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- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:56:06 -0400
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2010-09-13 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20100913
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Extends Speech Framework to Asian Languages
07 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8885
W3C today extended speech on the Web to an enormous new market
by improving support for Asian languages and multi-lingual
voice applications. The "Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML
1.1)" Recommendation provides control over voice selection as
well as speech characteristics such as pronunciation, volume,
and pitch. SSML is part of W3C's "Speech Interface Framework"
for building voice applications, which also includes the widely
deployed "VoiceXML." "With SSML 1.1 there is an intentional
focus on Asian language support," said Dan Burnett, Co-Chair of
the Voice Browser Working Group and Director of Speech
Technologies and Standards at Voxeo, "including Chinese
languages, Japanese, Thai, Urdu, and others, to provide a wide
deployment potential." Read more in the press release and W3C
Member Testimonials. Learn more about voice browsing.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/REC-speech-synthesis11-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/TR/voice-intro/
http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml21
http://www.w3.org/2010/08/ssml-pr
http://www.w3.org/2010/08/ssml-testimonials
http://www.w3.org/standards/webofdevices/voice
Introduction to SVG online course: Early Bird Registration open!
10 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8893
W3C is delighted to announce its latest online training course:
Introduction to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). The 5-week
online course will be lead by David Dailey of Slippery Rock
University, Pennsylvania, who is writing an SVG Primer. People
taking the course will:
http://www.w3.org/2010/09/intro_svg_course_description.php
http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/
* create SVG documents;
* learn how to add border effects, linear and radial
gradients;
* add animation using SMIL;
* use scripting to transform and manipulate images; and
* make graphics interactive and responsive to user input.
The only pre-requisite for the course is that participants have
some familiarity with HTML/XML and the ability to edit source
code directly. Participants will have access to lectures and
assignments guided by W3C experts on this topic. There will
also be opportunities to discuss and share experiences with
your peers who are faced with the same challenges of Web
design.
Registration is now open. The Early bird rate of 95 Euros is
available until 1 October. After that date, the rate is 125
Euros. Full details of the course (audience, content, timing,
weekly commitment) is available in the Introduction to SVG:
Course Description.
http://www.w3.org/2010/09/intro_svg_course_description.php
New Resources for HTML and CSS Authors on Character Encodings
09 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8891
The Internationalization Core Working Group has just published
6 new articles and updated a further 5 articles and a tutorial
to help HTML and CSS authors understand how to work with
character encodings on the Web. For instance, there are
articles that explore how to choose an encoding, how to declare
it in various flavours of HTML and XHTML, what you need to know
about the byte-order mark and normalization, and when to use
(or not use) character escapes. For more iI18n news and RSS
feeds, visit the Internationalization home page.
http://www.w3.org/International/core/
http://www.w3.org/International/articlelist#characters
http://www.w3.org/International/
Last Call: Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification
08 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8890
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call
Working Draft of "Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events
Specification." DOM Events is designed with two main goals.
The first goal is the design of an event system which allows
registration of event listeners and describes event flow
through a tree structure. Additionally, the specification will
provide standard modules of events for user interface control
and document mutation notifications, including defined
contextual information for each of these event modules. The
second goal of DOM Events is to provide a common subset of the
current event systems used in existing browsers. This is
intended to foster interoperability of existing scripts and
content. Comments are welcome through 18 October. Learn more
about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-DOM-Level-3-Events-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
W3C Invites Implementations of Geolocation API Specification
07 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8889
The Geolocation Working Group invites implementation of the
Candidate Recommendation of "Geolocation API Specification."
The Geolocation API defines a high-level interface to location
information associated only with the device hosting the
implementation, such as latitude and longitude. The API itself
is agnostic of the underlying location information sources.
Common sources of location information include Global
Positioning System (GPS) and location inferred from network
signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC
addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs, as well as user input. Learn
more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/CR-geolocation-API-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
XMLHttpRequest Level 2 Draft Published
07 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8888
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "XMLHttpRequest Level 2." The XMLHttpRequest Level 2
specification enhances the XMLHttpRequest object with new
features, such as cross-origin requests, progress events, and
the handling of byte streams for both sending and receiving.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-XMLHttpRequest2-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Last Call: The Widget Interface
07 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8887
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call
Working Draft of "The Widget Interface." This specification
defines an application programming interface (API) for widgets
that provides, amongst other things, functionality for
accessing a widget's metadata and persistently storing data.
Comments are welcome through 28 September. Learn more about the
Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-widgets-apis-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Updated Note: Device API Access Control Use Cases and Requirements
07 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8886
The Device APIs and Policy Working Group has updated a Group
Note of "Device API Access Control Use Cases and Requirements"
. This document examines the question of managing sensitive
information that can become available through device APIs
(e.g., position information). The approach taken in this
document is to simplify the possible interactions by
considering three related use cases: (1) browser web pages and
untrusted widgets (2) trusted widgets and applications, and (3)
delegated authority. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web
Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-dap-policy-reqs-20100907/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
Five XML Security Drafts Published
01 September 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8883
The XML Security Working Group has published five working
drafts today. "XML Signature 2.0," "Canonical XML 2.0" and the
"XML Signature Streamable Profile of XPath 1.0" are part of an
ongoing effort to rework XML Signature and Canonical XML in
order to address issues around performance, streaming,
robustness, and attack surface. The Working Group has also
published updated Working Drafts for its "XML Signature Best
Practices" and "XML Security Relax NG Schemas" Working Group
Notes. Learn more about XML Security.
http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmldsig-core2-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xml-c14n2-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmldsig-xpath-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmldsig-bestpractices-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmlsec-rngschema-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/standards/xml/security
Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0 Draft Published
31 August 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8882
The Voice Browser Working Group has published a Working Draft
of "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0." Voice
XML is used to create interactive media dialogs that feature
synthesized speech, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input,
telephony, mixed initiative conversations, and recording and
presentation of a variety of media formats including digitized
audio, and digitized video. Learn more about the Voice Browser
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-voicexml30-20100831/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 2010-10-04 ( 4 OCT) – 2010-10-05 ( 5 OCT)
Workshop on Privacy and Data Usage Control
http://www.w3.org/2010/policy-ws/
Cambridge, MA, USA
This workshop will explore solutions to privacy based on
controlling data usage and on data handling. We also
solicit contributions on techniques for `sticky policies'
that ensure that policies constantly move along with the
related data.
* 2010-10-05 ( 5 OCT) – 2010-10-06 ( 6 OCT)
Workshop on Emotion Markup Language
http://www.w3.org/2010/10/emotionml/cfp
Paris, France
Hosted by Telecom ParisTech
* 2010-10-26 (26 OCT) – 2010-10-27 (27 OCT)
The Multilingual Web - Where Are We?
http://www.w3.org/International/multilingualweb/madrid/cfp
Madrid, Spain
Hosted by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Today, the World Wide Web is fundamental to communication
in all walks of life. As the share of English web pages
decreases and that of other languages increases, it is
vitally important to ensure the multilingual success of the
World Wide Web.
The MultilingualWeb project is looking at best practices
and standards related to all aspects of creating,
localizing and deploying the Web multilingually. The
project aims to raise the visibility of existing best
practices and standards and identify gaps. The core vehicle
for this is a series of four events which are planned for
the coming two years. As the first of the four events, this
workshop will introduce and review currently available best
practices and standards aimed at helping content creators,
localizers, tools developers, and others meet the
challenges of the multilingual Web.
W3C Blog
* HTML5: Getting to Last Call
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/09/html5_getting_to_last_call
10 September 2010 by Philippe Le Hégaret
http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/
* Web on TV workshop in Japan
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/09/web_on_tv_workshop_in_japan
2 September 2010 by Philippe Le Hégaret
http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/
Upcoming Talks
* 2010-09-13 (13 SEP)
Towards Video on the Web with HTML5
by Philipp Hoschka
IBC 2010 - Connected World
http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/link=316
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 2010-09-15 (15 SEP)
What do they do with my RDFa?
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0915Berlin-KB/
by Klaus Birkenbihl
W3C-Tag
http://www.xinnovations.de/w3c-tag
Berlin, Germany
* 2010-09-20 (20 SEP)
Extensible Multimodal Annotation for Intelligent Virtual
Agents
by Deborah Dahl
10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
http://iva2010.seas.upenn.edu/
Philadelphia, USA
* 2010-09-21 (21 SEP)
Privacy...going, going, gone?
panel features Renato Iannella
World Computer Congress 2010
http://www.wcc2010.com/
Brisbane, Australia
* 2010-09-21 (21 SEP)
HTML5 & CSS3 - nytt lyft för webben
http://www.w3c.se/resources/office/talks/20100921/
by Olle Olsson
DFS Seminarium
http://natverk.dfs.se/vastra/webb-100921
Göteborg, Sweden
* 2010-09-27 (27 SEP)
An introduction to the HTML5 Platform
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0927-html5-plh/
by Philippe Le Hégaret
HTML5 Redux
http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/calendar/14457300/
Cambridge, MA, USA
* 2010-09-30 (30 SEP)
Privacy Awareness: Icons and Expression for Social Networks
by Renato Iannella
Virtual Goods + ODRL Workshop 2010
http://virtualgoods.org/2010/
Namur, Belgium
* 2010-10-06 (6 OCT)
Mobile and Accessible
by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
International ÆGIS Conference
http://www.aegis-project.eu/
Sevilla, Spain
* 2010-10-07 (7 OCT)
HTML5 & CSS3 - nytt lyft för webben
http://www.w3c.se/resources/office/talks/20101007/
by Olle Olsson
DFS Seminarium
http://natverk.dfs.se/node/20243
Linköping, Sweden
* 2010-10-07 (7 OCT)
How does the Semantic Web Work?
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/1007-Frankfurt-IH/#talk
keynote by Ivan Herman
1. DGI-Konferenz, 62. DGI Jahrestagung: Semantic Web &
Linked Data
http://www.dgi-konferenz.de/index
Frankfurt, Germany
* 2010-10-14 (14 OCT)
HTML5 et le web de demain
Paris Web 2010
http://www.paris-web.fr/2010/
Paris, France
* 2010-10-20 (20 OCT)
Bringing Together Usability and Accessibility
by Shawn Henry
Web Design World
http://webdesignworld.com/
Las Vegas, NV, USA
* 2010-10-20 (20 OCT)
Accessibility Today: The Latest Standards and Guidelines
by Shawn Henry
Web Design World
http://webdesignworld.com/
Las Vegas, NV, USA
* 2010-10-27 (27 OCT)
Mobile Web Best Practices - lessons learned since 2008
by Phil Archer
MyMobileBristol
http://mymobilebristol.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/2010/07/13/introduci
ng-the-mymobilebristol-project/
Bristol, United Kingdom
* 2010-11-03 (3 NOV)
Technologies for the upcoming web: Standards for the next
web platform
http://www.w3c.se/resources/office/talks/20101103/
by Olle Olsson
J. Boye Conference Aarhus 2010
http://www.jboye.com/conferences/aarhus10/
Aarhus, Denmark
* 2010-11-08 (8 NOV)
Combine the Web of Data and the Web of Documents
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/RDFa-Drupal-Tutorial/#talk
9th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2010)
http://iswc2010.semanticweb.org/
Shanghai, China
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