   8 March 2002: The Web Ontology Working Group has released a Working
   Draft of requirements for the Ontology Web Language (OWL) 1.0.
   Automated tools can use common sets of terms called ontologies to
   power services such as more accurate Web search, intelligent software
   agents, and knowledge management. Read about the W3C Semantic Web
   Activity.

       http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-webont-req-20020307/
       http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Upcoming W3C Team Presentations in March

   13 March: Vincent Hardy, W3C Fellow from Sun Microsystems, speaks on
   "SVG in Web Services" at XML & Web Services 2002 in London, UK.

   14 March: Daniel Dardailler, Vincent Quint, Philipp Hoschka, and
   Marie-Claire Forgue speak at an Aristote seminar on "Travaux du W3C"
   in Paris, France. Their talks are broadcast live on the Renater network
   via IP multicast. Philipp's talk is titled "Point sur les besoins des
   nouveaux terminaux sur le Web."

   20-21 March: W3C has a booth at Documation 2002 at Paris La Defense,
   France.

   27 March: Vincent Hardy speaks on "SVG Graphics on the Java Platform"
   and "Scalable Vector Graphics and the Batik Project" at JavaOne 2002
   held in San Francisco, CA, USA.

   27 March: Philipp Hoschka speaks on "Applications vocales de XML" at
   Net 2002 in Paris, France.

   Browse past and upcoming W3C Team talks and presentations.

       http://www.w3.org/Talks/
       http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/

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Received on Monday, 11 March 2002 23:15:05 UTC