W3C Weekly News - 23 July 2005

                            W3C Weekly News

                        10 July - 23 July 2005

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xml:id Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

  W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "xml:id Version 1.0" to
  Proposed Recommendation. The specification introduces a predefined
  attribute name that can always be treated as an ID and hence can always
  be recognized. Comments are invited through 26 August. Visit the XML
  home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/PR-xml-id-20050712/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

Last Call: SPARQL Query Language for RDF

  The RDF Data Access Working Group has released a Last Call Working
  Draft of the "SPARQL Query Language for RDF." Comments are welcome
  through 1 September. SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle") offers developers
  and end users a way to write and to consume search results across a
  wide range of information such as personal data, social networks and
  metadata about digital artifacts like music and images. SPARQL also
  provides a means of integration over disparate sources. Visit the
  Semantic Web home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-rdf-sparql-query-20050721/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Requirements: Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0

  The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group has released the First
  Public Working Draft of "Requirements for the Evaluation and Report
  Language (EARL) 1.0." EARL expresses test results in a vendor-neutral
  and platform-independent format and is used to exchange test results
  between Web accessibility evaluation tools. EARL also provides a
  reusable vocabulary for Web quality assurance and validation. Read
  about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-EARL10-Requirements-20050711/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

"Web Foundations" Highlights Universal Access to Information

  The W3C Spanish Office is pleased to present Shawn Henry, Jakob
  Nielsen, Steven Pemberton, Inmaculada Placencia, John Slatin, and
  Jeffrey Zeldman at Web Foundations 2005 on 22-23 November in Gijón,
  Spain. These noted accessibility, usability and Web standards experts
  will discuss Design for All as an essential requirement for equitable
  Internet access. Steven Pemberton also gives an XForms and XHTML
  tutorial on 24 November in Oviedo. The deadline for discount
  registration fees is 1 November. The event is open to the public.

   http://www.fundamentosweb.org/

W3C Day in Berlin to Focus on Mobile Web

  The W3C Office in Germany and Austria is pleased to present W3C-Tag
  2005 - Das Mobile Web (W3C Day) on 14 September in Berlin, Germany.
  The event is organized jointly with Berliner XML-Tage at Humboldt
  University. W3C Day focuses on mobile Web and W3C's Mobile Web
  Initiative (MWI). Speakers include Philipp Hoschka (W3C) and Dr. Simone
  Emmelius (ZDF). The event is free and open to the public. Registration
  with Berliner XML-Tage is required.

   http://www.w3c.de/Events/2005/W3C-Tag.html
   http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/

Upcoming W3C Talks

  * Karl Dubost presents at Rencontre W3QC publique mensuelle on
    25 July in Montréal, Canada.
  * Jim Larson presents at the 11th International Conference on
    Human-Computer Interaction on 27 July in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
  * Liam Quin presents at Extreme Markup on 4 August in Montréal,
    Canada.
  * Kangchan Lee presents at the 7th Information and
    Telecommunication Standardization Workshop on 18 August in
    Gyeongju, Korea.
  * Ivan Herman presents at the Multimedia Community: 2nd Work
    Meeting on 30 August in Leuven, Belgium.
  * Steven Pemberton presents at Interact 2005 on 16 September
    in Rome, Italy.
  * Ivan Herman presents on behalf of the German and Austrian
    Office at Semantic Web Days on 7 October in Munich, Germany.

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

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

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