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CSV on the Web Recommendations Published
17 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5232>
The CSV on the Web Working Group has published four
Recommendations:
<https://www.w3.org/2013/csvw/wiki/Main_Page>
* Model for Tabular Data and Metadata on the Web: An abstract
model for tabular data, and how to locate metadata that
enables users to better understand what the data holds. This
specification also contains non-normative guidance on how to
parse CSV files.
* Metadata Vocabulary for Tabular Data: A JSON-based format for
expressing metadata about tabular data to inform validation,
conversion, display and data entry for tabular data.
* Generating JSON from Tabular Data on the Web: For how to
convert tabular data into JSON.
* Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the Web: For how to
convert tabular data into RDF.
The group plans to publish a Primer at a later time to help users
using these technologies.
Spatial Data on the Web Use Cases and Requirements Note Published
17 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5241>
The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group has published a Group
Note of "Spatial Data on the Web Use Cases & Requirements." This
document describes use cases that demand a combination of
geospatial and non-geospatial data sources and techniques. It
underpins the collaborative work of the Spatial Data on the Web
Working Groups operated by both W3C and OGC.
<https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/NOTE-sdw-ucr-20151217/>
W3C Invites Implementation of XPath 3.1; XSLT and XQuery Serialization
3.1
17 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5229>
The XML Query Working Group and the XSLT Working Group invite
implementation of the following Candidate Recommendations:
<http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/>
<https://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/>
* XML Path Language (XPath) 3.1: XPath 3.1 is an expression
language that allows the processing of values conforming to
the data model defined in XQuery and XPath Data Model (XDM)
3.1. The data model provides a tree representation of XML
documents as well as atomic values such as integers, strings,
and booleans, and sequences that may contain both references
to nodes in an XML document and atomic values.
* XSLT and XQuery Serialization 3.1: This document defines
serialization of an instance of the data model as defined in
XQuery and XPath Data Model (XDM) 3.1 into a sequence of
octets. Serialization is designed to be a component that can
be used by other specifications such as XSL Transformations
(XSLT) Version 3.0 or XQuery 3.1: An XML Query Language.
W3C Invites Implementations of XQuery 3.1: An XML Query Language
17 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5227>
The XML Query Working Group invites implementation of the
Candidate Recommendation of "XQuery 3.1: An XML Query Language."
XML is a versatile markup language, capable of labeling the
information content of diverse data sources including structured
and semi-structured documents, relational databases, and object
repositories. A query language that uses the structure of XML
intelligently can express queries across all these kinds of data,
whether physically stored in XML or viewed as XML via middleware.
This specification describes a query language called XQuery, which
is designed to be broadly applicable across many types of XML data
sources.
<https://www.w3.org/XML/Query/>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/CR-xquery-31-20151217/>
Two Drafts Published by the Data on the Web Best Practices WG
17 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5245>
The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group has published two
Working Drafts:
<https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/>
* Data on the Web Best Practices: Data Quality Vocabulary: This
document provides a framework in which the quality of a
dataset can be described, whether by the dataset publisher or
by a broader community of users. It does not provide a formal,
complete definition of quality, rather, it sets out a
consistent means by which information can be provided such
that a potential user of a dataset can make his/her own
judgment about its fitness for purpose.
* Data on the Web Best Practices: This document provides best
practices related to the publication and usage of data on the
Web designed to help support a self-sustaining ecosystem. Data
should be discoverable and understandable by humans and
machines. Where data is used in some way, whether by the
originator of the data or by an external party, such usage
should also be discoverable and the efforts of the data
publisher recognized. In short, following these best practices
will facilitate interaction between publishers and consumers.
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and UAAG 2.0 Reference Working
Group Note
15 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5224>
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) has
published "User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG 2.0)" and
"UAAG 2.0 Reference" as W3C Working Group Notes. UAAG 2.0 defines
how browsers, extensions, media players, and other “user agents”
should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work
with assistive technologies. UAAG 2.0 is complete, and provides
practical guidance for browsers and user agents. Implementations
for UAAG 2.0 features have been identified, but not formally
tested. Although W3C does not have plans at this time to advance
UAAG 2.0 to Recommendation, the need and opportunity to improve
accessibility in user agents still exists. UAAG 2.0 provides
specific accessibility guidance for user agent developers who want
to build a better user experience for all.
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20-Reference/>
First Public Working Drafts: CSP: Cookie Controls; Embedded Enforcement
15 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5214>
The Web Application Security Working Group has published two
Working Drafts:
<https://www.w3.org/2011/webappsec/>
* Content Security Policy: Cookie Controls: This document
defines mechanisms by which web developers can limit the ways
in which cookies may be set in the context of their sites and
applications.
* Content Security Policy: Embedded Enforcement: This document
defines a mechanism by which a web page can embed a nested
browsing context if and only if it agrees to enforce a
particular set of restrictions upon itself.
W3C Invites Implementation of CSS Writing Modes Level 3
15 December 2015
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5222>
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites
implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Writing
Modes Level 3." CSS Writing Modes Level 3 defines CSS features to
support for various international writing modes, such as
left-to-right (e.g. Latin or Indic), right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew or
Arabic), bidirectional (e.g. mixed Latin and Arabic) and vertical
(e.g. Asian scripts).
<https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/CR-css-writing-modes-3-20151215/>
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