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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2009-07-06 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20090706
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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XHTML 2 Working Group Expected to Stop Work End of 2009, W3C to
Increase Resources on HTML 5
Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group
charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will
not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the HTML
Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of "HTML 5" and
clarify W3C's position regarding the future of HTML. A FAQ answers
questions about the future of deliverables of the XHTML 2 Working
Group, and the status of various discussions related to HTML. Learn
more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/03/XHTML2-WG-charter
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5
http://www.w3.org/2009/06/xhtml-faq.html
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
Live Training Sessions On Mobile Web Design Rescheduled
Originally scheduled for July, W3C has rescheduled a Live Training
Sessions On Mobile Web Design for 13 October 2009. Students will
attend a full day of lectures and hands on sessions about the "W3C
Mobile Web Best Practices" standard, and more generally on mobile
Web design. Read the full announcement, register, and learn more
about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative.
http://www.w3.org/2009/04/MobiWeb103/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobile-bp-20080729/
http://www.w3.org/2009/06/live_mobile_training.html
http://www.3gwebtrain.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=14
http://www.w3.org/Mobile
Last Call for Six Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Drafts
The Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Working Group has published six
Last Call Working Drafts. Together, they allow systems using a
variety of rule languages and rule-based technologies to
interoperate with each other and with other Semantic Web
technologies. Three of the drafts define XML formats with formal
semantics for storing and transmitting rules:
* The "RIF Production Rule Dialect (PRD)" is designed for the
kinds of rules used in modern Business Rule Management systems.
* The "RIF Basic Logic Dialect (BLD)" is a foundation for Logic
Programming, classical logic, and related formalisms.
* The "RIF Core Dialect" is the common subset of PRD and BLD,
useful when having a ubiquitous platform is paramount.
The other drafts:
* "RIF Datatypes and Builtins (DTB)" specifies the datatypes and
standard operations (modeled on "XPath Functions" ) available in
all RIF dialects
* "RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility" specifies how RIF works with
RDF, RDFS, OWL 1, and OWL 2.
* "RIF Framework for Logic Dialects (FLD)" provides a mechanism
for specifying extended dialects, beyond BLD, when more
expressive power is required.
The Working Group requests comments be sent to
public-rif-comments@w3.org by 31 July 2009. Learn more about the
Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/rules
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-prd/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-bld/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-core/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-dtb/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-rdf-owl/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-fld
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw
W3C Launches Device APIs and Policy Working Group
W3C launched a new Device APIs and Policy Working Group, co-Chaired
by Robin Berjon (Vodafone) and Frederick Hirsch (Nokia). The group's
mission is to create client-side APIs that enable the development of
Web Applications and Web Widgets that interact with devices services
such as Calendar, Contacts, and Camera. Additionally, the group will
produce a framework for the expression of security policies that
govern access to security-critical APIs (such as the APIs listed
previously). Per its charter, this group will conduct its work in
public. Learn more about the Device APIs and Policy Working Group.
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://www.w3.org/2009/05/DeviceAPICharter
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
Summary of Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 Available
W3C has published a summary and full minutes of the Workshop on
Speaker biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0, that took place in Menlo Park,
California on 5-6 March. Participants from 15 organizations focused
discussion on Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV)
functionality within VoiceXML 3.0, and identifying and prioritizing
directions for the functionality. The major "takeaways" from the
Workshop were confirmation that SIV fits into the VoiceXML space and
creation of the "Menlo Park Model", a SIV available VoiceXML
architecture. The Working Group will continue to discuss how to
include the requirements expressed at the Workshop into VoiceXML 3.0
and improve the specification. Learn more about the Voice Browser
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/summary.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/summary.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/minutes.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/2008/08/siv/MenloParkModel-v003.png
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
First Draft of SPARQL New Features and Rationale
The SPARQL Working Group has published the First Public Working
Draft of "SPARQL New Features and Rationale." This document
provides an overview of the main new features of SPARQL and their
rationale. This is an update to SPARQL adding several new features
that have been agreed by the SPARQL WG. These language features were
determined based on real applications and user and tool-developer
experience. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-sparql-features-20090702/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Last Call: CSS3 module: Multi-column layout
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Last
Call Working Draft of "CSS3 module: Multi-column layout." This
module describes multi-column layout in CSS. It builds on the CSS3
Box model module and adds functionality to flow the content of an
element into multiple columns. Comments are welcome through 01
October. Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-multicol-20090630/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
Two SML Notes: XLink Reference Scheme, EPR-Based Reference Schemes
The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published two
Working Group Notes: "The SML XLink Reference Scheme" and "Framework
for SML EPR-Based Reference Schemes." The Service Modeling Language
specification extends the Extensible Mark-up Language and XML Schema
with a mechanism for incorporating into XML documents references to
other documents or document fragments. The first note addresses the
construction of an SML reference scheme based on the XML Linking
Language. The second addresses the construction of SML reference
schemes for document or document fragment references that employ
WS-Addressing endpoint references (EPRs). Learn more about the
Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
http://www.w3.org/XML/SML/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-sml-xlink-ref-scheme-20090630/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-sml-epr-ref-scheme-20090630/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
Steve Bratt to Assume Full-Time Role as Web Foundation CEO
As of 30 June, Steven R. Bratt will step down from his role as W3C
CEO in order to pursue full-time the role of CEO of the World Wide
Web Foundation. The Web Foundation was announced in September 2008
with a mission to advance the Web, connect humanity, and empower
people. Steve has been part-time CEO of the Web Foundation since
then.
While W3C COO and then CEO, Steve was responsible for W3C's
worldwide operations and outreach, including overall management of
Member relations, the W3C Process, the staff, strategic planning,
budget, legal matters, external liaisons and major events. His
purposeful and thoughtful leadership at W3C was informed by previous
experiences in research, industry, and government, where he served
on scientific and arms control delegations among others.
While W3C seeks to fill the open position, Ralph Swick assumes
Steve's leadership responsibilities. Thomas Roessler steps up in the
interim to take on the role of Technology and Society Domain Lead.
The mission of the Web Foundation complements that of W3C, and the
two organizations will continue to coordinate their efforts to make
the Web useful and available to all. W3C looks forward to Steve's
successful leadership of the Web Foundation.
http://webfoundation.org/
http://www.w3.org/News/2009/News/2008#item157
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Recruitment/
First Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 Published
W3C announces the French Authorized Translation of Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Règles pour l'accessibilité des
contenus Web (WCAG) 2.0 . It is the first of several planned WCAG
2.0 Translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech,
Danish, Dutch, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and other languages.
Translations are listed on the WCAG 2.0 Translations page and
announced via the WAI Interest Group mailing list and WAI RSS feed.
Learn more about translating W3C documents, Policy for Authorized
W3C Translations, WCAG 2.0, and the Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI).
http://www.w3.org/Translations/WCAG20-fr
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/translations
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/#mailinglist
http://www.w3.org/WAI/highlights/rssfeed.rss
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/
http://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
W3C Invites Implementations of Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures
The Web Applications Working Group invites implementation of the
Candidate Recommendation of "Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures."
Widgets are full-fledged client-side applications that are authored
using Web standards and packaged for distribution. This document
defines a profile of the XML Signature Syntax and Processing 1.1
specification to allow a widget package to be digitally signed,
helping to ensure continuity of authorship and distributorship.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-widgets-digsig-20090625/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
W3C Workshop on Using Ink in Multimodal Applications Canceled
The Workshop on Using Ink in Multimodal Applications, which was
planned for 10-11 July 2009 in Grand Bend, Ontario (Canada), has
been canceled. The goal of the Workshop was to help the Multimodal
Interaction Working Group integrate handwriting modality components
(Ink Modality Components) into the "MMI Architecture" and clarify
what should be added to the Multimodal specifications to enable
applications to adapt to various modality combinations including
Ink. The group is planning to meet face-to-face during W3C's TPAC
2009, and will continue to discuss possible extensions for InkML and
how to integrate the specification into the architecture. Read about
the "Ink Markup Language (InkML)" and W3C's Multimodal Interaction
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2009/03/ink/cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/mmi-arch/
http://www.w3.org/2009/11/TPAC/
http://www.w3.org/TR/InkML/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
Five Web Services Drafts Updated
The Web Services Resource Access Working Group published updates to
five Working Drafts: "Web Services Enumeration (WS-Enumeration),"
"Web Services Eventing (WS-Eventing)," "Web Services Resource
Transfer (WS-RT)," "Web Services Transfer (WS-Transfer)," and "Web
Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange)." The first
describes a general SOAP-based protocol for enumerating a sequence
of XML elements that is suitable for traversing logs, message
queues, or other linear information models. The second describes a
protocol that allows Web services to subscribe to or accept
subscriptions for event notification. The third defines extensions
to WS-Transfer that deal primarily with fragment-based access to
resources to satisfy the common requirements of WS-ResourceFramework
and WS-Management. The fourth describes a general SOAP-based
protocol for accessing XML representations of Web service-based
resources. The fifth defines how metadata associated with a Web
service endpoint can be represented as resources, how metadata can
be embedded in endpoint references, and how metadata could be
retrieved from a Web service endpoint. Learn more about the Web
Services Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ra/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-enumeration-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-eventing-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-resource-transfer-20090317/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-transfer-20090317
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-ws-metadata-exchange-20090317
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
Note Published: W3C mobileOK Scheme 1.0
The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published a Group
Note of "W3C mobileOK Scheme 1.0." W3C's mobileOK is designed to
improve the Web experience for users of mobile devices by rewarding
content providers that adhere to good practice when delivering
content to them. This document describes the mobileOK scheme, which
allows content providers to promote their content as being suitable
for use on very basic mobile devices. Learn more about the Mobile
Web Initiative Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-mobileOK-20090625/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
Past home page news...
http://www.w3.org/News/
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* Data in the City by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/07/data_in_the_city.html
* Reflections on SemTech 2009 by Karen Myers
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/06/reflections_on_semtech_2009.html
* WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue by Shadi Abou-Zahra
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/06/wcag_20_in_your_mother_tongue.html
http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
* W3C team at SemTech by Ivan Herman
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/06/w3c_team_at_semtech.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan
* Orthogonality of Specifications by Larry Masinter
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/06/orthogonality_of_specification.html
http://larry.masinter.net
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/
Upcoming Meetings
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings
Upcoming Talks
* 7 July, Barcelona, Spain: Acceso a la Información Pública y
Redes Sociales. José Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at V
Congreso Internet, Derecho y Política.
* 10 July, Kyoto, Japan: Web技術の現状と将来. Masao Isshiki presents at
オープンソースカンファレンス 2009 Kansai.
* 14 July, Linz, Austria: WCAG 2.0 ist da, was nun?. Shadi
Abou-Zahra presents at IKT Forum 2009.
* 20 July, Boston, USA: Web Accessibility, Universal Design, and
Standardization. Judy Brewer participates in a panel at
Accessing the Future: A global collaborative exploration for
accessibility in the next decade.
* 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).
* 24 July, San Diego, USA: WCAG 2.0 Test Samples Repository. Shadi
Abou-Zahra presents at HCI International 2009.
* 27 July, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Ex-XHTML HTML. Doug
Schepers presents at The Summer XML 2009 Conference.
* 28 July, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Open Graphics and the
Sustainable Web: Scalable Vector Graphics and Canvas. Doug
Schepers presents at The Summer XML 2009 Conference.
* 10 August, Montréal, Canada: Memory management in streaming:
buffering, lookahead, or none. Which to choose?. Mohamed
ZERGAOUI presents at Balisage.
* 11 August, Montréal, Canada: Visual Designers: Those XML tools
with no angle bracket at all!. Mohamed ZERGAOUI presents at
Balisage.
* 11 August, Montreal, Canada: Automatic XML Namespaces. Liam Quin
presents at Balisage.
* 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).
* 29 October, Chicago, IL, USA: WAI-ARIA Introduction: Making
Advanced Websites and Web Applications Accessible. Shawn Henry
presents at ATIA 2009 Chicago.
* 30 October, Chicago, IL, USA: Web Accessibility Standards and
Guidelines Update 2009. Shawn Henry presents at ATIA 2009
Chicago.
* 13 March 2010, Prague, Czech Republic: XML Prague 2010. Mohamed
ZERGAOUI is at XML Prague 2010.
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