W3C Weekly News - 13 May 2003

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SOAP Version 1.2 Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation

   W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SOAP Version 1.2 to
   Proposed Recommendation. The specification is four parts: "Part 1:
   Messaging Framework," "Part 2: Adjuncts," the "Primer" and the
   "Assertions and Test Collection." Comments are welcome through 7 June.
   Developed by the W3C XML Protocol Working Group, SOAP Version 1.2
   is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in
   a decentralized, distributed environment. Read the press release and
   visit the Web services home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part1-20030507/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part2-20030507/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part0-20030507/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-testcollection-20030507/

    http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap12-pressrelease
    http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

W3C Translation Index Based on RDF

   W3C thanks the volunteers who contributed thousands of hours
   translating W3C publications into more than 30 languages. Showcasing
   W3C Semantic Web, XML and internationalization technologies, data for
   volunteer translations of W3C technical reports and related documents
   is now maintained in RDF encoded in XML. Combining this metadata with
   other RDF, the translation index makes extensive use of Unicode,
   links to official versions, and can be viewed according to language
   or technology.

   Translations at W3C:
    http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/

   Project description:
    http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/Overview.html

W3C RDF Validation Service Updated

   The W3C RDF Validation Service has been updated to support all of the
   specifications described in the RDF Last Call Working Drafts
   announcement. A new interactive graphical visualization of models
   builds on IsaViz. The RDF validator is based on the ARP parser
   version 2 alpha that is distributed as open source by
   Hewlett-Packard. New to ARP version 2 is RDF datatype support. Graphs
   are generated using Graphviz 1.8.9. The service runs under Jigsaw.

    http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/

Multimodal Interaction Framework Note Updated

   The Multimodal Interaction Working Group released an update to the
   "W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework" W3C Note. The framework
   identifies the major components for multimodal systems. The group is
   writing specifications to extend the Web user interface to offer
   input and output choices "anywhere, on any device, anytime." Visit
   the Multimodal Interaction home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-mmi-framework-20030506/
    http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

XHTML 2.0 Working Draft Published

   The HTML Working Group has released the fifth public Working Draft
   of "XHTML 2.0." A modularized language without presentation elements,
   XHTML 2 takes HTML back to its roots in document structuring. This
   draft includes an early implementation of XHTML 2.0 in RELAX NG.
   Comments are welcome. Visit the HTML home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xhtml2-20030506/
    http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

XML Key Management Requirements Published

   The XKMS Working Group has published their final set of "XML Key
   Management (XKMS 2.0) Requirements" as a W3C Note. The Note documents
   the design, scope and requirements of the XML Key Management
   specification. XKMS specifies protocols for distributing and
   registering public keys for use with XML Signature and XML
   Encryption. Visit the XKMS home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-xkms2-req-20030505
   http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/

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