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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Call for Review: OWL 2
18 October 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9605
The OWL Working Group has published twelve Proposed Edited
Recommendations today, and two Working Group Notes:
http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/
The OWL 2 Web Ontology Language, informally OWL 2, is an
ontology language for the Semantic Web with formally defined
meaning. OWL 2 ontologies provide classes, properties,
individuals, and data values and are stored as Semantic Web
documents. OWL 2 ontologies can be used along with information
written in RDF, and OWL 2 ontologies themselves are primarily
exchanged as RDF documents. Comments on the Proposed Edited
Recommendations are welcome through 15 November.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview. This
document serves as an introduction to OWL 2 and the various
other OWL 2 documents. It describes the syntaxes for OWL 2,
the different kinds of semantics, the available profiles
(sub-languages), and the relationship between OWL 1 and OWL
2.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Structural Specification and
Functional-Style Syntax. The meaningful constructs provided
by OWL 2 are defined in terms of their structure. As well,
a functional-style syntax is defined for these constructs,
with examples and informal descriptions. One can reason
with OWL 2 ontologies under either the RDF-Based Semantics
or the Direct Semantics. If certain restrictions on OWL 2
ontologies are satisfied and the ontology is in OWL 2 DL,
reasoning under the Direct Semantics can be implemented
using techniques well known in the literature.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Mapping to RDF Graphs.This
document defines the mapping of OWL 2 ontologies into RDF
graphs, and vice versa.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Direct Semantics. This document
provides the direct model-theoretic semantics for OWL 2,
which is compatible with the description logic SROIQ.
Furthermore, this document defines the most common
inference problems for OWL 2.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language RDF-Based Semantics. This
document defines the RDF-compatible model-theoretic
semantics of OWL 2.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Conformance. This document
describes the conditions that OWL 2 tools must satisfy in
order to be conformant with the language specification. It
also presents a common format for OWL 2 test cases that
both illustrate the features of the language and can be
used for testing conformance.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Profiles. This document
provides a specification of several profiles of OWL 2 which
can be more simply and/or efficiently implemented. In
logic, profiles are often called fragments. Most profiles
are defined by placing restrictions on the structure of OWL
2 ontologies. These restrictions have been specified by
modifying the productions of the functional-style syntax.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language New Features and Rationale.This
document is a simple introduction to the new features of
the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language, including an explanation
of the differences between the initial version of OWL and
OWL 2. The document also presents the requirements that
have motivated the design of the main new features, and
their rationale from a theoretical and implementation
perspective.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Quick Reference Guide. This
document provides a non-normative quick reference guide to
the OWL 2 language. It also provides links to other
documents, including the OWL 2 Primer for language
introduction and examples, the OWL 2 Structural
Specification and Functional Syntax document for more
details of the functional syntax, and the OWL 2 New
Features and Rationale document for new feature
descriptions.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language XML Serialization. This
document specifies an XML serialization for OWL 2 that
mirrors its structural specification. An XML schema defines
this syntax and is available as a separate document, as
well as being included here.
* rdf:PlainLiteral: A Datatype for RDF Plain Literals. This
document presents the specification of a primitive datatype
for the plain literals of RDF.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Primer. This primer provides an
approachable introduction to OWL 2, including orientation
for those coming from other disciplines, a running example
showing how OWL 2 can be used to represent first simple
information and then more complex information, how OWL 2
manages ontologies, and finally the distinctions between
the various sublanguages of OWL 2.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Manchester Syntax. This Working
Group Note of The Manchester syntax is a user-friendly
compact syntax for OWL 2 ontologies; it is frame-based, as
opposed to the axiom-based other syntaxes for OWL 2. The
Manchester Syntax is used in the OWL 2 Primer, and this
document provides the language used there. It is expected
that tools will extend the Manchester Syntax for their own
purposes, and tool builders may collaboratively extend the
common language.
* OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Data Range Extension: Linear
Equations. This Working Group Note specifies a syntax and
semantics for incorporating linear equations with rational
coefficients solved in the reals in OWL 2.
Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Push API Draft Published
18 October 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9604
The Web Applications Working Group has published the First
Public Working Draft of "Push API." This specification defines
a “Push API” that provides webapps with scripted access to
server-sent application data, for simplicity referred to here
as "Push messages" as delivered by "Push services". Push
services are a way for application servers to send messages to
webapps, whether or not the webapp is active in a browser
window. The specific method to be used by a webapp is either
selected by the user through selecting a Web Intent Push
Service provider, or by the browser. The Push API is defined to
promote compatibility with any underlying delivery method.
Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-push-api-20121018/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Last Call: XML Signature 1.1 and XML Encryption 1.1
18 October 2012 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9603
The XML Security Working Group has published today two Last
Call Working Drafts, as well as two Working Group Notes in
conjunction with these:
http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/
* XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 1.1. This
document specifies XML digital signature processing rules
and syntax. XML Signatures provide integrity, message
authentication, and/or signer authentication services for
data of any type, whether located within the XML that
includes the signature or elsewhere. Comments are welcome
through 08 November.
* XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1. This
document specifies a process for encrypting data and
representing the result in XML. The data may be in a
variety of formats, including octet streams and other
unstructured data, or structured data formats such as XML
documents, an XML element, or XML element content. The
result of encrypting data is an XML Encryption element that
contains or references the cipher data. Comments are
welcome through 08 November.
* Functional Explanation of Changes in XML Signature 1.1.
This document provides a summary of non-editorial changes
in XML Signature 1.1 from the XML Signature Second Edition
Recommendation.
* Functional Explanation of Changes in XML Encryption 1.1.
This document provides a summary of non-editorial changes
in XML Encryption 1.1 from the XML Encryption
Recommendation.
Learn more about the Security Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Security/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 2012-11-08 ( 8 NOV)
W3C Workshop on Web Performance
http://www.w3.org/2012/11/performance-workshop/
Mountain View, California
Google
There is a an industry-wide momentum towards adopting HTML5
and its series of companion specifications to deploy
applications based on the Open Web Platform. Some of those
applications are facing however challenges with regards to
their performances. While Web browsers are improving their
implementations on an ongoing basis, not all of those
performance issues are due to the speed of the
implementations. Participants will look at a broad range of
performance issues and how to address them.
* 2012-11-14 (14 NOV) – 2012-11-15 (15 NOV)
Shift into High Gear on the Web: W3C Workshop on Web and
Automotive
http://www.w3.org/2012/08/web-and-automotive/
Rome, Italy
Hosted by Intel and Sponsored by Webinos
W3C’s Open Web Platform (OWP) is driving this and other
industry transformations. The promise of the early
information superhighway is being fulfilled. Whether
tethering a driver’s smartphone or tablet to work with a
car--or embedding technology into the car itself--there’s
no need to reinvent the wheel. The Web can take you there.
Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to
share their own perspectives, requirements, and ideas to
ensure that emerging global technology standards meet the
needs of the Web and Automotive industries.
* 2012-11-26 (26 NOV) – 2012-11-27 (27 NOV)
Do Not Track and Beyond
http://www.w3.org/2012/dnt-ws/
Berkeley, California
Hosted by UC Berkeley and TRUST Science and Technology
Center
This workshop serves as a forum for the W3C membership and
the public to discuss the Consortium's next steps in the
area of tracking protection and Web privacy. What have we
learned from Do Not Track standardization and real-world
implementations? Furthermore, undoubtedly support for
privacy on the Web platform cannot end with Do Not Track:
what should we look at next and beyond DNT?
* 2013-03-12 (12 MAR) – 2013-03-13 (13 MAR)
Making the Multilingual Web Work
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/en/documents/rome-workshop/ro
me-cfp
Rome, Italy
Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO).
The MultilingualWeb community develops and promotes best
practices and standards related to all aspects of creating,
localizing, and deploying the Web across boundaries of
language. It aims to raise the visibility of existing best
practices and standards for dealing with language on the
Internet and on identifying and resolving gaps that keep
the Internet from living up to its global potential.
W3C Blog
* None. Read the W3C Blog Archives
http://www.w3.org/QA/
Upcoming Talks
* 2012-10-22 (22 OCT)
Internationalization: An Introduction
http://inter-locale.com/demos/iuc36
by Addison Phillips
36th Internationalization and Unicode Conference
http://unicodeconference.org
Santa Clara, CA, USA
* 2012-10-22 (22 OCT)
Internationalizing the Kindle Paperwhite
http://inter-locale.com/demos/iuc36
by Addison Phillips
36th Internationalization and Unicode Conference
http://unicodeconference.org
Santa Clara, CA, USA
* 2012-10-26 (26 OCT)
End-to-end W3C API support
by Alexandre Morgaut
JS.everywhere(2012)
http://jseverywhere.org
San Jose, CA, USA
* 2012-11-08 (8 NOV)
How recent approaches to metadata is improving the web
http://www.w3c.se/resources/office/talks/20121108/
by Olle Olsson
J.Boye12 - Web & Intranet Conference
http://aarhus12.jboye.com/
Aarhus, Denmark
* 2012-11-17 (17 NOV)
End-to-end W3C API support
by Alexandre Morgaut
JS.everywhere(2012) Europe
http://jseverywhere.eu
Paris, France
* 2012-11-20 (20 NOV)
Why HTML5?
http://www.w3.org/2012/Talks/1120-owp-plh/
by Philippe Le Hégaret
HTML5FEST 2012
http://www.w3c.org.il/HTML5fest/2012/
Kfar maccabiah, Ramat Gan, Israel
* 2012-11-24 (24 NOV)
HTML5 and CSS
by Bert Bos
Web Standards Days
http://webstandardsdays.ru/
Moscow, Russia
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