W3C Public Newsletter, 2020-02-10

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W3C Workshop Report: Inclusive Design for Immersive Web Standards

   6 February 2020
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8302>

   W3C is pleased to announce a report from the W3C Workshop on Inclusive Design for Immersive Web Standards, held on 5-6 November 2019 in Seattle, WA, USA.

   <https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/report>
   <https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/>

   This report contains a brief summary and collects highlights from the individual sessions, with links to the presentation slides. Workshop participants learned from existing approaches that have been taken in making XR experiences (on and off the Web) accessible before looking at what lessons could be derived from these existing research and experiments in the context of the Immersive Web architecture.

   These lessons brought forward four aspects of accessible XR experiences: visual interactions, motricity considerations, audio aspects and assistive technologies adaptation.

   The relevant follow-up work in W3C spans across at least 6 standardization Working Groups and 6 pre-standardization and incubation Community Groups, and also intersects with at least 3 Khronos Working Groups – pointing toward the need for a strong coordination effort to ensure systematic and consistent progress for the Web platform. We propose to host this coordination in the Inclusive Design for the Immersive Web Community Group via a dedicated github repository.

   <https://github.com/w3c/inclusive-xr-roadmap/issues>

   We thank our host, Pluto VR, Maveron, We Make Reality, Virtual World Society and Seattle Immersive Technology Association, our sponsors, Google, Twitch and Samsung Internet, the Program Committee, and all participants for making this event possible.

   <https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/#committee>
   <https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/participants>

Trace Context is a W3C Recommendation

   6 February 2020
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8298>

   The Distributed Tracing Working Group has published "Trace Context" as a W3C Recommendation. This specification defines standard HTTP headers and a value format to propagate context information that enables distributed tracing scenarios. The specification standardizes how context information is sent and modified between services. Context information uniquely identifies individual requests in a distributed system and also defines a means to add and propagate provider-specific context information.

   <https://www.w3.org/2018/distributed-tracing/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2020/REC-trace-context-1-20200206/>

For Wide Review: Personalization Semantics Content Module 1.0

   5 February 2020
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8294>

   The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group with the Personalization Semantics Task Force has published an updated "Personalization Semantics Content Module 1.0" specification for wide review. For a short introduction to personalization and the related documents, see the Personalization Overview. The Working Group particularly requests review of section "3.1 action." Please send any comments by 10 March 2020.

   <https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/personalization-semantics-content-1.0/>
   <https://www.w3.org/WAI/personalization/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/personalization-semantics-content-1.0/#action-explanation>

Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) version 2 is a W3C Recommendation

   4 February 2020
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8287>

   The W3C Dataset Exchange Working Group has published "Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) – Version 2" as a W3C Recommendation. DCAT defines an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web. The specification defines the schema and provides examples for its use. Version 2 extends the original DCAT standard in line with community practice while supporting diverse approaches to data description and dataset exchange.

   <https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2020/REC-vocab-dcat-2-20200204/>

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Workshops

     * 2020-03-24 (24 MAR) – 2020-03-25 (25 MAR)
       W3C Workshop on Web & Machine Learning
       <https://www.w3.org/2020/01/machine-learning-workshop/>
       Berlin, Germany
       Hosted by Microsoft

W3C Blog

     * Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) Version 2 Published Today
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/2020/02/data-catalog-vocabulary-dcat-version-2-published-today/>
       4 February 2020 by Peter Winstanley

Upcoming Talks

     * 2020-03-13(13 MAR)
       How Standards Help Us All Get Along in the New Playground of Big Data
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/how-standards-help-us-all-get-along-in-the-new-playground-of-big-data/>
       IoT World San Diego
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/venue/iot-world-san-diego/>
       San Diego, United States

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