W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-07-16

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Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Names Dominique Hazaël-Massieux Mobile Web Activity Lead

   W3C has named Dominique Hazaël-Massieux to the position of Mobile
   Web Initiative Activity Lead. The W3C Mobile Web Initiative is a
   joint effort by vendors, providers, manufacturers and mobile
   operators to make Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy,
   and convenient as Web access from a desktop device. Dominique first
   joined W3C as Webmaster, did early work on GRDDL, contributed to QA
   at W3C, served as Team Contact for the Mobile Web Best Practices
   Working Group, serves as co-Chair of the MWI Test Suites Working
   Group, and works on mobileOK. W3C wishes to thank Philipp Hoschka
   who previously led the Activity and continues his roles as W3C
   Deputy Director for Europe and Ubiquitous Web Domain Leader. Read
   more about W3C.

   http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/
   http://www.w3.org/People/Dom/
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/

XHTML Basic 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation

   W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "XHTML™ Basic 1.1" to
   Candidate Recommendation. The specification adds four new features
   for small devices which are the language's primary users. Version
   1.1 is intended to be the convergence of the "XHTML Basic 1.0" W3C
   Recommendation for mobile devices, released in coordination with the
   WAP Forum in 2000, and the Open Mobile Alliance ( OMA ) XHTML Mobile
   profile. Implementation feedback is welcome through 31 August. Visit
   the HTML home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xhtml-basic-20070713/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xhtml-basic-20001219/
   http://www.openmobilealliance.org/
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

Last Call: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)

   The SYMM Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of
   "Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)." This the
   third version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
   (SMIL, pronounced "smile"), an XML-based language that allows
   authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. This version
   will extend the functionality of "SMIL 2.1," facilitate the reuse
   of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, and
   define new SMIL profiles. Comments are welcome through 14 September.
   Learn more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213/
   http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/

The Days of Web Standards, 15 July, Tokyo, Japan

   W3C is pleased to participate in Web標準の日々 (The Days of Web Standards
   2007), one of the largest Web-related events in Japan. Web
   developers and designers will gather on 15 July in Tokyo to discuss
   the usefulness and pleasure in using Web standards and how they are
   popular. Members of the W3C staff, Karl Dubost, Tatsuya Hagino,
   Olivier Thereaux present and Yasuyuki Hirakawa runs a booth. Browse
   W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel .

   http://days2007.cssnite.jp/
   http://www.w3.org/Talks/
   http://www.w3.org/2004/08/TalkFiles/Talks.rss

Incubator Group Report: Emotion Markup Language

   The W3C Emotion Incubator Group, which includes representatives from
   sixteen institutions in eleven countries on three continents,
   published its final report. The report contains scope, requirements
   and use cases for a general-purpose Emotion Markup Language. This
   publication is part of the W3C experimental Incubator Activity that
   develops new, potentially foundational technologies and Web-based
   applications in a rapid time frame.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/emotion/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/emotion/XGR-emotion-20070710/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/

Last Call: Delivery Context: Client Interfaces (DCCI) 1.0

   The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has published a Last
   Call Working Draft of "Delivery Context: Client Interfaces (DCCI)
   1.0." DCCI (formerly 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 27 July. This draft has one normative
   change to show DCCI inheriting from the DOM Element interface. Learn
   more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-DPF-20070704/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/

POWDER: Grouping Sets of Resources

   The POWDER Working Group has published the First Public Working
   Draft of "Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping
   of Resources." POWDER is a way to attach small, easily-produced
   annotations to large collections of Web content. Web resources can
   then be retrieved, personalized and delivered in a variety of
   delivery contexts to meet both social needs for content labels and
   commercial requirements for content adaptation. Visit the Semantic
   Web home page.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-powder-grouping-20070709/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
   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 

     * 17 July, n/a, n/a: W3C Richtlinien für das Mobile Web. Philipp
       Hoschka is at W3C Webinar.
     * 20 July, Gießen, Germany: Offene Standards im Internet. Felix
       Sasaki gives a lecture at Zentrums für Medien und
       Interaktivität, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.
     * 23 July, Vienna, Austria: Das Neueste vom W3C Web Accessibility
       Initiative (WAI). Shadi Abou-Zahra presents at 2.
       Accessibility-Stammtisch.
     * 25 July, Oxford, United Kingdom: Microformats: what are they,
       and why should we use them?. Dan Connolly presents at XML Summer
       School.
     * 7 August, Montréal, Canada: Representation of overlapping
       structures. Michael Sperberg-McQueen presents at Extreme Markup
       Languages.
     * 7 August, Montréal, Canada: Writing an XSLT optimizer in XSLT.
       Michael Kay presents at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 7 August, Montréal, Canada: Advanced approaches to XML document
       validation. Jirka Kosek, Petr Nalevka present at Extreme Markup
       Languages.
     * 8 August, Montréal, Canada: Streaming validation of schemata:
       The lazy typing discipline. Paolo Marinelli, Fabio Vitali
       present at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 8 August, Montréal, Canada: Localization of schema
       languagesCharacterizing XQuery implementations: Categories and
       key features. Liam Quin presents at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 8 August, Montréal, Canada: Localization of schema languages.
       Felix Sasaki presents at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 9 August, Montréal, Canada: Converting into pattern-based
       schemas: A formal approach. Fabio Vitali, Antonina Dattolo
       present at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 9 August, Montréal, Canada: Mind the Gap: Seeking holes in the
       markup-related standards suite. Chris Lilley, James David Mason
       participate in a panel at Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 10 August, Montréal, Canada: Declarative specification of XML
       document fixup. Henry Thompson participates in a panel at
       Extreme Markup Languages.
     * 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: New Aspects of InkML for
       Pen-Based Computing. Stephen M. Watt presents at International
       Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
     * 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: Streaming-Archival InkML
       Conversion. Stephen M. Watt, Birendra Keshari present 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.
     * 26 September, Berlin, Germany: Mobile Web 2.0. Philipp Hoschka
       presents at W3C-Tag 2007 - Rich Internet Applications.
     * 27 September, Sydney, Australia: A new life for old standards.
       Bert Bos presents at Web Directions South.
     * 27 September, Sydney, Australia: Web Directions breakfast. Bert
       Bos presents at Web Directions South.
     * 3 October, Gijón, Spain: Browser panel. Bert Bos participates in
       a panel at Fundamentos Web 2007.
     * 19 October, Orlando, FL, USA: Making the Future Web Accessible
       to People with Disabilities. Shawn Henry presents at "I Invent
       the Future" Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 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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