W3C Weekly News - 24 November 2004

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Character Model for the World Wide Web Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

   W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of two parts of the
   Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0. "Fundamentals" is a
   Proposed Recommendation and "Resource Identifiers" is a Candidate
   Recommendation. The documents provide authors of specifications,
   software developers, and content developers with a common reference for
   text manipulation and the use of internationalized resource identifiers
   on the Web. They build on the Universal Character Set defined by
   Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Comments are welcome through 20 December and
   15 January respectively. Visit the Internationalization home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PR-charmod-20041122/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-charmod-resid-20041122/
    http://www.w3.org/International/

Last Call: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

   The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released
   a Last Call Working Draft of "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
   2.0" and a Working Draft of its companion "Implementation Techniques."
   The guidelines are written to help developers create accessible
   authoring interfaces that produce accessible Web content. Resulting
   content can be read by a broader range of readers including those with
   disabilities. Comments are welcome through 7 January. Read about the
   Web Accessibility Initiative.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-ATAG20-20041122/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20041122/
    http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Last Call: QA Specification Guidelines

   The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released a Last Call
   Working Draft of the "QA Framework: Specification Guidelines." The
   document is designed to help W3C editors write better specifications by
   making a specification easier to interpret without ambiguity, and
   clearer as to what is required in order to conform. Comments are
   welcome through 28 January. "The QA Handbook" is now a Working Group
   Note. Written for W3C Working Group Chairs and Team Contacts, the
   handbook provides techniques, tools, and templates for test suites and
   specifications, and is designed to facilitate and accelerate the work
   of W3C Working Groups. Learn more about quality assurance at W3C.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20041122/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-qa-handbook-20041122/
   http://www.w3.org/QA/

Last Call: Dynamic Properties Framework (DPF)

   The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released a Last Call
   Working Draft of the "Dynamic Properties Framework (DPF)." Written for
   the W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework, the draft describes
   interfaces for dynamic access to properties that represent device
   capabilities, device configuration, user preferences and environmental
   conditions. The previous Working Draft was named "System and
   Environment Framework." Comments are welcome through 10 January. Read
   about Multimodal Interaction.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-DPF-20041122/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

Working Draft: SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)

   Through joint efforts, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group
   and the CSS Working Group have released a second Working Draft of
   "SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)." The sXBL language defines the
   presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG
   namespace. The XBL task force considers the sXBL specification to be
   nearly ready for Last Call. Visit the SVG and CSS home pages.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-sXBL-20041122/
   http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
   http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

W3C Talks

    * Max Froumentin presented "Multimodal Interaction on the Web" at
      Gira Estándares W3C in Madrid, Spain on 18 November. The event was
      sponsored by the W3C Spanish Office.

    * Shadi Abou-Zahra presents "A Vendor Neutral Reporting Language For
      Web Accessibility Evaluations" at Technology and Persons with
      Disabilities (CSUN 2005) in Los Angeles, CA, USA on 18 March.

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

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

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