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Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4; CSS Exclusions Module Level 1
Drafts Published
15 January 2015 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4318
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published
two documents today:
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
* A First Public Working Draft of CSS Pseudo-Elements Module
Level 4. This CSS module defines pseudo-elements, abstract
elements that represent portions of the CSS render tree
that can be selected and styled.
* A Working Draft of CSS Exclusions Module Level 1. CSS
Exclusions define arbitrary areas around which inline
content can flow. CSS Exclusions can be defined on any CSS
block-level elements. CSS Exclusions extend the notion of
content wrapping previously limited to floats.
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/
IndieUI: Events (for Mobile and More) Updated Working Draft
15 January 2015 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4314
The IndieUI Working Group today published an updated Working
Draft of "IndieUI: Events 1.0" – Events for User Interface
Independence. This draft includes new events and a refined
technical model. IndieUI: Events 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 February 2015. Learn more from the IndieUI
Overview and the Updated Working Draft: IndieUI Events e-mail;
and read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-indie-ui-events-20150115/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/indieui
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2015JanMar/0009
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
First Public Working Draft: Packaging on the Web
15 January 2015 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4312
The Web Applications Working Group and the Technical
Architecture Group have published a First Public Working Draft
of "Packaging on the Web." This document describes an approach
for creating packages of files for use on the web. The approach
is to package them using a new application/package media type.
To access packages related to other files on the web, clients
that understand packages of files look for a Link header or (in
HTML documents) a <link> element with a new link relation of
package. Other formats may define format-specific mechanisms
for locating related packages. Learn more about the Rich Web
Client Activity and the Technical Architecture Group.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-web-packaging-20150115/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/Activity
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/
Cognitive Accessibility User Research published
15 January 2015 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4310
A First Public Working Draft of "Cognitive Accessibility User
Research" was published today by the Cognitive and Learning
Disabilities Accessibility Task Force, a joint task force of
the Protocols and Formats Working Group and the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group. This planned W3C
Working Group Note describes the challenges of using web
technologies for people with learning disabilities or cognitive
disabilities. It provides a basis for subsequent work to
develop strategies and techniques to improve accessibility for
these user groups. Learn more about the Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI).
http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-coga-user-research-20150115/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
W3C Invites Implementations of Compositing and Blending Level 1
(Updated)
13 January 2015 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4308
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group and the SVG
Working Group invite implementation of the updated 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/
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.
W3C Blog
* This week: W3C TAG election, HTML5 Japanese CG, W3C in
figures (2014), etc.
http://www.w3.org/blog/2015/01/this-week-w3c-tag-election-h
tml5-japanese-cg-w3c-in-figures-2014-etc/
16 January 2015 by Coralie Mercier
http://coraliemercier.wordpress.com/
Upcoming Talks
* 2015-01-20 (20 JAN)
Linked Open Data: a short introduction
http://www.w3c.it/talks/2015/lodjch/
by Oreste Signore
Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea -
CDEC onlus
http://www.cdec.it/home2_2.asp?idtesto=1529&idtesto1=1529
Roma, Italy
* 2015-01-20 (20 JAN)
Putting data at the heart of the Open Web Platform
http://www.w3.org/2015/Talks/0120_phila_ape/
keynote by Phil Archer
Academic Publishing in Europe
http://www.ape2015.eu/
Berlin, Germany
* 2015-01-22 (22 JAN)
Introduction to WebRTC
by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
WebRTC Info day
http://www.pole-scs.org/article/session-d%E2%80%99informati
on-sur-webrtc
Sophia-Antipolis, France
* 2015-01-22 (22 JAN)
Accessibility for the Win: Orchestrating Organizational
Buy-In
keynote by Shawn Henry
ConveyUX
http://conveyux.com/
Seattle, WA, USA
* 2015-01-22 (22 JAN)
Easy Checks for Web Accessibility - Get the Gist (No
Experience Needed)
by Shawn Henry
ConveyUX
http://conveyux.com/
Seattle, WA, USA
W3C Membership
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New Members
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* Merchant Advisory Group
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