W3C Public Newsletter, 2013-10-14

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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team

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Internet/Web Organizations Issue Montevideo Statement on the Future
of Internet Cooperation

   7 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3298

   The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of
   the Internet technical infrastructure globally met in
   Montevideo, Uruguay, to consider current issues affecting the
   future of the Internet. They issued today a Montevideo
   Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation, signed by
   African Network Information Center (AFRINIC), American Registry
   for Internet Numbers (ARIN), Asia-Pacific Network Information
   Centre (APNIC), Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet
   Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Internet
   Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Society (ISOC), Latin
   America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC),
   Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC),
   W3C. For related information, see Open Stand, a movement
   dedicated to promoting a proven set of principles that
   establish The Modern Paradigm for Standards.

   http://www.w3.org/2013/10/montevideo.html.en
   http://open-stand.org/

Last Call: Compositing and Blending Level 1

   11 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3312

   The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group and the SVG
   Working Group have published a Last Call Working Draft of
   "Compositing and Blending Level 1." 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. Please send Last Call
   comments by 8 November 2013. Learn more about the Style
   Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
   http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-compositing-1-20131010/
   http://www.w3.org/Style/

Touch Events is a W3C Recommendation

   10 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3309

   The Web Events Working Group has published a W3C Recommendation
   of "Touch Events." The Touch Events specification defines a
   set of low-level events that represent one or more points of
   contact with a touch-sensitive surface, and changes of those
   points with respect to the surface and any DOM elements
   displayed upon it (e.g. for touch screens) or associated with
   it (e.g. for drawing tablets without displays). It also
   addresses pen-tablet devices, such as drawing tablets, with
   consideration toward stylus capabilities. Learn more about the
   Rich Web Client Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-touch-events-20131010/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

Last Call: CSS Text Module Level 3

   10 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3308

   The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a
   Last Call Working Draft of "CSS Text Module 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, and text
   transformation. Comments are welcome through 07 November. Learn
   more about the Style Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css-text-3-20131010/
   http://www.w3.org/Style/

Web Audio API Draft Published

   10 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3306

   The Audio Working Group has published a Working Draft of "Web
   Audio API." This specification describes a high-level
   JavaScript API for processing and synthesizing audio in web
   applications. The primary paradigm is of an audio routing
   graph, where a number of AudioNode objects are connected
   together to define the overall audio rendering. The actual
   processing will primarily take place in the underlying
   implementation (typically optimized Assembly / C / C++ code),
   but direct JavaScript processing and synthesis is also
   supported. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/2011/audio/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-webaudio-20131010/
   http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

W3C Invites Implementations of XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.1

   9 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3301

   The XML Core Working Group invites implementation of the
   Candidate Recommendation of "XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version
   1.1." Many programming languages provide an inclusion
   mechanism to facilitate modularity. Markup languages also often
   have need of such a mechanism. This specification introduces a
   generic mechanism for merging XML documents (as represented by
   their information sets) for use by applications that need such
   a facility. The syntax leverages existing XML constructs –
   elements, attributes, and URI references. Learn more about the
   Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-xinclude-11-20131008/
   http://www.w3.org/XML/

Use Cases and Exploratory Approaches for Ruby Markup Note Published

   9 October 2013 | Archive

   http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3300

   The Internationalization Working Group has published a Group
   Note of "Use Cases & Exploratory Approaches for Ruby Markup."
   This document was designed to support discussion about what is
   needed in the HTML5 specification, and possibly other markup
   vocabularies, to adequately support ruby markup. It describes a
   number of use cases associated with ruby usage, and then
   examines a number of possible ruby markup approaches for each
   use case, listing pros and cons for each approach. Learn more
   about the Internationalization Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/International/core/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/NOTE-ruby-use-cases-20131008/
   http://www.w3.org/International/

   More news: http://www.w3.org/blog/news/

Workshops

W3C Blog

     * This week at W3C: Encrypted Video and the Open Web, Touch
       Events is a W3C Standard, Auto industry turning to HTML5,
       etc.
       http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/this-week-at-w3c-encrypted-v
       ideo-and-the-open-web-touch-events-is-a-w3c-standard-auto-i
       ndustry-turning-to-html5-etc-2/
       11 October 2013 by Coralie Mercier
       http://coraliemercier.wordpress.com/
     * On Encrypted Video and the Open Web
       http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/on-encrypted-video-and-the-o
       pen-web/
       9 October 2013 by Tim Berners-Lee
       http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
     * Test the Web Forward Shenzhen @TPAC Nov 9 2013 –
       Registration now open!
       http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/test-the-web-forward-tpac-re
       gistration-now-open/
       9 October 2013 by Rebecca Hauck

Upcoming Talks

     * 2013-10-15 (15 OCT)
       Web Performance Working Group update
       http://www.w3.org/2013/Talks/1015-webperf-update/
       by Philippe Le Hégaret
       Velocity 2013 NYC
       http://velocityconf.com/velocityny2013
       New York, USA
     * 2013-10-16 (16 OCT)
       Linked Data - What's the Point?
       http://www.w3.org/2013/Talks/1016_phila_ldpoint/
       by Phil Archer
       International Open Access Conference @ EKT
       http://openaccess.gr/conferences/conference2013/
       Athens, Greece
     * 2013-10-16 (16 OCT)
       Standards for Web Applications on Mobile
       by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
       NETTAB 2013: Semantic, Social, and Mobile Applications for
       Bioinformatics and Biomedical Laboratories
       http://www.nettab.org/2013/
       Venice, Italy
     * 2013-10-23 (23 OCT)
       Everything is XML, XML is Everywhere (we just couldn't know
       it)
       http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2013/10-23-xml/
       keynote by Steven Pemberton
       XML Amsterdam
       http://www.xmlamsterdam.com/2013
       Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     * 2013-10-25 (25 OCT)
       JS in SMS
       by Alexandre Morgaut
       JS.everywhere(2013)
       http://jseverywhere.org
       San Francisco, USA
     * 2013-11-07 (7 NOV)
       Web and Mobile
       keynote by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
       MobiCASE 2013
       http://mobicase.org/2013/show/home
       Paris, France
     * 2013-11-13 (13 NOV)
       Cryptographic operations in the browser
       by Nick Van den Bleeken
       Devoxx
       http://www.devoxx.be/
       Antwerp, Belgium

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