W3C Public Newsletter, 2017-02-20

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Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices Note Published

   16 February 2017
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6144>

   The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group has published a Group Note of "Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices." This document advises on best practices related to the publication and usage of spatial data on the Web; the use of Web technologies as they may be applied to location. The best practices are intended for practitioners, including Web developers and geospatial experts, and are compiled based on evidence of real-world application. These best practices suggest a significant change of emphasis from traditional Spatial Data Infrastructures by adopting a Linked Data approach. As location is often the common factor across multiple datasets, spatial data is an especially useful addition to the Linked Data cloud; the 5 Stars of Linked Data paradigm is promoted where relevant.

   <https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/NOTE-sdw-bp-20170216/>

Ready-made Counter Styles Note Published

   16 February 2017
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6139>

   The Internationalization Working Group has published a "Working Group Note" that contains templates for counter styles used by various cultures around the world. It can be used as a reference for those wishing to add user-defined counter styles in their CSS style sheets. The content of this document was originally part of the CSS Lists and Counters specification, but is now published as a standalone document. It is expected that the document will be updated from time to time to include new counter styles.

   <https://www.w3.org/International/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/NOTE-predefined-counter-styles-20170216/>

First Public Working Draft: International text layout and typography index

   9 February 2017
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6135>

   The Internationalization Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of "International text layout and typography index." This document points browser implementers and specification developers to information about how to support typographic features of scripts or writing systems from around the world, and also points to relevant information in specifications, to tests, and to useful articles and papers. It is not exhaustive, and will be added to from time to time.

   <https://www.w3.org/International/core/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/WD-typography-20170209/>

W3C Invites Implementations of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 3.0

   7 February 2017
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6131>

   The XSLT Working Group invites implementations of the Candidate Recommendation of "XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 3.0 ." This specification defines the syntax and semantics of XSLT 3.0, a language designed primarily for transforming XML documents into other XML documents. XSLT 3.0 is a revised version of the XSLT 2.0 Recommendation XSLT 2.0 published on 23 January 2007.

   <https://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/CR-xslt-30-20170207/>

   The primary purpose of the changes in this version of the language is to enable transformations to be performed in streaming mode, where neither the source document nor the result document is ever held in memory in its entirety. Another important aim is to improve the modularity of large stylesheets, allowing stylesheets to be developed from independently-developed components with a high level of software engineering robustness.

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