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- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 18:00:29 -0500
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Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,
The 2014-03-03 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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W3C Showcases the Open Web Platform and Web 25th Anniversary at
Mobile World Congress 2014
18 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3674
[] The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) invites media, analysts,
and other attendees of Mobile World Congress to meet with us in
App Planet, Stand 8.1G15 and learn how the Open Web Platform is
transforming industry. CEO Jeff Jaffe, W3C staff, and
participating W3C Members will be available as expert resources
for media stories and analyst reports on how the Web is
impacting mobile, television, advertising, publishing,
automotive, health care, and other industries.
http://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/
http://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/bios
We will showcase many Open Web Platform demonstrations from
Baidu, Ericsson, Espial, Igalia, Intel, Klickfilm, Kolor,
Mozilla, Opera, and Zaragoza. Be sure to check W3C’s
up-to-the-minute demo schedule.
http://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/#demos
http://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/#schedule
This year we also invite everyone to help us mark two special
occasions: the Web’s 25th anniversary and W3C’s 20th
anniversary.
Read the full press release and come meet with us at the booth.
http://www.w3.org/2014/02/mwc2014.html.en
RDF 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation
25 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3701
The RDF Working Group has published today a set of eight
Resource Description Framework (RDF) Recommendations:
http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/
* “RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax” defines an abstract
syntax (a data model) which serves to link all RDF-based
languages and specifications. The abstract syntax has two
key data structures: RDF graphs are sets of
subject-predicate-object triples, where the elements may be
IRIs, blank nodes, or datatyped literals. They are used to
express descriptions of resources. RDF datasets are used to
organize collections of RDF graphs, and comprise a default
graph and zero or more named graphs.
* “RDF 1.1 Semantics” describes a precise semantics for the
Resource Description Framework 1.1 and RDF Schema, and
defines a number of distinct entailment regimes and
corresponding patterns of entailment.
* “RDF Schema 1.1″ provides a data-modelling vocabulary for
RDF data. RDF Schema is an extension of the basic RDF
vocabulary.
* “RDF 1.1 Turtle: defines a textual syntax for RDF called
Turtle that allows an RDF graph to be completely written in
a compact and natural text form, with abbreviations for
common usage patterns and datatypes. Turtle provides levels
of compatibility with the N-Triples format as well as the
triple pattern syntax of the SPARQL W3C Recommendation.
* “RDF 1.1 TriG RDF Dataset Language” defines a textual
syntax for RDF called TriG that allows an RDF dataset to be
completely written in a compact and natural text form, with
abbreviations for common usage patterns and datatypes. TriG
is an extension of the Turtle format.
* “RDF 1.1 N-Triples” is a line-based, plain text format for
encoding an RDF graph.
* “RDF 1.1 N-Quads” is a line-based, plain text format for
encoding an RDF dataset.
* “RDF 1.1 XML Syntax” defines an XML syntax for RDF called
RDF/XML in terms of Namespaces in XML, the XML Information
Set and XML Base.
Furthermore, the Working Group has also published four Working
Group Notes:
* “RDF 1.1 Primer” provides a tutorial level introduction to
RDF 1.1.
* The RDF 1.1 Concepts, Semantics, Schema, and XML Syntax
documents supercede the RDF family of Recommendations as
published in 2004. “What’s New in RDF 1.1″ provides a
summary of the changes between the two versions of RDF.
* “RDF 1.1: On Semantics of RDF Datasets” presents some
issues to be addressed when defining a formal semantics for
datasets, as they have been discussed in the RDF 1.1
Working Group
* “RDF 1.1 Test Cases” lists the test suites and
implementation reports for RDF 1.1 Semantics as well as the
various serialization formats.
Learn more about the Data Activity.
https://www.w3.org/2013/data/
Gamepad Draft Published
25 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3695
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Gamepad." The Gamepad specification defines a
low-level interface that represents gamepad devices. Currently,
the only way for a gamepad to be used as input would be to
emulate mouse or keyboard events, however this would lose
information and require additional software outside of the user
agent to accomplish emulation. The Gamepad API provides a
solution to this problem by specifying interfaces that allow
web applications to directly act on gamepad data. Learn more
about the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-gamepad-20140225/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Register during MWC14 and get a special rate for the W3C mobile Web
apps course
24 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3692
Registration just opened for W3C’s Mobile Web 2: Programming
Applications online course. W3C is offering a special price for
the duration of Mobile Web Congress, where W3C is exhibiting in
Hall 8.1. The course starts 31 March 2014 and runs through 11
May. This course covers all techniques for programming
successful mobile Web applications that can ship both online
and in application stores. Participants have access to high
quality content material and step-by-step instruction from
expert – Niall Roche. Learn more about W3DevCampus, W3C’s
online training for Web developers.
http://classroom.w3devcampus.com/enrol/index.php?id=69
http://www.w3devcampus.com/writing-great-web-applications-for-m
obile/
http://classroom.w3devcampus.com/enrol/index.php?id=69
https://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/
http://www.w3devcampus.com/niall-roche/
http://classroom.w3devcampus.com/
W3C Invites Implementations of CSS Syntax Module Level 3
20 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3690
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites
implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Syntax
Module Level 3." This module describes, in general terms, the
basic structure and syntax of CSS stylesheets. It defines, in
detail, the syntax and parsing of CSS – how to turn a stream of
bytes into a meaningful stylesheet. 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/2014/CR-css-syntax-3-20140220/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
W3C Invites Implementations of Compositing and Blending Level 1
20 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3688
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group and the SVG
Working Group invite implementation of the Candidate
Recommendation 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 and CSS
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; compositing groups. In addition, this specification
will define CSS properties for blending and group isolation and
the properties of the ‘globalcompositeoperation’ attribute as
defined in HTML Canvas 2D Context, Level 2. Learn more about
the Style Activity and the Graphics Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-compositing-1-20140220/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/
The Screen Orientation API Draft Published
20 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3686
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "The Screen Orientation API." The Screen Orientation
API provides the ability to read the screen orientation state,
to be informed when this state changes, and to be able to lock
the screen orientation to a specific state. Learn more about
the Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-screen-orientation-20140220/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
Network Service Discovery Draft Published
20 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3683
The Device APIs Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"Network Service Discovery." This specification defines a
mechanism for an HTML document to discover and subsequently
communicate with HTTP-based services advertised via common
discovery protocols within the current network. Learn more
about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-discovery-api-20140220/
http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/
CSS Font Loading Level 3, CSS Display Level 3 First Public Working
Drafts Published
20 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3680
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published
two First Public Working Drafts today:
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
* CSS Font Loading Module Level 3. This CSS module describes
events and interfaces used for dynamically loading font
resources.
* CSS Display Module Level 3. This module contains the
features of CSS relating to the display property and other
box-generation details. 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/
Good Practices for Capability URLs Draft Published
18 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3672
The Technical Architecture Group has published a Working Draft
of "Good Practices for Capability URLs." Capability URLs grant
access to a resource to anyone who has the URL. There are times
when this is useful, for example one-shot password reset URLs,
but overuse can be problematic as URLs cannot generally be kept
secret. This document provides some good practices for web
developers who wish to incorporate capability URLs into their
applications. Learn more about the Technical Architecture
Group.
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-capability-urls-20140218/
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/
Encrypted Media Extensions Draft Published
18 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3670
The HTML Working Group has published a Working Draft of
"Encrypted Media Extensions." This proposal extends
HTMLMediaElement providing APIs to control playback of
protected content. The API supports use cases ranging from
simple clear key decryption to high value video (given an
appropriate user agent implementation). License/key exchange is
controlled by the application. This specification does not
define a content protection or Digital Rights Management
system. Rather, it defines a common API that may be used to
discover, select and interact with such systems as well as with
simpler content encryption systems. Learn more about the HTML
Activity.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-encrypted-media-20140218/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
CSS Regions Module Level 1 Draft Published
18 February 2014 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3668
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a
Working Draft of "CSS Regions Module Level 1." The CSS Regions
module allows content from one or more elements to flow through
one or more boxes called CSS Regions, fragmented as defined in
CSS3-BREAK. This module also defines CSSOM to expose both the
inputs and outputs of this fragmentation. Learn more about the
Style Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-css3-regions-20140218/
http://www.w3.org/Style/
More news: http://www.w3.org/blog/news/
Workshops
* 2014-03-05 ( 5 MAR) – 2014-03-06 ( 6 MAR)
Linking Geospatial Data
http://www.w3.org/2014/03/lgd/
London
Co-organized by the UK Government, Ordnance Survey, the OGC
and Google.
Many data-driven applications have geospatial information
at their core. Very often the common factor across multiple
data sets is the location data, and maps are crucial in
visualizing correlations between data sets that may
otherwise be hidden. How can geographic information best be
integrated with other data on the Web? How can we discover
that different facts in different data sets relate to the
same place, especially when 'place' can be expressed in
different ways and at different levels of granularity? It's
this desire to work with multiple data sets in different
formats about different topics and link those with the
powerful technologies used in geospatial information
systems that is behind the linking geospatial data
workshop.
* 2014-03-12 (12 MAR) – 2014-03-13 (13 MAR)
Fourth W3C Web and TV Workshop: Web and TV Convergence
https://www.w3.org/2013/10/tv-workshop/
Munich, Germany
Hosted by IRT
With HTML5 well on its way to standardization in 2014, and
a new effort on HTML 5.1 recently launched, it is time to
have fresh look at the current state of the art in order to
identify remaining roadblocks for the use of Web technology
in broadcasting and the TV industry. The goal of this
workshop is to assemble key players from TV and the Web
industry to discuss the important questions of Web and TV
convergence, and how standardization can help across the
globe.
* 2014-03-24 (24 MAR) – 2014-03-25 (25 MAR)
Workshop on Web Payments: How do you want to pay?
http://www.w3.org/2013/10/payments/
Paris, France
Hosted by Ingenico
This workshop seeks to make it easier to monetize open Web
applications, as an effective alternative to proprietary
native app ecosystems. In essence, we would like to improve
the end user experience and give users greater freedom in
how they pay, to reduce the burden on developers and
merchants, and to create a level playing field for
competing payment solutions providers large and small.
* 2014-04-02 ( 2 APR)
Footnotes, comments, bookmarks, and marginalia on the Web,
A W3C Workshop on Annotations
http://www.w3.org/2014/04/annotation/
San Francisco, USA
Hosted by Hypothes.is
* 2014-05-07 ( 7 MAY) – 2014-05-08 ( 8 MAY)
Seventh MultilingualWeb Workshop: New Horizons for the
Multilingual Web
http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/2014-madrid-worksho
p/2014-madrid-cfp
Madrid, Spain
Hosted by UPM
As with previous MultilingualWeb events, this workshop will
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. This workshop will
emphasize new technology developments that may lead to new
opportunities for the Multilingual Web. A unique
proposition of the workshop is that it brings together
speakers and provides opportunities for networking across a
wide range of communities to produce a holistic view of the
problems faced in developing and deploying multilingual
content and applications on the Web.
W3C Blog
* W3C Password Reset
http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/03/w3c-password/
1 March 2014 by Ted Guild
http://www.w3.org/People/Ted/
* This week at W3C: Open Data promotion in Japan, RDF is 15
and RDF 1.1 became a Rec, Microsoft to implement WebDriver,
etc.
http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/02/this-week-at-w3c-open-data-p
romotion-in-japan-rdf-is-15-and-rdf-1-1-became-a-rec-micros
oft-to-implement-webdriver-etc/
28 February 2014 by Coralie Mercier
http://coraliemercier.wordpress.com/
* This week at W3C: JavaScript and HTML5 W3C Training, CSS
Regions Published, Net Neutrality, etc.
http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/02/this-week-at-w3c-javascript-
and-html5-w3c-training-css-regions-published-net-neutrality
-etc/
21 February 2014 by Coralie Mercier
http://coraliemercier.wordpress.com/
Upcoming Talks
* 2014-03-03 (3 MAR)
Developing rich multimodal mobile applications using W3C
Standards
Mobile Voice Conference
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/TalkFiles/2014/www.mobilevoicecon
ference.com
San Francisco, USA
* 2014-03-05 (5 MAR)
Technologies, Tools, and Standards for Multimodal
Application Development
by Deborah Dahl
Mobile Voice Conference
http://mobilevoiceconference.com/
San Francisco, USA
* 2014-03-20 (20 MAR)
Internet, the next 25 years
http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2014/03-20-internet/
by Steven Pemberton
IT School
http://www.itschool.am/en/
Yerevan, Armenia
* 2014-03-29 (29 MAR)
Entendendo a Web Semântica
http://www.slideshare.net/Yasodara/web-semntica-uma-introdu
o
keynote by Yasodara Córdova
Encontro Nacional de Mulheres na Tecnologia
http://mulheresnatecnologia.org/encontro2014
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
* 2014-04-03 (3 APR)
Coloured glyphs in OpenType
by Chris Lilley
Libre Graphics Meeting
http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/about/
Leipzig, Germany
* 2014-04-08 (8 APR)
HTML5 for Auto: Already Here or Still Arriving?
by Philipp Hoschka
Content and Apps for Automotive Europe 2014
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/contenteu/?utm_source=W3C&u
tm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=2513
Munich, Germany
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