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- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:40:53 -0400
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2012-08-27 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20120827
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Call for Review: 'R2RML: RDB to RDF Mapping Language' and 'A Direct
Mapping of Relational Data to RDF' Proposed Recommendations Published
14 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9535
The RDB2RDF Working Group has published two Proposed
Recommendations today:
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/rdb2rdf/
* R2RML: RDB to RDF Mapping Language. This document describes
R2RML, a language for expressing customized mappings from
relational databases to RDF datasets. Such mappings provide
the ability to view existing relational data in the RDF
data model, expressed in a structure and target vocabulary
of the mapping author's choice. R2RML mappings are
themselves RDF graphs and written down in Turtle syntax.
R2RML enables different types of mapping implementations.
Processors could, for example, offer a virtual SPARQL
endpoint over the mapped relational data, or generate RDF
dumps, or offer a Linked Data interface. Comments are
welcome through 15 September.
* A Direct Mapping of Relational Data to RDF. The need to
share data with collaborators motivates custodians and
users of relational databases (RDB) to expose relational
data on the Web of Data. This document defines a direct
mapping from relational data to RDF. This definition
provides extension points for refinements within and
outside of this document. Comments are welcome through 15
September.
The group also published two Working Group Notes today:
* R2RML and Direct Mapping Test Cases. This document defines
the R2RML and Direct Mapping Test Cases deliverable for the
RDB2RDF Working Group as defined in the Working Group's
Charter.
* RDB2RDF Implementation Report. This document reports on
implementations of the Direct Mapping specification, and
R2RML specification. The main purpose of this document is
to show that each feature of the Direct Mapping and R2RML
has been implemented by demonstrating interoperable
implementations of each feature. To evaluate the coverage
of an implementation's features, the RDB2RDF Test Cases are
used as a point of reference.
Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
First edition of the Open Data Conference
24 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9545
W3C will participate in the first edition of the “Open Data
Conference” that will take place on September 27, 2012 in
Paris, France.
http://www.opendata-laconference.com/agenda
This event with an international dimension will gather public
and private decision makers and address some of the pressing
challenges facing the Open Data paradigm, such as
accountability, privacy, or data licensing.
Among the guests are professor Nigel Shadbolt, a “founding
father” of Open Data in England, and Arnaud Montebourg, French
Minister of Productive Recovery. Daniel Dardailler, W3C
Director of International Relations, will speak on the “Open
Data and Future Uses” round-table and present W3C’s involvement
in the area.
Registration is open until 24 September, 2012.
http://www.opendata-laconference.com/register
Four drafts updated by the CSS Working Group
23 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9544
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group published four
Working Drafts today:
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
* CSS Fonts Module Level 3. This CSS3 module describes how
font properties are specified and how font resources are
loaded dynamically. The contents of this specification are
a consolidation of content previously divided into CSS3
Fonts and CSS3 Web Fonts modules.
* CSS Regions Module Level 3. The CSS regions module allows
content to flow across multiple areas called regions. The
regions are not necessarily contiguous in the document
order. The CSS regions module provides an advanced content
flow mechanism, which can be combined with positioning
schemes as defined by other CSS modules such as the
Multi-Column Module or the Grid Layout Module to position
the regions where content flows.
* Selectors Level 4. Selectors are patterns that match
against elements in a tree, and as such form one of several
technologies that can be used to select nodes in an XML
document. Selectors have been optimized for use with HTML
and XML, and are designed to be usable in
performance-critical code. They are a core component of CSS
(Cascading Style Sheets), which uses Selectors to bind
style properties to elements in the document.
* CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3. This module describes the
fragmentation model that partitions a flow into pages. It
builds on the Page model module and introduces and defines
the fragmentation model. It adds functionality for
pagination, breaking variable fragment size and
orientation, widows and orphans.
Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/
Text Customization for Readability - Online Symposium - Call for
Papers
21 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9542
The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an
online symposium to explore the needs of people with low
vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that
impact reading. The Call for Papers is open until 24 September
2012. Learn more about the Text Customization for Readability
Symposium and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/cfp
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers Draft Published
21 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9541
The Web Real-Time Communications Working Group has published a
Working Draft of "WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between
Browsers." This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in
WebIDL to allow media to be sent over the network to another
browser or device implementing the appropriate set of real-time
protocols, and media to be received from another browser or
device. This specification is being developed in conjunction
with a protocol specification developed by the IETF RTCWEB
group and an API specification to get access to local media
devices developed by the Media Capture Task Force. Learn more
about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-webrtc-20120821/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide Working Draft Published
16 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9540
The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) today published
an updated Working Draft of "WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent
Implementation Guide," which describes how browsers and other
user agents should support WAI-ARIA (the Accessible Rich
Internet Applications specification); specifically, how to
expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs.
Comments are welcome through 28 September. Learn more in the
call for review e-mail and read about the Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-wai-aria-implementation-20120816/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012JulSep/0262
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Compositing and Blending 1.0 Draft Published
16 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9539
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) Working Groups have published the First Public Working
Draft of "Compositing and Blending 1.0." Compositing describes
how shapes of different elements are combined into a single
image. There are various possible approaches for compositing.
Previous versions of SVG used Simple Alpha Compositing. In this
model, each element is rendered into its own buffer and is then
merged with its backdrop using the Porter Duff source-over
operator. This specification will define a new compositing
model that expands upon the Simple Alpha Compositing model by
offering: additional Porter Duff compositing operators;
advanced blending modes which allow control of how colors mix
in the areas where shapes overlap; and compositing groups.
Learn more about the Style and Graphics activities.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-compositing-20120816/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
https://www.w3.org/Graphics/
Call for Review: Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces Proposed
Recommendation Published
14 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9537
The W3C Multimodal Working Group has published a Proposed
Recommendation of "Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces."
This document describes a loosely coupled architecture for
multimodal user interfaces, which allows for co-resident and
distributed implementations, and focuses on the role of markup
and scripting, and the use of well defined interfaces between
its constituents. Comments are welcome through 14 September.
Learn more about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/PR-mmi-arch-20120814/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/Activity
CSS Text Level 3 Draft Published
14 August 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9536
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/2012/WD-css3-text-20120814/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
W3C Blog
* Sign up for the September mobile Web training courses
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/08/sign_up_for_the_september_mobi
27 August 2012 by Marie-Claire Forgue
http://www.w3.org/People/mcf/
* Open Data Conference in Paris
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/08/open_data_conference_in_paris
27 August 2012 by Daniel Dardailler
http://w3.org/People/danield
* Pitch in front of Michael[tm] Smith – present your #HTML5
developments #W3C #Berlin
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/08/berlin_w3c_days_pitch_your_htm
l5_ideas
20 August 2012 by Bernard Gidon
https://www.w3.org/Team/Bgidon/
Upcoming Talks
* 2012-08-27 (27 AUG)
So Vielfältig wie das Web sind die Nutzer
by Shadi Abou-Zahra
Web Montag
http://www.webmontag-hamburg.de/
Hamburg, Germany
* 2012-08-31 (31 AUG)
W3C and HTML5 standardization
by Manyoung Cho
차세대 웹표준 HTML5 세미나
http://www.kipfa.or.kr/Education/EduCenter/SeminarView.aspx
?eduSeqNo=228
Seoul, Korea
* 2012-09-13 (13 SEP)
Masterclass CSS3
by Bert Bos
W3C Benelux + ISOC.NL
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 2012-09-21 (21 SEP)
Web Accessibility in the Mobile Context
by Shadi Abou-Zahra
MobileHCI Workshop on Mobile Accessibility
http://mobile-accessibility.di.fc.ul.pt/index
San Fransisco, USA
* 2012-09-28 (28 SEP)
Accessible Design with HTML5
by Rajesh Lal
2012 HOW Interactive Design
http://howinteractiveconference.com/ehome/index.php?eventid
=34675
Washington D.C., USA
* 2012-10-03 (3 OCT)
Is HTML5 the future?
panel features Philipp Hoschka
appsworld
http://www.apps-world.net/europe/index.php
London, United Kingdom
* 2012-10-09 (9 OCT)
Les technologies Web de demain au service du multi-device
by Philipp Hoschka
Interfaces 2012
http://www.ccmbenchmark.com/conference/671-interfaces-2012
Paris, France
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