W3C Weekly News - 9 October 2004

                             W3C Weekly News

                      29 September - 9 October 2004

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W3C Celebrates Ten Years Leading the Web

    This year, W3C celebrates its tenth anniversary. During a
    symposium for Members and invited guests in Boston, USA on
    1 December, W3C will reflect on the progress of the Web, W3C's
    central role in its growth, and risks and opportunities facing the
    Web during W3C's second decade. Please sign the greeting card and
    read about the W3C Tenth Anniversary Celebration.

    http://www.w3.org/2004/09/W3C10.html
    http://www.w3.org/2004/09/birthdaycard/

XInclude Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

    W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "XML Inclusions
    (XInclude) Version 1.0" to Proposed Recommendation. XInclude
    introduces a generic mechanism for merging XML documents
    (information sets) using existing XML constructs -- elements,
    attributes and URI references. Comments are welcome through
    29 October. Visit the XML home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PR-xinclude-20040930/
    http://www.w3.org/XML/

Call for Participation: W3C "Mobile Web Initiative" Workshop

    Position papers are due 15 October for the W3C "Mobile Web
    Initiative" Workshop to be held in Barcelona, Spain on 18-19
    November. Attendees will discuss how a W3C initiative could help
    to make Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy and
    convenient as Web access from a desktop device. Read about
    workshops and W3C's mobile Web work.

    http://www.w3.org/2004/09/mwi-workshop-cfp.html
    http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
    http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Mobile.html

Compound Document Formats Activity Launched

    W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Compound Document
    Formats Activity. The Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working
    Group, chartered through 6 October 2006, is chaired by Vincent
    Hardy (Sun). The group's specifications will combine selected
    existing document formats (such as XHTML, SVG and SMIL) with other
    technologies (such as CSS and DOM) and specify their runtime
    behavior. Participation is open to W3C Members. Visit the Compound
    Document Formats home page.

    http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/Group/
    http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/admin/charter
    http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/

Web Services Addressing Working Group Launched

    W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Web Services
    Addressing Working Group. Chartered through February 2006 and
    chaired by Mark Nottingham (BEA), the group will build on
    WS-Addressing to define how message headers direct messages, to
    provide an XML format for exchanging endpoint references, and to
    define mechanisms to direct replies or faults. Participation is
    open to W3C Members. Visit the Web Services home page.

    http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/
    http://www.w3.org/2004/09/wsa-charter.html
    http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Working Draft: XML Binary Characterization Properties

    The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has released the
    First Public Working Draft of "XML Binary Characterization
    Properties." Derived from use cases, this first draft in a series
    describes properties identified as desirable for any serialization
    of an XML data model. Comments are welcome. Visit the XML
    home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xbc-properties-20041005/
    http://www.w3.org/XML/

Upcoming W3C Talks (continued)

   * Shawn Lawton Henry gives a keynote at HighEdWebDev 2004,
     eMergingVisions in Rochester, NY, USA on 11 October.

   * Carine Bournez and Philipp Hoschka present at W3C-Tag in
     Berlin, Germany on 13 October.

   * Eric Miller gives a keynote at the 2nd Shanghai International
     Library Forum (SILF) and the International Conference on
     Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2004 (DC2004) in Shanghai,
     China on 13 October.

   * Bert Bos and Marie-Claire Forgue run a booth at Fête de la
     Science 2004 in Sophia Antipolis, France on 16 October.

   * Massimo Marchiori gives a keynote at the Symposium of the
     Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries
     Association (JEITA) in Tokyo, Japan on 20 October.

    Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as
    an RSS channel.

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

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