W3C Weekly News - 9 September 2006

                            W3C Weekly News

                     2 September - 9 September 2006

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WebCGM 2.0 Is a Candidate Recommendation

  W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "WebCGM 2.0" to Candidate
  Recommendation. Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is an ISO standard for
  the interchange of 2D vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. WebCGM
  is a profile of CGM, which adds Web linking and is optimized for Web
  applications in technical illustration, documentation, data
  visualization and similar fields. Version 2.0 adds DOM access to WebCGM
  objects, adds an XML Companion File (XCF) for external data, and
  extends graphical and intelligent content. Comments and implementation
  reports are welcome through 6 October. Six implementations of WebCGM
  2.0 are already available. Read more about WebCGM.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-webcgm20-20060906/
   http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/

Last Call: XML Binding Language (XBL) 2.0

  The Web Application Formats Working Group has released a Last Call
  Working Draft of "XML Binding Language (XBL) 2.0," a technology for
  extending the appearance and behavior of elements in Web formats such
  as HTML. Comments are welcome through 7 December. With XBL, elements
  may be mapped to script, event handlers, CSS, and more complex content
  models. Content can be re-ordered and wrapped so that, for instance,
  complex CSS styles can be applied to simple HTML or XHTML markup. XBL
  can be used to implement new DOM interfaces, and, with other
  specifications, to implement arbitrary tag sets as widgets. Read
  about the Rich Web Clients Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xbl-20060907/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

XML Query Test Suite 1.0 Released

  The XML Query Working Group has released version 1.0 of the XML Query
  Test Suite (XQTS). With this release there are over 15,000 test cases.
  The Working Group is asking implementors to submit results in September
  (anonymously if necessary) to help demonstrate that the XML Query 1.0
  specification can be implemented interoperably and is ready to move
  forward to Proposed Recommendation. Visit the XML home page.

   http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/test-suite/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

Print Symposium to Focus on Web Standards

  The W3C Germany and Austria Office is pleased to present the W3C Print
  Symposium 2006 on 17 October at the Heidelberg Print Media Academy in
  Heidelberg, Germany. Klaas Bals, Bert Bos, Håkon Wium Lie, Chris
  Lilley, Liam Quin, Thomas Tikwinski, Andrew Shellshear, and a
  representative of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG will present on W3C
  print technologies including XSL, XSLT, SVG Print, CSS Paged Media and
  XHTML Print. The event is colocated with the XSL-FO Workshop on 18
  October and there will be an opportunity to meet the XSL Working Group.
  A student discount is offered. Symposium registration is open, and is
  free for W3C Members.

   http://www.w3c.de/Events/2006/PrintSymposium_en.html
   http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/2006-Workshop/

Upcoming W3C Talks in September (updated)

  * Shadi Abou-Zahra gives a keynote at the Design for All
    Conference on 14 September in Rovaniemi, Finland.
  * Olle Olsson presents at the DFS-ITvet möte on 18 September in
    Stockholm, Sweden.
  * Dave Raggett presents at CE2006 on 19 September in Antibes,
    France.
  * Ivan Herman presents at the Miniseminar om semantisk web on
    20 September in Oslo, Norway.
  * Karl Dubost presents at Paris Web on 22 September in Paris,
    France.
  * Molly E. Holzschlag and Andy Clarke give a tutorial at Web
    Directions on 26 September in Sydney, Australia.
  * José Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at III Simposio
    Pluridisciplinar sobre Objetos y Diseños de Aprendizaje Apoyados
    en la Tecnología (od@06) on 26 September in Oviedo, Spain.
  * On behalf of the W3C Germany and Austria Office, Ivan Herman
    presents at XML-Tage on 27 September in Berlin, Germany.

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

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

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