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- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:44:06 -0700
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W3C Weekly News
18 October - 26 October 2006
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GRDDL Links Microformats and Semantic Web: Working Draft
The GRDDL Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft
of "GRDDL." With important applications such as connecting microformats
to the Semantic Web, GRDDL is a mechanism to extract RDF statements
from suitable XHTML and XML content using programs such as XSLT
transformations. GRDDL is ready to deploy, allowing powerful mash-ups
at very low cost. Read the press release and visit the Semantic Web
home page.
http://www.w3.org/2006/10/grddl-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-grddl-20061024/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
W3C Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary in Asia
The World Wide Web Consortium marks the ten year anniversary of its
Asian presence with a public celebration on 28 November in Tokyo,
Japan. The program includes "Role of W3C at Keio — From Foundations to
the Future," "How Japanese Industry Works with Web Standards," "How
Asia Will Influence the Future Web," discussion, and an exhibition,
press briefing and reception. Advance registration is required. Read
the media advisory and more about W3C10 Asia.
http://www.w3.org/2006/11/W3C10/
http://www.w3.org/2006/11/W3C10/Register
http://www.w3.org/2006/10/w3c10-Asia_media_advisory
Delivery Context Interfaces (DCI) Is a Candidate Recommendation
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "Delivery Context:
Interfaces (DCI) Accessing Static and Dynamic Properties" to Candidate
Recommendation. DCI provides access to device properties including
capabilities, configuration, user preferences and environmental
conditions such as remaining battery life, signal strength, ambient
brightness, location, and display orientation. Comments are welcome
through 31 March 2007. Read about the Device Independence Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-DPF-20061019/
http://www.w3.org/2001/di/
Web of Services for Enterprise Computing: Call for Participation
Position papers are due 15 December for the Workshop on Web of Services
for Enterprise Computing to be held 27-28 February 2007 in Bedford, MA,
USA, hosted by MITRE. Participants will discuss how to facilitate the
processing of business transactions and interactions with systems that
pre-date the Web, and to address the need to interconnect intranet
and/or extranet services using Web technologies. Read about Workshops
and W3C Activities.
http://www.w3.org/2006/10/wos-ec-cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities
Last Call: Ink Markup Language (InkML)
The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released a Last Call
Working Draft of "Ink Markup Language (InkML)." Comments are welcome
through 18 December. The InkML data format is used to represent ink
entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications
can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and
other notational languages. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-InkML-20061023/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
Web Services Policy Primer: Working Draft
The Web Services Policy Working Group has released the First Public
Working Draft of "Web Services Policy 1.5 - Primer." This introduction
to the Web Services Policy language is designed for authors of policy
expressions and assertions and for implementers whose software modules
read and write policy expressions. Basic and advanced concepts are
presented through examples. The primer can be read alongside the
normative Policy "Framework" and "Attachment" specifications. Read
about Web services.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ws-policy-primer-20061018/
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
File Upload: Working Draft
The Web API Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft
of "File Upload." Applications will be able to use this API to trigger
a file selection dialog with which the user can select one or more
files in their local file system. It allows client-side manipulation of
the content, for instance to display an image or parse an XML document
from disk. The group invites comments from Web content and browser
developers. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-file-upload-20061018/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated
W3C has updated its W3C Markup Validation Service and Link Checker with
bug fixes, documentation and usability improvements, and a new
Validator API for developers. Along with W3C's other Web Quality Tools,
the Markup Validator and Link Checker are developed as open source
software with the participation of volunteers and support of a large
community, and are among W3C's most popular and useful resources.
http://validator.w3.org/
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
http://www.w3.org/Status
Mobile Web Seminar in Paris
W3C invites the public to a Mobile Web seminar that will focus on
current results produced by W3C's Mobile Web Initiative on 16 November
in Paris, France. Speakers include representatives of MWI sponsors such
as France Telecom, Jataayu Software, MobileAware, Opera Software, and
Vodafone. Entrance is free but registration is required. The 3GWeb
project is a European IST Programme. Read the media advisory.
http://www.w3.org/2006/11/mwi-seminar.html
http://www.w3.org/2006/10/mwi-seminar_media_advisory
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Third Workshop on Internationalizing SSML: Advance Notice
W3C plans a third Workshop on Internationalizing the Speech Synthesis
Markup Language (SSML) on 13-14 January 2007, hosted by Bhrigus
Software in Hyderabad, India. Attendees will discuss improvements for
using SSML to render under-represented languages including Arabic,
Hebrew and Hindi. A Call for Participation is expected in November.
Read about W3C Workshops and visit the Voice Browser home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Upcoming W3C Talks
* Richard Ishida gives a keynote at LRC XI on 26 October in Dublin,
Ireland.
* Marie-Claire Forgue presents at EuroBio 2006 on 27 October in
Paris, France.
* Shadi Abou-Zahra and Daniel Dardailler participate in panels at the
UN Internet Governance Forum Workshops on 1-2 November in Athens,
Greece.
* Ivan Herman gives a keynote at the Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning
on the Semantic Web on 5 November in Athens, GA, USA.
* Christian de Sainte Marie presents at the 9th International Business
Rules Forum on 9 November in Washington, DC, USA.
* Ivan Herman presents at the Industrial Track of the 5th
International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2006) on 9 November in
Athens, GA, USA.
* Olle Olsson gives a keynote at Beyond IT on 21 November in
Stockholm, Sweden.
* Olle Olsson presents at the DFS-seminarium on 23 November in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as
an RSS channel.
http://www.w3.org/Talks/
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