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- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:35:36 -0400
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The 2010-10-11 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20101011
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Launches Points of Interest Working Group
04 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8915
W3C has launched a Points of Interest Working Group, whose
mission is to develop technical specifications for the
representation of "Points of Interest" information on the Web.
For the purposes of this Working Group, a "Point of Interest"
is defined simply as an entity at a physical location about
which information is available. For example, the Taj Mahal in
India is a point of interest, located at 27.174799° N,
78.042111°E (in the WGS84 geodetic system). Additional
information could be associated with it, such as: it was
completed around 1653, has a particular shape, and that it is
open to visitors during specific hours. Points of Interest
information is used in a wide variety of applications such as:
augmented reality ("AR"), mapping and navigation systems,
geocaching, etc. This group will primarily focus on POI use
within AR applications but will strive to ensure reusability
across applications. The group will also explore how the AR
industry could best use, influence and contribute to Web
standards. More information is available in the Working Group
Charter. W3C launches this group as the result of discussion at
the W3C Workshop on Augmented Reality on the Web. Learn more
about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/
http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/charter/
http://www.w3.org/2010/06/w3car/report
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
First Draft of Web DOM Core Draft Published
07 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8923
The Web Applications Working Group has published the First
Public Working Draft of "Web DOM Core." Web DOM Core defines
interfaces for accessing and updating various types of nodes in
a DOM tree, as well as interfaces for adding, getting, and
removing items from lists of tokens, and interfaces for
retrieving items from collections of nodes and from lists of
strings. W3C invites feedback on this early draft. Learn more
about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-domcore-20101007/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Call for Review: XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic 1.1, XHTML Print Proposed
Edited Recommendations
07 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8922
The XHTML2 Working Group has published three Proposed Edited
Recommendations of "XHTML 1.1," "XHTML Basic 1.1," and "XHTML
Print." The first defines an XHTML document type that is based
upon the module framework and modules defined in XHTML
Modularization. The second is a smaller set of modules; just
those required to be an XHTML host language document type. In
addition it includes images, forms, basic tables, and object
support. The third document is a profile designed to be
appropriate for printing from mobile devices to low-cost
printers that might not have a full-page buffer and that
generally print from top-to-bottom and left-to-right with the
paper in a portrait orientation. Comments are welcome through
11 November. Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/PER-xhtml11-20101007
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/PER-xhtml-basic-20101007
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/PER-xhtml-print-20101007/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
Starts Monday, 11 October: Introduction to SVG Course
07 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8921
As part of the Open Media Web project, co-funded by the
European Union, the new W3C Course: Introduction to SVG begins
on Monday, 11 October. The course is being lead by SVG IG
member and author of an SVG Primer, David Dailey of Slippery
Rock University, Pennsylvania with support from W3C Team member
Phil Archer who leads the successful Mobile Web Best Practices
course. The aim of this activity is to help people already
familiar with core Web technologies, like HTML and XML, to
extend their knowledge. Scalable Vector Graphics is not new,
but it is rapidly gaining adherents and deployment across the
world as developers aim to make content available on different
sized screens without any loss of image quality. All modern
browsers have at least some support for SVG and now really is
the time to get to grips with this powerful and exciting
technology. Registration will remain open for a while after the
course starts but it's best to be there at the start when
fellow participants are discussing the current material and
receiving feedback from David Dailey on the assignments. For
full details of the course and how to register, please see the
course description. Learn more about SVG.
http://openmediaweb.eu/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/
http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/
http://www.w3.org/People/all#phila
http://www.w3.org/2010/09/intro_svg_course_description.php
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
Last Call: Widget Packaging and Configuration
05 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8920
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call
Working Draft of "Widget Packaging and Configuration." Widgets
are client-side applications that are authored using Web
standards such as HTML5, but whose content can also be embedded
into Web documents. The packaging specification relies on
PKWare's Zip specification as the archive format, XML as a
configuration document format, and a series of steps that
runtimes follow when processing and verifying various aspects
of a package. Comments are welcome through 26 October. Learn
more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-widgets-20101005/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
First Draft of Permissions for Device API Access Published
05 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8919
The Device APIs and Policy Working Group has published the
First Public Working Draft of "Permissions for Device API
Access." A number of Web APIs, in particular those used to
access private or sensitive data from the hosting device, are
meant to be discoverable, as well as disabled or enabled on a
site-by-site or application-by-application basis, depending on
the security context. For instance, the feature element as
defined in the Widget Packaging and Configuration specification
allows a widget runtime engine to grant access only to the
specific APIs that the configuration file of the widget listed.
This document identifies and names the various permissions that
are attached to existing Web APIs. Learn more about the
Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-api-perms-20101005/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
CSS Text Level 3 Draft Published
05 October 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8918
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a
Working Draft of "CSS Text Level 3." This CSS3 module defines
properties for text manipulation and specifies their processing
model. It covers line breaking, justification and alignment,
white space handling, text decoration and text transformation.
Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-css3-text-20101005/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 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.
* 2010-12-08 ( 8 DEC) – 2010-12-09 ( 9 DEC)
How can Technology help to improve Privacy on the Internet?
http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/privacy/
Cambridge, MA, USA
Jointly organized by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB),
Internet Society (ISOC), MIT, and W3C
Who we are (e.g. our thoughts, dreams, feelings, DNA
sequence), what we own (such as financial property), what
we have experienced and how we behave
(audio/visual/olfactory transcripts), and how we can be
reached (location, endpoint identifiers) are among the most
personal pieces of information about us. More and more of
this information is being digitized and made available
electronically. The question for us therefore is: How can
we ensure that architectures and technologies for the
Internet, including the World Wide Web, are developed in a
way that respects users’ privacy?
W3C Blog
* CSS WG specs
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/css_wg_specs
9 October 2010 by Daniel Glazman
http://www.glazman.org/weblog/
* HTML5: The jewel in the Open Web Platform
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/html5_the_jewel_in_the_open_we
8 October 2010 by Philippe Le Hégaret
http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/
* Introducing the Web Font Awards
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/introducing_the_web_font_award
4 October 2010 by Vladimir Levantovsky
Upcoming Talks
* 2010-10-12 (12 OCT)
טכנולוגיות אינטרנט מתפתחות - אפליקציות ווב, מובייל, הווב
הסמנטי
keynote by Eyal Sela
Conference at Ministry of Defence, Government of Israel
Tel-Aviv, Israel
* 2010-10-13 (13 OCT)
Das mehrsprachige Web
by Felix Sasaki
WebTech Conference
http://webtechcon.de/
Mainz, Germany
* 2010-10-14 (14 OCT)
HTML5 et le web de demain
Paris Web 2010
http://www.paris-web.fr/2010/
Paris, France
* 2010-10-14 (14 OCT)
Towards Video on the Web with HTML5
by François Daoust
NEM Summit
http://nem-summit.eu
Barcelona, Spain
* 2010-10-15 (15 OCT)
How does the Semantic Web Work?
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/1015-SaoPaulo-SemCafe-IH/#talk
by Ivan Herman
Café Semântico
http://www.w3c.br/cafecombrowser/
São Paulo, Brazil
* 2010-10-18 (18 OCT)
An Introduction to Writing Systems & Unicode
by Richard Ishida
Internationalization & Unicode Conference
http://www.unicodeconference.org/
Santa Clara, USA
* 2010-10-20 (20 OCT)
A year on the Semantic Web @ W3C (with more details on
RDFa)
http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/1020-Rio-IH/#talk
by Ivan Herman
Pontifícia Universidade Católica (Pontifical Catholic
University)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* 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)
Extending Bidi Support on the Web
Internationalization & Unicode Conference
http://www.unicodeconference.org/
Santa Clara, 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
* 2010-10-20 (20 OCT)
IRIs Beyond the Napkin: A Survey of Internationalized
Resource Identifier Issues and Implementation
Internationalization & Unicode Conference 34
http://www.unicodeconference.org/iuc34/
Santa Clara, CA, 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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