W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-06-25

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Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team
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Voice Recommendations Approved for Speech-Driven Web Applications

   The World Wide Web Consortium today released "Voice Extensible
   Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1" as a W3C Recommendation, confirming
   the standard for voice-driven Web applications. Used daily in
   millions of telephone calls, VoiceXML enables rapid development of
   audio dialogs. Version 2.1 extends the language with eight commonly
   implemented features including dynamic access to grammars and
   scripts. Completely interoperable, VoiceXML 2.0 applications will
   work under VoiceXML 2.1 without modification. VoiceXML and the
   Recommendation for "Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition
   (SISR) Version 1.0" approved in April are critical pieces of W3C
   Speech Interface Framework. Read the testimonials and press release
   and visit the Voice Browser home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-voicexml21-20070619/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-semantic-interpretation-20070405/
   http://www.w3.org/Voice/#intro
   http://www.w3.org/2007/06/voice-testimonial
   http://www.w3.org/2007/06/voice-pressrelease
   http://www.w3.org/Voice/

Canonical XML 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation

   W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "Canonical XML 1.1" to
   Candidate Recommendation. The canonical XML method is used to
   determine whether an application has changed a document and whether
   two XML documents are identical, allowing for low-level changes in
   syntax permitted by XML 1.0. When the canonical forms are identical
   the originals are logically equivalent within the application's
   context. Version 1.1 addresses inheritance of attributes when
   canonicalizing document subsets, to not inherit xml:id, and to treat
   xml:base URI path processing properly. Implementation feedback and
   comments are welcome through 30 September. Visit the XML Core home
   page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xml-c14n11-20070621/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/

Workshop on XML Signature and Encryption: Call for Participation

   Position papers are due 14 August for the Workshop on Next Steps for
   XML Signature and XML Encryption to be held 25-26 September in
   Mountain View, California, USA, hosted by VeriSign. Attendees will
   discuss next steps for the XML Signature and XML Encryption
   specifications and share their experiences implementing and
   developing these standards. Topics may include interoperability and
   robustness, performance, legal requirements for digital signature
   formats, and the impact of the evolving XML environment. The
   Workshop is expected to give its recommendations to the XML Security
   Specifications Maintenance Working Group. The Workshop is free free
   and open to all, however, submission of position papers is required
   of all participants. Visit the Security home page and read about W3C
   Workshops.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/cfp
   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/
   http://www.w3.org/Security/
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/

Serializing SPARQL Query Results in JSON

   The RDF Data Access Working Group has updated the "Serializing
   SPARQL Query Results in JSON" Working Group Note for the simplified
   "SPARQL Query Results XML Format," removing two attributes.
   JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), a lightweight data-interchange
   format, is used as an alternative to XML vocabulary to serialize the
   results of SPARQL query forms. SPARQL offers developers and end
   users a way to write and consume search results across a wide range
   of information and provides a means of integration over disparate
   sources. Visit the Semantic Web home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-rdf-sparql-json-res-20070618/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rdf-sparql-XMLres-20070614/
   http://json.org/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft

   Documenting changes since Last Call, the Web API Working Group has
   released an updated Working Draft of "The XMLHttpRequest Object."
   The core component of Ajax, the XMLHttpRequest object is an
   interface that allows scripts to perform HTTP client functions, such
   as submitting form data or loading data from a remote Web site. Read
   about the Rich Web Clients Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20070618/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Enabling Read Access: Working Draft

   The Web Application Formats (WAF) Working Group released an updated
   Working Draft of "Enabling Read Access for Web Resources." Sandbox
   restrictions on cross-site access to browsers can be relaxed
   selectively with this mechanism. An HTTP header or XML processing
   instruction or both can indicate read access is allowed. Read about
   the Rich Web Clients Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-access-control-20070618/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

W3C Names Daniel Dardailler Director of International Relations and
Offices

   W3C has named Daniel Dardailler to the new position of Director of
   International Relations and Offices. Daniel oversees W3C Offices and
   liaisons for international bodies such as UN organizations, the
   Internet Governance Forum, ISOC, ISO, and ICANN. Daniel will
   continue his role as Associate Chair for Europe. W3C named Klaus
   Birkenbihl to the new position of Offices Coordinator. Visit the
   Offices home page and read about International Relations and the W3C
   management team.

   http://www.w3.org/People/danield/
   http://www.w3.org/People/danield/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/11/StdLiaison
   http://www.w3.org/People/Klaus/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/IntlRel.html
   http://www.w3.org/People/domain?domain=Management
   Past home page news...

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

Upcoming Meetings

     * W3C Workshop on Next Steps for XML Signature and XML Encryption,
       25-26 September
     * W3C/OpenAjax Alliance Workshop on Mobile Ajax, 28 September
     * 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 

     * 27 June, Madrid, Spain: La Web como canal principal para la
       Administración Electrónica. José Manuel Alonso presents at Foro
       TIC Dintel.
     * 11 July, New York, USA: Making Sense of Language Identification:
       How changes in ISO 639 and IETF BCP 47 affect language tagging
       and selection. Addison Phillips presents at 10th Open Metadata
       Forum.
     * 31 August, Singapore, Singapore: Introduction to the Semantic
       Web. Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at International Conference on
       Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
     * 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).
     * 26 September, Sydney, Australia: CSS. Bert Bos gives a lecture
       at Web Directions South / W3C SIG Day.
     * 27 September, Sydney, Australia: Web Directions breakfast. Bert
       Bos presents at Web Directions South.
     * 27 September, Sydney, Australia: A new life for old standards.
       Bert Bos presents at Web Directions South.
     * 3 October, Gijón, Spain: Browser panel. Bert Bos participates in
       a panel at Fundamentos Web 2007.
     * 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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