- From: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:36:06 -0700
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W3C Weekly News
18 July - 25 July 2006
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Mobile Stakeholders Sketch Future of Device Description Repository
Participants in the International Workshop on the Implementation of a
Device Description Repository have published their report. Mobile
operators, manufacturers, service providers, and accessibility, content
adaptation and device information providers met 12-13 July in Madrid,
Spain, to discuss the creation of a repository of device information.
W3C thanks Telefónica for hosting. Read about the W3C Mobile Web
Initiative, a joint effort to make the Web interoperable and usable for
users of mobile devices.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/workshop2006/report.html
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/workshop2006/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Privacy Policy and Enforcement Workshop: Call for Participation
W3C will hold a Workshop on Languages for Privacy Policy Negotiation
and Semantics-Driven Enforcement on 17-18 October 2006 at the Joint
Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy.
Vendors and researchers will meet to discuss privacy for personal data,
automated policy negotiation in Web services, Web applications and
identity management, and the use of Semantic Web technologies for
privacy enforcement. Participation is open to Members and the public.
Read about Workshops and the Privacy Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/privacy-ws/cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
http://www.w3.org/Privacy/Activity.html
WAI to Advise on 508 Standards Update
W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has been appointed to the
Advisory Committee for the revision of U.S. Section 255 guidelines
and Section 508 standards, which include Web accessibility. WAI looks
forward to continuing to coordinate with organizations around the world
to develop harmonized standards for Web accessibility. Additional
information is available in the U.S. Access Board article: "Board Names
Advisory Committee for 508 Standards Update." Visit the WAI home page.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/harmon
http://www.access-board.gov/
http://www.access-board.gov/news/508committee.htm
http://www.w3.org/WAI
Emotional States Focus of Incubator Group
W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Emotion Incubator Group
to investigate a language to represent the emotional states of users
and the emotional states simulated by user interfaces. The group is
sponsored by W3C Members DFKI, Deutsche Telekom T-Com, University of
Edinburgh, Chinese Academy of Sciences, EPFL, USC ISI, Universidad
Politecnica de Madrid, and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. Read about the
Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster development of emerging
Web-related technologies.
W3C Members may use this form to join the group.
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/39402/join
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/emotion/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/
Efficient XML Interchange Measurements: Working Draft
The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group has released the First
Public Working Draft of the Efficient XML Interchange Measurements
Note. An analysis of the expected performance characteristics of a
potential Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) encoding format, the draft
covers the "compactness" and "processing efficiency" properties and
outlines plans for future updates. Visit the XML home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-exi-measurements-20060718/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
XForms 1.1: Working Draft
The XForms Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of
XForms 1.1. Designed to refine and strengthen the XML processing
platform introduced by XForms 1.0, version 1.1 adds several submission
capabilities, a more powerful action processing facility, the ability
to manipulate data arbitrarily and to access event context information,
and adds numerous helpful data types, utility functions, user interface
improvements, and action event handlers. Visit the XForms home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xforms11-20060714/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
Specifying Language in XHTML and HTML Content: Working Draft
The Internationalization GEO (Guidelines, Education & Outreach) Working
Group has published an updated Working Draft of "Internationalization
Best Practices: Specifying Language in XHTML & HTML Content." Part of a
series designed for authors, the document is an aid to specifying the
language of content for an international audience. Visit the
Internationalization home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-i18n-html-tech-lang-20060721/
http://www.w3.org/International/
SVG Tiny 1.2 Working Draft
In response to Last Call comments, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Working Group has published a Working Draft of the "Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification." The SVG language delivers
vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. SVG Tiny 1.2 is a
complete language specification and is implementable on devices large
and small, from cellphones and PDAs to desktop and laptop computers.
Visit the SVG home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-SVGMobile12-20060721/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
Upcoming W3C Talks
* Philipp Hoschka presents at MapOS (Mobile Application Platforms &
Operating Systems) on 7 September in London, UK.
* Olle Olsson presents at the DFS-ITvet möte on 18 September in
Stockholm, Sweden.
* Karl Dubost presents at Paris Web on 22 September in Paris, France.
Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as
an RSS channel.
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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