W3C Public Newsletter, 2015-06-01

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W3Cx Opens First HTML5 Course

   1 June 2015
   <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4729>

   [] Today, W3C is pleased to open its first W3Cx course,
   HTML5-part 1. HTML5 contains powerful capabilities for
   Web-based applications with more interaction, video support,
   graphics, more styling effects, and a full set of APIs. HTML5
   is and will be the essential technology for organizations
   delivering applications across multiple platforms. For the next
   6 weeks, the HTML5 course will be taught by Michel Buffa,
   Professor at the University of Côte d’Azur (UFR Sciences). Read
   the course description and register! Learn lots and have fun!

   <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.edx.org/course/learn-html5-w3c-w3cx-html5-1x?utm_s
   ource=w3c&utm_medium=AdUnit&utm_content=CoursePage&utm_campaign
   =CoursePage>

W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board

   1 June 2015
   <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4727>

   The W3C Advisory Committee has filled five open seats on the
   W3C Advisory Board. Created in 1998, the Advisory Board
   provides guidance to the Team on issues of strategy,
   management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution.
   Beginning 1 July 2015, the nine Advisory Board participants are
   Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Michael Champion (Microsoft), Virginie
   Galindo (Gemalto), Jay (Junichi) Kishigami (NTT), Charles
   McCathieNevile (Yandex), Soohong Daniel Park (Samsung
   Electronics), David Singer (Apple), Chris Wilson (Google) and
   Judy Zhu (Alibaba). Many thanks to Art Barstow, whose term ends
   this month. Read more about the Advisory Board.

   <http://www.w3.org/2002/ab/>
   <http://www.w3.org/2002/ab/>

Call for Review: Geolocation API Specification Proposed Edited
Recommendation Published

   28 May 2015
   <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4725>

   The Geolocation Working Group has published a Proposed Edited
   Recommendation of "Geolocation API Specification." This
   specification defines an API that provides scripted access to
   geographical location information associated with the hosting
   device. Comments are welcome through 25 June. Learn more about
   the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

   <http://www.w3.org/2008/geolocation/>
   <http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/PER-geolocation-API-20150528/>
   <http://www.w3.org/2007/uwa/>

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

Workshops

W3C Blog

     * None. Read the W3C Blog Archives
       <http://www.w3.org/blog/>

Upcoming Talks

     * 2015-06-07 (7 JUN)
       XML Interfaces to the Internet of Things with XForms
       <http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks/2015/06-07-iot/>
       by Steven Pemberton
       XML London
       <http://xmllondon.com/>
       London, United Kingdom
     * 2015-06-12 (12 JUN)
       GIS and the Web – what&#039;s the problem?
       <http://www.w3.org/2015/Talks/0612_phila_agile/>
       keynote by Phil Archer
       AGILE 2015
       <http://www.agile-online.org/index.php/conference/conferenc
       e-2015?layout=edit&id=249>
       Lisbon, Portugal
     * 2015-06-18 (18 JUN)
       The convergence of EPUB and the Web
       by Ivan Herman
       Buchtage Berlin 2015
       <http://www.boersenverein.de/buchtage>
       Berlin, Germany

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