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- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 13:07:46 -0400
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http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20150406
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W3C Communications Team
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W3C launches First HTML5 Course in new partnership with edX
31 March 2015
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4536>
[] In support of its on-going commitment to developer training
programs, the W3C today announced a new member partnership with
edX on its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform under the
name W3Cx. The W3Cx courses mean that thousands of developers
around the world will have greater access to high quality
training programs developed by W3C.
<https://www.edx.org/school/w3cx?utm_source=w3c&utm_medium=AdUn
it&utm_content=SchoolPage&utm_campaign=SchoolPage>
<https://www.edx.org/school/w3cx?utm_source=w3c&utm_medium=AdUn
it&utm_content=SchoolPage&utm_campaign=SchoolPage>
The first W3Cx course, HTML5-part 1, will focus on Web design
fundamentals at an intermediate level. It is widely recognized
that HTML5 is and will be the essential technology for
organizations delivering applications across multiple
platforms. HTML5-part 1 will be taught by Michel Buffa
Professor at the University of Côte d’Azur (UFR Sciences). Read
the course description and register for the W3Cx course
HTML5-part 1 which starts 1 June 2015. To learn more, read the
press release.
<https://www.edx.org/course/learn-html5-w3c-w3cx-html5-1x?utm_s
ource=w3c&utm_medium=AdUnit&utm_content=CoursePage&utm_campaign
=CoursePage>
<https://www.edx.org/course/learn-html5-w3c-w3cx-html5-1x?utm_s
ource=w3c&utm_medium=AdUnit&utm_content=CoursePage&utm_campaign
=CoursePage>
<https://www.w3.org/2015/03/w3cx-launch.html.en>
Tracking Compliance and Scope Draft Published
31 March 2015
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4538>
The Tracking Protection Working Group has published a Working
Draft of "Tracking Compliance and Scope." This specification
defines a set of practices for compliance with a user’s Do Not
Track (DNT) tracking preference to which a server may claim
adherence. Learn more about the Privacy Activity.
<http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-tracking-compliance-20150331/>
<http://www.w3.org/Privacy/>
Updated Candidate Recommendation of Media Source Extensions;
Encrypted Media Extensions Draft Published
31 March 2015
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4540>
The HTML Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate
Recommendation of "Media Source Extensions." This
specification extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to
generate media streams for playback. Allowing JavaScript to
generate streams facilitates a variety of use cases like
adaptive streaming and time shifting live streams.
<http://www.w3.org/html/wg/>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/CR-media-source-20150331/>
The group also published a Working Draft of "Encrypted Media
Extensions." This proposal extends HTMLMediaElement HTML5
providing APIs to control playback of protected content. Learn
more about the HTML Activity.
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-encrypted-media-20150331/>
<http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity>
More news: <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/>
Workshops
* 2015-04-29 (29 APR)
Eighth MultilingualWeb Workshop: Data, content and services
for the Multilingual Web
<http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/2015-riga-workshop
/2015-riga-cfp>
Riga, Latvia
In this workshop we wish to consider a wide spectrum of
issues, ranging from blogs and social networking sites, to
localization of large corporate or organizational
enterprises. We are particularly interested in speakers who
can identify gaps in standards and best practices related
to the mutilingual Web, and propose opportunities for
addressing those.
* 2015-04-29 (29 APR) – 2015-04-30 (30 APR)
W3C Workshop on Digital Marketing
<http://www.w3.org/2015/01/digital-marketing-workshop>
Tampa, Florida (USA)
Hosted by Nielsen
W3C Blog
* None. Read the W3C Blog Archives
<http://www.w3.org/blog/>
Upcoming Talks
* 2015-04-14 (14 APR)
Web Accessibility for People with Cognitive Disabilities
by Deborah Dahl
Philly Tech Week -- EvoHaX
<http://www.evohax.com/>
Philadelphia, PA, USA
* 2015-04-18 (18 APR)
20 years of CSS:
maturity or senility?
by Daniel Glazman
Bulgaria Web Summit 2015
<http://bulgariawebsummit.com/>
Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria
* 2015-04-21 (21 APR)
Natural Language Interaction with the Web of Things
by Deborah Dahl
Mobile Voice Conference 2015
<http://mobilevoiceconference.com/index>
San Jose, California, USA
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New Members
* Citrix
* Helms Enterprise
* National Payments Corporation of India
* SAP SE
* The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association
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