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- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:08:29 -0500
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2012-02-06 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20120206
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Internet Society Board Approves Donation to Support W3C Stewardship
of Open Web Platform
31 January 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9340
In its continuing efforts to foster an open Internet ecosystem,
the Internet Society today announced a 1M USD donation to the
World Wide Web Consortium. This donation, the final installment
of the Internet Society’s 2009 pledge of 2.5M USD over three
years, supports the continued evolution of W3C as an
organization that creates open Web standards.
http://www.internetsociety.org/
http://www.w3.org/2009/12/isocw3c-pr
“The W3C is emblematic of the inclusive, multistakeholder
approach that is critical to the continued development,
operation, and use of the open, global Internet,” said Raúl
Echeberría, Chair of the Internet Society Board of Trustees.
“We look forward to continued cooperation between the W3C and
the Internet Society to advance our shared values through
independent voices.” Read the press release and ISOC and W3C
FAQ.
http://www.w3.org/2012/01/isoc-pr
http://www.w3.org/2009/11/isoc-w3c-faq
W3C Introduces Startup Level for Membership
03 February 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9347
To increase and broaden participation in its activities, W3C
announces today a new startup membership level for small
organizations new to W3C. Organizations are eligible for the
new level depending on their size (10 or fewer employees) and
annual revenues. This new level is available for the first two
years of Membership. Please see the startup level description
for details and more information about eligibility. Please
contact membership@w3.org if you have any questions.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees-201202#startup
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees-201202#startup
Last Call: Vibration API
02 February 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9345
The Device APIs Working Group has published a Last Call Working
Draft of "Vibration API." This specification defines an API
that provides access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting
device. Vibration is a form of tactile feedback. The API is
designed to tackle high-value use cases related to gaming, and
is not meant to be used as a generic notification mechanism.
Comments are welcome through 01 March. Learn more about the
Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vibration-20120202/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
The PROV Data Model and Abstract Syntax Notation Draft Published
02 February 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9344
The Provenance Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"The PROV Data Model and Abstract Syntax Notation." PROV-DM is
a data model for provenance for building representations of the
entities, people and activities involved in producing a piece
of data or thing in the world. PROV-DM is domain-agnostic, but
is equipped with extensibility points allowing further
domain-specific and application-specific extensions to be
defined. PROV-DM is accompanied by PROV-ASN, a
technology-independent abstract syntax notation, which allows
serializations of PROV-DM instances to be created for human
consumption, which facilitates its mapping to concrete syntax,
and which is used as the basis for a formal semantics. Learn
more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-dm-20120202/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
BAD to Good Updated: Demo shows web accessibility barriers fixed
31 January 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9343
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach
Working Group (EOWG) has updated the Before and After
Demonstration (BAD). BAD shows an inaccessible website and a
retrofitted version of the same website with the accessibility
barriers fixed. Read the update e-mail and learn about
Accessibility.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO
http://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012JanMar/0024
http://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility
Three Last Call Working Drafts published by the RDF Web Applications
Working Group
31 January 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9341
The RDF Web Applications Working Group has published three Last
Call Working Drafts today:
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/
* RDFa Core 1.1,
* RDFa Lite 1.1 and
* XHTML+RDFa 1.1.
Together, these documents outline the vision for RDFa in a
variety of XML and HTML-based Web markup languages. RDFa Core
1.1 specifies the core syntax and processing rules for RDFa 1.1
and how the language is intended to be used in XML documents.
RDFa Lite 1.1 provides a simple subset of RDFa for novice Web
authors. XHTML+RDFa 1.1 specifies the usage of RDFa in the
XHTML markup language.
A number of improvements have been made to RDFa 1.1 over the
past year by working closely with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and
the other search engine developers. Public review and comments
have resulted in a number of further refinements to the
language that eases the learning curve for beginner Web
authors.
The release of these documents as Last Call Working Drafts is a
signal to the public that the Working Group believes that all
of the technical requirements, public comments and reported
issues have been addressed. It is also an open invitation to
the general public to review and provide feedback on the
finalization of this technology via the RDF Web Applications
Working Group mailing list, by 21 February. Learn more about
the Semantic Web Activity.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdfa-wg/
http://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/
W3C Launches Patent Advisory Group for Touch Events Specification
30 January 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9339
In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a
Patent Advisory Group (PAG) in response to disclosures related
to the "Touch Events version 1" Specification. The Web Events
Working Group develops this specification. W3C launches a PAG
to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that
may be essential, but is not available under the W3C
Royalty-Free licensing requirements. Public comments regarding
these disclosures may be sent to public-te-pag@w3.org (with
public archive). Learn more about Patent Advisory Groups.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/
http://www.w3.org/2012/01/touch-pag-charter
http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/
http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Except
ion
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-RF
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-te-pag/
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Except
ion
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 2012-03-15 (15 MAR) – 2012-03-16 (16 MAR)
The Multilingual Web – The Way Ahead
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/luxembourg-workshop
/luxembourg-cfp
Luxembourg
Hosted by the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) of
the European Commission.
Building on the success of the preceding events in Madrid,
Pisa, and Limerick, this workshop will once again bring
together speakers and participants with an interest in best
practices and standards aimed at helping content creators,
localizers, tools developers, and others meet the
challenges of the multilingual Web. It provides further
opportunities for networking across communities that span
the various aspects involved.
http://multilingualweb.eu/
W3C Blog
* Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2012-01-30 - 2012-02-05
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/openweb-weekly-27
6 February 2012 by Karl Dubost
http://my.opera.com/karlcow/blog/
* Progress and support for Do Not Track in Brussels
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/support_for_do_not_track_bruss
els
2 February 2012 by Nick Doty
http://npdoty.name
* Interview: Opera on the Web of Devices
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/interview_opera_on_the_web_of
1 February 2012 by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
Upcoming Talks
* 2012-02-11 (11 FEB)
Treating JSON as a subset of XML
http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2012/02-11-steven-json
by Steven Pemberton
XML Prague 2012
http://www.xmlprague.cz/2012/
Prague, Czech Republic
* 2012-02-12 (12 FEB)
ICC Color Management in SVG2
by Chris Lilley
OpenIcc @ FOSDEM
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/Events/Fosdem/2012
Brussels, Belgium
* 2012-02-14 (14 FEB)
Le Web, plate-forme de convergence des appareils mobiles
connectés
by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
Autour du W3C : nouveaux standards et Web Mobile
http://www.inria.fr/centre/lille/agenda/conference-autour-d
u-w3c-nouveaux-standards-et-web-mobile
Lille, France
* 2012-02-27 (27 FEB)
Building the Business Case in your Organization
by Shawn Henry
AccessU at CSUN
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/accessu.php
San Diego, CA, USA
* 2012-03-13 (13 MAR)
Options for Multimodal Applications -- platforms,
standards, and tools
by Deborah Dahl
Mobile Voice 2012
http://mobilevoiceconference.com/
San Francisco, USA
* 2012-03-13 (13 MAR)
Options for Multimodal Applications -- platforms,
standards, and tools
by Deborah Dahl
Mobile Voice 2012
http://mobilevoiceconference.com/
San Francisco, USA
* 2012-03-15 (15 MAR)
What is Happening in the W3C Semantic Web Activity?
http://www.w3.org/2012/Talks/0315-Luxembourg-IH/#talk
keynote by Ivan Herman
The Multilingual Web - the Way Ahead
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/en/documents/luxembourg-works
hop
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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