W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-03-10

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Working Draft

   The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group published
   updated Working Drafts of "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
   2.0" and "Implementation Techniques for ATAG 2.0." ATAG helps
   developers design tools that are accessible so that people with
   disabilities can use the tools, and so that the tools help produce
   accessible Web content. Read the invitation to review the updated
   ATAG 2.0 Working Drafts and learn more about the Web Accessibility
   Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-20080310/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080310/
   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008JanMar/0058
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Note: Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use
Cases

   The Web Security Context Working Group has published the Group Note
   "Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use Cases"
   . The Working Group is chartered to recommend user interfaces that
   help users make trust decisions on the Web. This Note explains the
   group's technical aims (complementing the group charter), what
   technologies may be used to achieve the group's mission, and how
   proposals will be evaluated. This Note also includes an initial
   collection of use cases that the group expects will drive its
   technical work. Learn more about the Security Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-wsc-usecases-20080306/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Security/wsc-charter
   http://www.w3.org/Security/

W3C Video on the Web Seminar in Tokyo on 14 March

   W3C invites the public to join a seminar on "Video on the Web" on 14
   March 2008 from 13:00-15:30 at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; the
   meeting page is available in Japanese. Philippe Le Hégaret, co-chair
   of the W3C Video on the Web Workshop (December 2007 in Brussels)
   will present a report on that Workshop. The seminar also includes a
   panel session with Web Video industry specialists in Japan to
   discuss current practices and future direction on "Video on the Web"
   in Japan. All sessions will be held in Japanese (except Philippe's
   talk), and one-by-one interpretation between English and Japanese
   will be provided for Philippe's talk and the panel session. There
   are a limited number of seats available. Please use the registration
   page, also in Japanese.

   http://www.w3.org/2008/03/video
   http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/
   http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/sign_up/w3c-video-seminar-200803/

RDB2RDF Incubator Group to Study Mapping Relational Data into RDF

   W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the RDB2RDF Incubator
   Group, sponsored by W3C Members Oracle, HP, PartnersHealthcare, and
   OpenLink Software. The mission of this Incubator Group is twofold:
   (1) to examine and classify existing approaches to mapping
   relational data into RDF and assess whether standardization is
   possible and/or necessary in this area, and (2) to examine and
   classify existing approaches to mapping OWL classes to Relational
   data, or, more accurately, SQL queries, moving towards the goal of
   defining a standard in this area. See the charter for more
   information. Read more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative
   to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies.

   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf/charter-20080304
   http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/
   Past home page news...

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

W3C Questions and Answers Blog 
     * Browser wars, HTML test jam, and CSS awards at SXSW Interactive
       in Austin by Dan Connolly
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/browser_wars_html_test_jam_and.html
     * Character encoding in HTML by olivier Théreaux
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/html-charset.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
     * Templating Language for Authoring Tools by Karl Dubost
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/03/web-templating-language.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
     * Past Q&A Blog ...
       http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

     * Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social
       Development, 2-3 June
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

W3C Presentations at WWW2008

   Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International
   World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China.

23 April

     * Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
     * Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
     * What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard
       Ishida
     * Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
     * Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for
       People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
     * Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of
       Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
     * Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
     * International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
     * News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique
       Hazaël-Massieux
     * Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
     * Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic
       Web, by Raphaël Troncy, Lynda Hardman
     * A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel
       Dardailler

24 April

     * HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
     * POWDER Use Cases, by Kai-Dietrich Scheppe
     * Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art
       Barstow
     * Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko
     * Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
     * Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
     * Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug
       Schepers
     * Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
     * Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
     * Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
     * Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by
       José Manuel Alonso

Upcoming Talks 

     * 8 March, Austin, TX, USA: Catching up with Accessibility: The
       Basics Quickly. Shawn Henry presents at SXSW Interactive 2008
       Conference.
     * 10 March, Berlin, Germany: An Introduction to POWDER
       (tentative). Phil Archer, Thomas Tikwinski give a tutorial at
       Web 2.0 Telecoms.
     * 10 March, San Diego, CA, USA: New W3C Standards For Speech and
       Multimodal Applications. Deborah Dahl presents at Voice Search
       Conference.
     * 15 March, Los Angeles, USA: How Web Accessibility Guidelines
       Apply to Design for the Ageing Population. Shadi Abou-Zahra,
       Andrew Arch present at CSUN 2008.
     * 17 March, Geneva, Switzerland: Video on the Web at W3C. Philippe
       Le Hégaret presents at Media Distribution over Open Internet.
     * 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of
       Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet Usage. Philipp
       Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
     * 21 April, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works
       internationally. Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at
       The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
     * 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web
       (through an example…). Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at The 17th
       International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
     * 21 April, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in
       HTML. Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at
       The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
     * 23 April, Beijing, China: Localization and Internationalization
       of Layout on the Web. Paul Nelson presents at W3C Track, The
       17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
     * 23 April, Beijing, China: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at
       The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
     * 17 June, New York, NY, USA: (not yet determined). Tim
       Berners-Lee presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring
       the new web of connected data.
     * 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan Herman
       gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des
       Connaissances (IC2008).
     * 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility
       Standards Impact User Experience Design. Shawn Henry presents at
       Usability Professionals' Association International Conference
       2008.
     * 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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