W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-05-21

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Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team
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W3C and WSRI Workshop to Explore Transparency in eGovernment

   Toward More Transparent Government: Workshop on eGovernment and the
   Web will be held 18-19 June in Washington, D.C., USA, at the U.S.
   National Academy of Sciences. Attendees, invited speakers and
   panelists will discuss how the Web works for citizens and
   governments and how it can best achieve their goals. Co-sponsored by
   W3C and the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI), the Workshop is
   free and open to all but registration is required. The deadline was
   extended to 22 May for position papers which are strongly
   encouraged. Read the press release, the report of the first W3C
   eGovernment symposium, and about Workshops.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/eGov-policy-cfp.html
   http://www.webscience.org/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/eGov-policy#registration
   http://www.w3.org/2007/05/egovpressrelease
   http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/symposium-spain-report
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/

Last Call: XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text 1.0, Requirements, Use
Cases

   The XSL Working Group and XML Query Working Group have published
   three Last Call Working Drafts: "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text
   1.0," "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text 1.0 Requirements," and
   "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text 1.0 Use Cases." Full-Text 1.0
   technology extends "XQuery 1.0" and "XPath 2.0" with full-text
   search capabilities. Comments are welcome through 2007-06-22. Learn
   more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xpath-full-text-10-20070518/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xpath-full-text-10-requirements-2007051
   8/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xpath-full-text-10-use-cases-20070518/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

XML Protocol Working Group Renewed

   W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the XML Protocol Working
   Group. Chris Ferris (IBM) chairs the group which is chartered to to
   maintain and develop as needed the "SOAP Version 1.2," "XML-binary
   Optimized Packaging" (XOP), "SOAP Message Transmission Optimization
   Mechanism" (MTOM) W3C Recommendations. W3C Members may use this form
   to join the Working Group. Read about Web services.

   http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/01/XML-Protocol-Charter.html
   http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/xop10/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-mtom/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
   http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/32157/join
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0: Working Drafts

   The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has
   released updated Working Drafts of "Web Content Accessibility
   Guidelines 2.0," "Understanding WCAG 2.0" and "Techniques for WCAG
   2.0." See the call for review for additional information. The group
   also published an updated WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference, a customizable
   list of WCAG 2.0 requirements and techniques. Following WCAG makes
   Web content more accessible to the vast majority of users, including
   people with disabilities and older users, using many different
   devices including assistive technologies. Comments are welcome
   through 28 June. Visit the Web Accessibility Initiative home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20070517/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20070517/
   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2007AprJun/0038
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

SKOS Use Cases and Requirements: Working Draft

   The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group has published the First
   Public Working Draft of "SKOS Use Cases and Requirements."
   Knowledge organization systems, such as taxonomies, thesauri or
   subject heading lists, play a fundamental role in information
   structuring and access. These use cases and fundamental or secondary
   requirements will be used to guide the design of SKOS (Simple
   Knowledge Organisation System), a model for representing such
   vocabularies. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-skos-ucr-20070516/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Last Call: Web Services Addressing Metadata

   The Web Services Addressing Working Group has released a third Last
   Call Working Draft of "Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata" to
   prepare the specification for consideration as a Candidate
   Recommendation. Used to indicate support for the "Web Services
   Addressing 1.0 mechanisms" using the "Web Services Policy 1.5
   framework" and defining how to express WS-Addressing properties in
   the "Web Services Description Language" (WSDL), this new version
   refines the Web Services Policy assertions. Comments are welcome
   through 8 June. Read about Web services.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ws-addr-metadata-20070516/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-core-20060509/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-policy/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages Published

   W3C is pleased to announce the publication of "Unicode in XML and
   other Markup Languages" as a Unicode Technical Report and a W3C
   Note. Major changes since the "previous version" encompass the
   alignment with Unicode 5.0 and the discussion of "white space
   handling." The guidelines are published jointly by the Unicode
   Technical Committee and the W3C Internationalization Core Working
   Group. Visit the W3C Internationalization home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-unicode-xml-20070516/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-unicode-xml-20030613/
   http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.0.0/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-unicode-xml-20070516/#White
   http://www.w3.org/International/

Health Care, Life Sciences and the Semantic Web: Publication

   The Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group
   (HCLSIG) has reached a significant milestone with their publication
   of the article "Advancing Translational Research with the Semantic
   Web." This joint work of the Interest Group was published in BMC
   Bioinformatics, a peer-reviewed open access journal that plays a
   central role in the bioinformatics community. The authors illustrate
   the value of Semantic Web technologies to neuroscience researchers
   and biomedicine and report on several projects by members of the
   Interest Group. Read about the Semantic Web.

   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/
   http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/S3/S2
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

RDF Access to Relational Databases: Advance Notice of Workshop

   W3C plans a Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases on 25-26
   October in Cambridge, MA, USA, hosted by Novartis. Workshop
   attendees from the Semantic Web and relational database communities
   will examine commonalities, distinctions and next steps for
   expressing relational data in RDF. A Call for Participation is
   expected in late May or June. Read about W3C Workshops.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/03/RdfRDB/
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/

W3C Opens Southern Africa Office

   W3C is pleased to announce the opening of the W3C Southern Africa
   Office. The Office is hosted at the Meraka Institute, a unit of the
   Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria,
   South Africa. Quentin Williams is Office Manager. Daniel Dardailler
   and Stephane Boyera are among those who attended the opening
   ceremonies on 14 May. Visit the Offices home page.

   http://www.w3c.org.za/
   http://www.w3c.org.za/
   http://www.meraka.org.za/
   http://www.csir.co.za/
   http://www.meraka.org.za/innovate/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/
   Past home page news...

   http://www.w3.org/News/

Upcoming Meetings

     * W3C Workshop on HTML Mail, 24 May
     * W3C Workshop on Declarative Models of Distributed Web
       Applications, 5-6 June
     * Toward More Transparent Government:Workshop on eGovernment and
       the Web, 18-19 June
     * W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases, 25-26
       October
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks 

     * 17 May, Paris, France: Formalising the Proximate Semantics of
       XML Languages with UML, OWL and GRDDL. Henry Thompson presents
       at XTech 2007.
     * 23 May, Madrid, Spain: La Administración Electrónica y la Web:
       una historia de amor?. José Manuel Alonso presents at Día W3C en
       España 2007.
     * 24 May, San Francisco, USA: Designing for International Users:
       Practical Tips. Richard Ishida presents at @media07 America.
     * 28 May, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Global eStandards and Web
       Architectures for eGovernment projects. José Manuel Alonso
       presents at 13th GCC eGovernment and eServices Forum.
     * 31 May, Roma, Italy: Il W3C e la cultura dell' accessibilità.
       Oreste Signore presents at Web senza barriere. Il passato, il
       presente e il futuro dell'accessibilità.
     * 7 June, London, United Kingdom: Advancing Web Accessiblity.
       Shawn Henry presents at @media07 Europe.
     * 21 June, Seattle, USA: Getting Real with Accessibility. Shawn
       Henry presents at An Event Apart Seattle 2007.
     * 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: Streaming-Archival InkML
       Conversion. Stephen M. Watt, Birendra Keshari present at
       International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
       (ICDAR).
     * 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: New Aspects of InkML for
       Pen-Based Computing. Stephen M. Watt presents at International
       Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
     * View upcoming talks by country
       http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
       tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
     * More talks...
       http://www.w3.org/Talks/

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