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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber, The 2009-12-14 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online: http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20091214 A simplified plain text version is available below. Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team ----------------------------------- Internet Society and W3C Strengthen Relationship to Help Ensure Open Global Internet 11 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8674 In a joint press release today, The Internet Society (ISOC) and W3C announced a donation from ISOC for the purpose of advancing the evolution of W3C as an organization that creates open Web standards. "ISOC and W3C have worked together for years in a number of areas, and have deeply shared values about the Internet’s development," said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. "Our support to the W3C in their transition efforts demonstrates ISOC's commitment to ensuring the Internet continues to be an open, global platform for innovation." The announcement reflects the two organizations' shared aim of ensuring the continued growth and accessibility of the global Internet and Web, and stewardship responsibilities to ensure these global communication platforms continue to benefit users worldwide. More information is available in the press release and in a FAQ about ISOC and W3C. http://www.w3.org/2009/12/isocw3c-pr http://www.w3.org/2009/12/isocw3c-pr http://www.w3.org/2009/11/isoc-w3c-faq WAI Gathering Additional Resources Supporting Web Accessibility Business Case 14 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8677 The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group today published a first collection of statistics, case studies, and articles that support the business case for web accessibility, in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization. To learn about sharing your resources, see Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case blog post. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/resources http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/12/share_resources_supporting_the http://www.w3.org/WAI/ New Internationalization Article: Choosing a Language Tag 11 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8675 The Internationalization Core Working Group publishes information to help people understand and use international aspects of W3C technologies. Recently the group published Choosing a Language Tag. The appearance of RFC 5646 earlier this year added a new 'extended language' subtag to BCP 47 and around 7,000 new entries in the IANA Language Subtag Registry. This article asks, which language tag is right for me, and how do I choose the language and other subtags I need? The answer outlines the necessary decisions in a step-by-step fashion. Visit the Internationalization home page. http://www.w3.org/International/core http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-choosing-language- tags http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5646.txt http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry http://www.w3.org/International/ New WAI Resource: Involve Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility 09 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8673 The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group today published Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility, which provides guidance for project managers, designers, and developers of: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO http://www.w3.org/WAI/users/involving * websites and web applications * browsers, media players, and assistive technologies * authoring tools such as content management systems (CMS), blog software, and WYSIWYG editors * standards and policies on accessibility * web technologies and technical specifications Learn more about this and the related document Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility in the Involving Users announcement e-mail and the blog post Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility ; and learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/users http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009OctDec/0107 http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/12/discover_new_ways_of_thinking http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) is a W3C Recommendation 08 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8671 The XML Core Working Group has published "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition)" as a W3C Recommendation. XML namespaces provide a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents by associating them with namespaces identified by URI references. This version, which supersedes the Second Edition, includes no substantive "changes." Among the accumulated errata which it incorporates is one of particular importance, which removes an incompatibility with the Fifth Edition of the XML 1.0 specification itself. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-xml-names-20091208/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-xml-names-20091208/#changes http://www.w3.org/XML/ W3C Outlines Roadmap for Realizing Web for Social Development 08 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8670 W3C today outlines a roadmap for extending the Web to rural and underprivileged communities in developing countries. The "Mobile Web for Social Development (MW4D) Roadmap" examines the challenges to deploying and accessing development-oriented services and surveys the technology landscape for meeting those challenges. The document identifies two major challenges: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-mw4d-roadmap-20091208/ 1. barriers to Web access faced by underprivileged communities in developing countries, and 2. barriers to authoring and deploying Web content, and accessing information, applications, and services on mobile phones. The roadmap was published by the Mobile Web for Social Development Interest Group, part of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI). Read the press release and learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI). http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/ http://www.w3.org/Mobile/ http://www.w3.org/2009/12/mw4d-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/Mobile/ W3C Invites Implementations of Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0 08 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8669 The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of "Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0." This document is the specification of the Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) format, a very compact representation for the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Information Set that is intended to simultaneously optimize performance and the utilization of computational resources. The EXI format uses a hybrid approach drawn from the information and formal language theories, plus practical techniques verified by measurements, for entropy encoding XML information. Using a relatively simple algorithm, which is amenable to fast and compact implementation, and a small set of datatype representations, it reliably produces efficient encodings of XML event streams. The group also updated the "EXI Primer." Read the group's interoperability test plan and learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. http://www.w3.org/XML/EXI/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-exi-20091208/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-exi-primer-20091208/ http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/EXI/docs/interop/interop http://www.w3.org/XML/ Last Call: Widget Access Request Policy 08 December 2009 | Archive http://www.w3.org/News/2009#entry-8668 The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of "Widget Access Request Policy." This specification defines the security model controlling network access from within a widget, as well as a method for widget authors to request that the user agent grant access to certain network resources or sets thereof. Comments are welcome through 13 January. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity. http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-access-20091208/ http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/ More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive Workshops W3C Blog * Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/12/share_resources_supporting_the 14 December 2009 by Shawn Henry http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ * Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/12/discover_new_ways_of_thinking 9 December 2009 by Shawn Henry http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ Upcoming Talks * 14 DEC 2009 Starting up with the Semantic Web http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/1214-Darmstadt-IH/ by Ivan Herman Deutsche Telekom Darmstadt, Germany * 8 JAN 2010 The ten euro computer: a contemplation on values http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/01-08-steven-ten-euro-computer by Steven Pemberton Freelance Factory http://freelancefactory.ning.com/events/the-10-euro-compute r Amsterdam, The Netherlands * 11 JAN 2010 SKOS hands-on workshop by Regine Stein SKOS hands-on workshop Tel-Aviv, Israel * 28 JAN 2010 Web Accessibility Promotion and Advocacy: Approaches and Resources by Shawn Henry ATIA 2010 Orlando http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3545 Orlando, FL, USA * 29 JAN 2010 Web Accessibility Standards and Guidelines Update 2010 by Shawn Henry ATIA 2010 Orlando http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3545 Orlando, FL, USA W3C Membership Lear more about the benefits of W3C Membership. 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