W3C Public Newsletter, 2009-05-25

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Report Evokes Promise of Mobile to Foster Social Development; Need for
Cooperation

   Today W3C publishes the report from the April 2009 Workshop on the
   Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development.
   Participants discussed how numerous services available on mobile
   phones could help people in underserved regions. Discussion
   underlined the need for a concerted effort among all the
   stakeholders (including practitioners, academics, regulators,
   governments, and the mobile industry) to build a shared view of the
   future of the mobile platform as a tool to bridge the digital
   divide. The Workshop was jointly organized by the W3C Mobile Web
   Initiative and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the
   Government of Mozambique, with the generous support of Gold Sponsors
   UNDP, the Web Foundation, Nokia, and Bharti Telesoft; and Silver
   Sponsors Opera Software, UNESCO, Microsoft Research, and MIT Legatum
   Center for Development and Entrepreneurship. This work is part of
   the Digital World Forum project (European Union's FP7). Learn more
   about the W3C Mobile Web for Social Development Interest Group and
   the W3C Mobile Web Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/
   http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/exec_summary.html
   http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
   http://www.digitalworldforum.eu
   http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4d
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Online Training Course: An Introduction to W3C's Mobile Web Best
Practices

   W3C announces today an extended and improved version of its online
   course to introduce Web developers and designers to its Mobile Web
   Best Practices. The course runs from 1 June to 31 July 2009.
   Participants will:
     * learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile
       platform
     * learn how to use W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices to design
       mobile-friendly Web content and to adapt existing content for
       mobile
     * discover the relevant W3C resources for mobile Web design

   Participants will have access to lectures and assignments that
   provide hands-on practical experience of using W3C's Mobile Web Best
   Practices. Participants will work with both W3C experts on this
   topic (the instructors) and peers who can share experiences about
   the real-world challenges of mobile Web design. More information is
   available about the course material (including a free sample),
   registration fee, and intended audience. Learn more about the Mobile
   Web Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/2009/04/MobiWeb102/
   http://www.w3.org/2009/04/MobiWeb102/
   http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Updated Working
Draft

   The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has
   published an updated Working Draft of "Authoring Tool Accessibility
   Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0" in preparation for the Last Call Working
   Draft. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers
   produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content
   Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. ATAG also defines how to make
   authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use
   them. Read the invitation to review the ATAG 2.0 Working Draft and
   about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-ATAG20-200901@@/
   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009AprJun/0122
   http://www.w3.org/WAI/

W3C Rescinds Four Proposed Edited Recommendations for XHTML Documents

   In response to comments about potential unresolved issues on four
   Proposed Edited Recommendations published earlier this month, W3C
   has rescinded the drafts and closed the review period. The rescinded
   drafts are:
     * "XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML - Second Edition"
     * "XHTML™ Basic 1.1 - Second Edition"
     * "XHTML-Print - Second Edition"
     * "XHTML™ 1.0"

   The W3C Process indicates that Proposed Edited Recommendations must
   formally address all issues raised about the documents since the
   previous Recommendations. Open issues against the XHTML documents
   were not cited during the process of deciding to advance the
   documents. The XHTML2 Working Group may request publication of the
   four Proposed Edited Recommendations later on, based on proper
   review of outstanding issues. The decision to rescind these
   specifications has no bearing on existing Recommendations for these
   technologies.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml11-20090507/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml-basic-20090507/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml-print-20090507/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/PER-xhtml1-20090507/
   http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#cfr-edited
   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
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W3C Questions and Answers Blog 
     * Language semantics and operational meaning by Larry Masinter
       http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/language_semantics_and_operati.html
       http://larry.masinter.net
     * Past Q&A Blog ...
       http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Meetings

     * Using Ink in Multimodal Applications within the W3C's Multimodal
       Architecture and Interfaces, 10-11 July
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks 

     * 26 May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Introduction to the Semantic
       Web. Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at PhD School Course,
       Netherlands Bioinformation Centre.
     * 26 May, Rabat, Morocco: Les Activités Actuelles du W3C et le
       Rôle de ses Membres.. Najib Tounsi participates in a panel at
       Gouvernance de l’Internet : défis et enjeux pour le Maroc.
     * 26 May, Rabat, Morocco: Improving Society through Better Use of
       Web Standards . Daniel Dardailler presents at "Gouvernance de
       l’Internet: défis et enjeux pour le Maroc.
     * 11 June, London, United Kingdom: De-Fragmentation & Apps in the
       Cloud. Philipp Hoschka participates in a panel at Open Mobile
       Summit 09.
     * 11 June, Santander, Spain: Guidelines for Mobile Web Content
       Adaptation by Third-party Proxies. François Daoust presents at
       ICT-MobileSummit 2009.
     * 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: What is New in W3C Land?. Ivan
       Herman presents at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
     * 15 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
       Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 2009 Semantic Technology
       Conference.
     * 16 June, San Jose, CA, USA: Introducing OWL 2. Ivan Herman
       participates in a panel at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
     * 17 June, San Jose, USA: XBRL and the Semantic Web. Dave Raggett,
       Diane Mueller present at 2009 Semantic Technology Conference.
     * 30 June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Future of Code. Steven
       Pemberton presents at Kings of Code.
     * 20 July, Seattle, WA, USA: Accessibility: It's for Everyone and
       Everything. Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World 2009
       Seattle.
     * 21 July, Seattle, WA, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World.
       Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World 2009 Seattle (discount
       "Passport" registration code: S9W06).
     * 29 August, Nanjing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
       Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 第三届中国语义万维网研讨会 (CSWS 2009).
     * 30 August, Nanjing, China: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
       Herman gives a keynote at 第三届中国语义万维网研讨会 (CSWS 2009).
     * View upcoming talks by country
       http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
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     * More talks...
       http://www.w3.org/Talks/

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