W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-08-13

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The 2007-08-13 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Janet Daly, W3C Communications Team
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New W3C Markup Validator Unveiled

   W3C's most popular service just got better, prettier, faster, and
   smarter. The W3C Markup Validator has a new user interface and a
   validation engine with improved accuracy and performance. Among new
   features are an automatic cleanup option using HTML Tidy, and
   checking of HTML fragments. Driven by W3C as an open-source software
   project, the markup validator is made by Web professionals for Web
   professionals, and aims to be a major step in any Web development
   quality process. Read the change log for a list of all changes and
   new features.

   http://validator.w3.org/
   http://validator.w3.org/
   http://www.w3.org/Status
   http://validator.w3.org/whatsnew.html

Web Services Policy Primer and Guidelines for Authors: Working Drafts

   The Web Services Policy Working Group released two updated Working
   Drafts. The "Primer" introduces the policy language and policy
   attachment mechanisms. The "Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors"
   provide best practices for creating policy assertions. Both are
   companions to the Web Services Policy 1.5 "Framework" and
   "Attachment" specifications. Read about Web services.

   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/policy/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ws-policy-primer-20070810/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ws-policy-guidelines-20070810/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-ws-policy-20070706/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-ws-policy-attach-20070706/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Box Model and Advanced Layout: CSS3 Working Drafts

   The CSS Working Group released two updated Working Drafts for the
   Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language Level 3. "The CSS basic box
   model" describes the basic layout of textual documents in visual
   media. The "CSS3 Advanced Layout Module" defines visual order
   independent of document order, position and alignment of user
   interface widgets, and page and window grids. Visit the CSS home
   page.

   http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work.html
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-box-20070809/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-layout-20070809/
   http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

Service Modeling Language (SML): Working Drafts

   The Service Modeling Language (SML) Working Group released the First
   Public Working Drafts of the "Service Modeling Language, Version
   1.1" and its "Interchange Format." SML is used to model complex
   services and systems including their structure, constraints,
   policies and best practices. Based on XML Schema and Schematron, SML
   allows inter-document references and user-defined constraints. Read
   more about XML.

   http://www.w3.org/XML/SML/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-sml-20070806/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-sml-if-20070806/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

Distributed Web Applications: Workshop Report

   The report of the Workshop on Declarative Models of Distributed Web
   Applications is available. The report recommends that W3C create
   requirements for declarative modeling of Web applications, and a gap
   analysis that identifies where existing standards are insufficient.
   The Workshop was hosted in Dublin by MobileAware with the support of
   the Irish State Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland. Read about
   W3C Workshops and about the Ubiquitous Web.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/02/dmdwa-ws/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/02/dmdwa-ws/report.html
   http://www.w3.org/2007/02/dmdwa-ws/
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
   http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
   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 

     * 31 August, Singapore, Singapore: Introduction to the Semantic
       Web. Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at International Conference on
       Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
     * 19 September, London, United Kingdom: Will W3C Mobile Web Best
       Practices Help End Fragmentation of Standards and Enable a
       Coherent Web Experience?. Philipp Hoschka participates in a
       panel at Informa Mobile Web 2.0 Conference.
     * 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, Berlin, Germany: Mobile Web 2.0. Philipp Hoschka
       presents at W3C-Tag 2007 - Rich Internet Applications.
     * 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.
     * 18 October, Darmstadt, Germany: Wege zum Semantischen Web. Klaus
       Birkenbihl presents at 4. Kongress Semantic Web und
       Wissenstechnologien.
     * 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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