W3C Weekly News - 27 August 2005

                            W3C Weekly News

                       20 August - 27 August 2005

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W3C Letter Regarding US Copyright Office Proposal

  W3C has written to the US Copyright Office regarding a notice of
  proposed rulemaking. The notice asks if persons filing electronic-only
  preregistration forms will experience difficulties if the Office
  requires them to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. W3C
  comments to the Copyright Office suggest that requiring a single
  browser is inappropriate for government services and encourages the
  Office to pursue standards-based access in accordance with US Federal
  policy. Read W3C's letter and about W3C.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/08/22-w3c-prereg-standards-comments.html
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/

Web Accessibility Business Case Documents Published

  The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working
  Group (EOWG) has published "Developing a Web Accessibility Business
  Case for Your Organization." The 5-page resource suite describes
  social, technical, financial, legal and policy aspects of Web
  accessibility. It is designed to help organizations develop their own
  customized business case for Web accessibility. It provides text that
  can be used as is, as well as guidance on identifying the most relevant
  factors for a specific organization. Visit the WAI home page for more
  information on making the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

W3C Participates in 28th Internationalization & Unicode Conference

  The 28th Internationalization & Unicode Conference will be held
  7-9 September in Orlando, Florida, USA. Team members Richard Ishida
  and Felix Sasaki will present several papers at this premier technical
  conference for software and Web internationalization. Read about
  Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity.

   http://www.global-conference.com/iuc28/
   http://www.w3.org/Talks/#x2005-9
   http://www.unicode.org/
   http://www.w3.org/International/

Upcoming W3C Talks (continued)

  * Kangchan Lee presents at the ECIF Workshop on E-Business
    on 30 August in Seoul, Korea.
  * Ivan Herman presents at the Multimedia Community: 2nd Work
    Meeting on 30 August in Leuven, Belgium.
  * Richard Ishida and Felix Sasaki present at the 28th
    Internationalization & Unicode Conference on
    7 and 8 September in Orlando, FL, USA.
  * Eric Miller gives a keynote at Primeras Jornadas
    Científico-Técnicas en Servicios Web on 14 September in
    Granada, Spain.
  * Philipp Hoschka presents at W3C-Tag 2005 - Das Mobile Web
    on 14 September in Berlin, Germany.
  * Eric Miller gives a keynote at the International Conference
    on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2005) on
    15 September in Madrid, Spain.
  * Steven Pemberton presents at Interact 2005 on 16 September
    in Rome, Italy.

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

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

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