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- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 23:45:00 -0400
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2013-08-12 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20130812
A simplified plain text version is available below.
Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Web Storage is a W3C Recommendation
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9904
The Web Applications Working Group has published a W3C
Recommendation of "Web Storage." This specification defines an
API for persistent data storage of key-value pair data in Web
clients. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-webstorage-20130730/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
HTML5 and Canvas 2D Candidate Recommendations Updated by the HTML
Working Group
06 August 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9911
The HTML Working Group updated two Candidate Recommendations
today:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
* HTML5, which defines the 5th major revision of the core
language of the World Wide Web, the Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML). In this version, new features are
introduced to help Web application authors, new elements
are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring
practices, and special attention has been given to defining
clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to
improve interoperability.
* HTML Canvas 2D Context, which defines the 2D Context for
the HTML canvas element. The 2D Context provides objects,
methods, and properties to draw and manipulate graphics on
a canvas drawing surface.
Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
W3C Highlights - August 2013
01 August 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9910
Today, W3C published W3C Highlights - August 2013, a survey of
select recent work and upcoming priorities. The report
includes: progress and work ahead in making the Open Web
Platform a success on mobile devices, news in Web for All areas
like accessibility and internationalization, how W3C is
collaborating more closely with various industries that are
being transformed by the Web, liaison updates, and new
opportunities for more people to get involved in W3C.
http://www.w3.org/2013/08/w3c-highlights/
W3C Invites Implementations of CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3
01 August 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9908
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites
implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Text
Decoration Module Level 3." This module contains the features
of CSS relating to text decoration, such as underlines, text
shadows, and emphasis marks. CSS is a language for describing
the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on
screen, on paper, in speech, etc. Learn more about the Style
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-css-text-decor-3-20130801/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
Three Notes and a Last Call Draft Published by the Government Linked
Data Working Group
01 August 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9907
The Government Linked Data Working Group has published three
Group Notes and a Last Call Working Draft today:
http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/
* Group Note of Use Cases and Lessons for the Data Cube
Vocabulary. Many national, regional and local governments,
as well as other organizations in- and outside of the
public sector, collect numeric data and aggregate this data
into statistics. There is a need to publish these
statistics in a standardized, machine-readable way on the
Web, so that they can be freely integrated and reused in
consuming applications.
* Group Note of Registered Organization Vocabulary. The
Registered Organization Vocabulary is a profile of the
Organization Ontology for describing organizations that
have gained legal entity status through a formal
registration process, typically in a national or regional
register.
* Group Note of Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS).
ADMS is a profile of DCAT, used to describe semantic assets
(or just 'Assets'), defined as highly reusable metadata
(e.g. xml schemata, generic data models) and reference data
(e.g. code lists, taxonomies, dictionaries, vocabularies)
that are used for eGovernment system development.
* Last Call Working Draft of Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT).
DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate
interoperability between data catalogs published on the
Web. This document defines the schema and provides examples
for its use. Comments are welcome through 30 August.
Learn more about the eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
Last Call: State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for
Control Abstraction
01 August 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9906
The Voice Browser Working Group has published a Last Call
Working Draft of "State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine
Notation for Control Abstraction." This document describes
SCXML, or the "State Chart extensible Markup Language". SCXML
provides a generic state-machine based execution environment
based on CCXML and Harel State Tables. Comments are welcome
through 27 September. Learn more about the Voice Browser
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-scxml-20130801/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Web and TV Interest Group Rechartered with New Mission
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9905
W3C has just rechartered its Web and TV Interest Group. The
Interest Group has been the primary driver for the inclusion of
television industry features in core standards, e.g. Encrypted
Media Extensions, Media Source Extensions, and multi-track HTML
video and audio. After an initial wave of specifications, the
Interest Group has created new task forces and is recharted
with new mission to focus on:
http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/
http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/Main_Page#Task_Forces
* Testing
* Media API (covering Recording and downloading, Terminal
capabilities and Metadata)
* Stereoscopic 3D
* Timed text/captions
The Interest Group also liaises with several organizations
developing TV standards, software and tests for the next
generation of network-enabled TV sets, including OIPF, MMI, and
HbbTV, thus raising awareness of W3C work in this converging
market. See the group's charter for more information. Learn
more about Web and TV at W3C.
http://www.w3.org/2012/11/webTVIGcharter
http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/
IndieUI: Events (for Mobile and More) Working Draft Published
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9903
The IndieUI Working Group today published an updated Working
Draft of "IndieUI: Events 1.0" - Events for User Interface
Independence. IndieUI defines a way for different user
interactions to be translated into simple events and
communicated to Web applications. (For example, if a user wants
to scroll down a page, they might use their finger on a touch
screen, or click a scroll bar with a mouse, or use a scroll
wheel, or say 'scroll down' with a voice command. With IndieUI,
these are all sent to the Web app as simply: scroll down.)
IndieUI will make it easier for Web applications to work in a
wide range of contexts — different devices (such as mobile
phones and tablets), different assistive technologies (AT),
different user needs. With IndieUI, Web application developers
will have a uniform way to design applications that work for
multiple devices and contexts. Comments on this Draft are
encouraged by 13 September 2013. Learn more from the IndieUI
Overview and the Call for Review e-mail; and read about the Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-indie-ui-events-20130730/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/indieui
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2013JulSep/0026
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Last Call: Linked Data Platform 1.0
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9902
The Linked Data Platform (LDP) Working Group has published a
Last Call Working Draft of "Linked Data Platform 1.0." This
document describes a set of best practices and simple approach
for a read-write Linked Data architecture, based on HTTP access
to web resources that describe their state using the RDF data
model. Comments are welcome through 02 September. Learn more
about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2012/ldp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-ldp-20130730/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
Updated Candidate Recommendation of CSS Values and Units Module Level
3
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9901
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites
implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Values
and Units Module Level 3." The new version reflects minor
updates. This CSS3 module describes the common values and units
that CSS properties accept and the syntax used for describing
them in CSS property definitions. Learn more about the Style
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-css3-values-20130730/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
Last Call: CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 3
30 July 2013 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9900
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a
Last Call Working Draft of "CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level
3." This CSS module describes how to collate style rules and
assign values to all properties on all elements. By way of
cascading and inheritance, values are propagated for all
properties on all elements. Comments are welcome through 22
August. Learn more about the Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css-cascade-3-20130730/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive
Workshops
* 2013-09-10 (10 SEP) – 2013-09-11 (11 SEP)
RDF Validation Workshop - Practical Assurances for Quality
RDF Data
https://www.w3.org/2012/12/rdf-val/
Cambridge, MA
Hosted by MIT
* 2013-09-16 (16 SEP) – 2013-09-17 (17 SEP)
Publishing and the Open Web Platform
http://www.w3.org/2012/12/global-publisher/
Paris, France
Hosted by the Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation (IRI)
W3C Blog
* Interview: YarcData on Big Data and Semantic Web with
Shoaib Mufti
http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/08/interview_yarcdata_on_big_data
11 August 2013 by Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
* News from the Automotive and Web Platform Business Group
http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/08/automotive_and_web_platform_bu
9 August 2013 by Bernard Gidon
https://www.w3.org/Team/Bgidon/
* W3C Highlights
http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/08/w3c_highlights
1 August 2013 by Jeff Jaffe
http://www.w3.org/People/Jeff/
Upcoming Talks
* 2013-09-02 (2 SEP)
Introduction to Linked Open Data
http://www.w3.org/2013/Talks/0902-Lisbon-IH/#talk
by Ivan Herman
DC-2013 Conference
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013
Lisbon, Portugal
* 2013-10-03 (3 OCT)
Information technology standardisation - theory and
practice
http://www.w3c.se/resources/office/talks/20131003/
by Olle Olsson
course "Law and ICT"
Stockholm, Sweden
* 2013-10-10 (10 OCT)
Livre Électronique et Standard du Web
by Daniel Glazman
Paris Web 2013
http://www.paris-web.fr/
Paris, France
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