W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-09-08

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Call for Review: RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing Proposed
Recommendation

   The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and XHTML2 Working Group
   have published the Proposed Recommendation of "RDFa in XHTML: Syntax
   and Processing." The modern Web is made up of an enormous number of
   documents that have been created using HTML. These documents contain
   significant amounts of structured data, which is largely unavailable
   to tools and applications. When publishers can express this data
   more completely, and when tools can read it, a new world of user
   functionality becomes available, letting users transfer structured
   data between applications and web sites, and allowing browsing
   applications to improve the user experience. RDFa is a specification
   for attributes to express structured data in any markup language.
   The groups have also published an implementation report as part of
   the Candidate Recommendation phase. Comments are welcome through 03
   October. Learn more about the Semantic Web.

   http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-rdfa-syntax-20080904/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/implementation-report/
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

Representing Content in RDF and HTTP Vocabulary in RDF Drafts Published

   The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group today published
   "Representing Content in RDF" as a First Public Working Draft. This
   document provides a vocabulary to represent content in RDF, and is
   flexible for any type of content available on the Web or in local
   storage media. The Working Group also published an an updated
   Working Draft of "HTTP Vocabulary in RDF," which defines terms to
   allow HTTP headers that have been exchanged between a client and a
   server to be recorded in RDF. These documents can be used to extend
   the "Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema," an RDF
   vocabulary to record test results such as those generated by Web
   accessibility evaluation tools. They are part of the EARL
   Specification. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/HTTP-in-RDF/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/earl.php
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Impacts First Public Draft

   The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group has published the First
   Public Working Draft of "Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Impacts."
   EXI defines a new representation for the Extensible Markup Language
   (XML) Information Set. The introduction of such a format may cause
   disruption in systems that have so far been able to assume XML as
   the only representation of XML Information Set data. This document
   reviews areas where the introduction of EXI may disrupt or otherwise
   have an impact on existing XML technologies, XML processors, and
   applications. It also describes EXI design features and steps that
   may be taken by implementors to reduce or eliminate disruption and
   impacts. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
   Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/XML/EXI/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-exi-impacts-20080903/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/
   Past home page news...

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

W3C Questions and Answers Blog 
     * How To Insert A Video From Youtube by Karl Dubost
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/howto-insert-youtube-video.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
     * Powdering logos (again) by Ivan Herman
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/powdering_logos_again.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
     * Caching XML data at install time by Dan Connolly
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/caching_xml_data_at_install_ti.html
     * Build Your Own Browser by Karl Dubost
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/build-your-own-browser.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
     * SVG, comics and E-books by Karl Dubost
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/svg-comics-ebook.html
       http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
     * Past Q&A Blog ...
       http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

     * W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in Energy Industries; Part I: Oil &
       Gas, 9-10 December
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks 

     * 16 September, Yahoo!'s Mission College Campus, Santa Clara,
       California, USA: Introduction to the Protocol for Web
       Description Resources. Phil Archer, Matt Womer are at POWDER:
       More of what you want, when you want it.
     * 17 September, Sophia-Antipolis, France: Mobile Web: Trust starts
       with a few Best Practices. François Daoust presents at Smart
       Mobility 2008.
     * 23 September, York, United Kingdom: How web accessibility
       guidelines apply to design for the ageing population. Andrew
       Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra present at Accessible Design in the
       Digital World.
     * 23 September, London, United Kingdom: Standardisation vs.
       Openness vs. Proprietary Systems - Examining in which Direction
       the Mobile Web Industry is heading and why this really Matters.
       Dominique Hazaël-Massieux presents at Mobile Web Europe 2008.
     * 24 September, Vienna, Austria: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
       Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 2nd European Semantic Technology
       Conference.
     * 24 September, Berlin, Germany: Auf dem Weg ins Semantische Web.
       Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at W3C-Tag.
     * 24 September, Washington, DC, USA: Introducing the W3C
       eGovernment Interest Group. Kevin Novak presents at The Next
       Generation of Our Public Record:Many Voices, One Voice.
     * 30 September, São Paulo, Brazil: On the Way to the Semantic Web.
       Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at W3C Brazil meeting.
     * 2 October, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: On the Way to the Semantic
       Web. Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at Rio Info 2008.
     * 13 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0
       World. Shawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
     * 14 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Getting Real with Accesibility.
       Shawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
     * 17 October, Poznan, Poland: The Policy-Aware Web meets Virtual
       Goods. Renato Iannella gives a keynote at 6th International
       Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business
       Models for Virtual Goods.
     * 26 October, Karlsruhe, Germany: RDFa—Bridging the Web of
       Documents and the Web of Data. Michael Hausenblas, Ivan Herman,
       Ben Adida give a tutorial at 7th International Semantic Web
       Conference (ISWC2008).
     * 5 December, Turn, Italy: Overlapping User Experiences: Mobile
       Web Usability and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
       Shawn Henry presents at UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design:
       cultivating diversity.
     * 6 December, Turin, Italy: How New Web Accessibility Standards
       Impact User Experience Design . Shawn Henry presents at UPA
       Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity.
     * 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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