W3C Public Newsletter, 2021-08-09

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W3C Workshop Report: Smart Cities

   5 August 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9195>

   W3C is pleased to announce the report from the W3C Workshop on Smart Cities, held on 25 June 2021.

   <https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/report>

   The main goal of the workshop was to improve and finalize the description of the draft Charter for a potential Smart Cities Interest Group so that we can launch the Interest Group and start further discussions on (1) interoperability for Web-based Smart City services and (2) use cases and requirements that W3C specifications need to meet to support Smart City services.

   <http://w3c.github.io/wot/charters/smart-cities/smart-cities-ig-charter>

   Workshop discussions:

     * Identified Smart Cities standardization stakeholders to drive the development of Web standards aligned with the real needs of Smart Cities
     * Clarified reasonable applications for Smart Cities technologies
     * Pointed out how to improve the draft Charter for the potential Smart Cities Interest Group

   As a concrete next step following the workshop, W3C will finalize the draft Charter hoping to launch a Smart Cities Interest Group and start further discussion within the group.

   We thank all the presenters and the participants for making this event a success.

Call for Review: DOM Review Draft 15 June 2020 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

   5 August 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9191>

   As part of working with the WHATWG together on HTML and DOM, W3C selected today to endorse the "DOM Review Draft — Published 15 June 2020" as a W3C Proposed Recommendation. DOM defines a platform-neutral model for events, aborting activities, and node trees. We invite the community to provide feedback until 2 September 2021 .

   <https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/05/w3c-and-whatwg-to-work-together-to-advance-the-open-web-platform/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/PR-DOM-20210805/>

Call for Review: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

   3 August 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9179>

   The Decentralized Identifier Working Group has just published a Proposed Recommendation of  "Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0."

   <https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/PR-did-core-20210803/>

   This document defines Decentralized identifiers (DIDs), a new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity. A DID identifies any subject (e.g., a person, organization, thing, data model, abstract entity, etc.) that the controller of the DID decides that it identifies. In contrast to typical, federated identifiers, DIDs have been designed so that they may be decoupled from centralized registries, identity providers, and certificate authorities. DIDs are URIs that associate a DID subject with a DID document allowing trustable interactions associated with that subject. Each DID document can express cryptographic material, verification methods, or services, which provide a set of mechanisms enabling a DID controller to prove control of the DID.

   Comments are welcome through 31 August 2021.

Working Group Note: EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0

   3 August 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9182>

   The EPUB 3 Working Group has just published a Working Group Note of "EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0." This document describes authoring features and reading system support for improving the voicing of EPUB 3 publications.

   <https://www.w3.org//publishing/groups/epub-wg/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/NOTE-epub-tts-10-20210803/>

   The EPUB Working Group of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) first defined a means of integrating the "Synthetic Speech Markup Language " and "pronunciation lexicons" in EPUB 3.0 so that EPUB Creators could improve the rendering quality of text-to-speech (TTS) playback in Reading Systems. The ability to include cascading style sheets also allowed EPUB Creators to access the in-development speech properties of the "CSS Speech module." However, although there has been some authoring uptake of these technologies, support in Reading Systems has yet to materialize to a level where these technologies are considered stable. Consequently, these technologies are now published as a W3C Working Group Note.

   <https://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/>
   <http://idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-contentdocs-20111011>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/css-speech-1/>

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

W3C Blog

     * Keeping the complexity of IMSC documents under control
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/2021/08/keeping-the-complexity-of-imsc-documents-under-control/>
       6 August 2021 by Nigel Megitt
     * 30 years on from introducing the Web to the World
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/2021/08/30-years-on-from-introducing-the-web-to-the-world/>
       6 August 2021 by Amy van der Hiel

Upcoming Talks

     * 2021-09-08(08 SEP)
       W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Cognitive Accessibility
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/w3c-web-accessibility-initiative-cognitive-accessibility/>
       by Steve Lee
       TechExeter Conference 2021
       <https://conference.techexeter.uk/>
     * 2021-09-22(22 SEP)
       Disconnected? Digital Access and Participation for People with Disabilities
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/disconnected-digital-access-and-participation-for-people-with-disabilities/>
       by Shadi Abou-Zahra
       Internet Summit Austria 2021
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/venue/internet-summit-austria-2021/>
     * 2021-09-22(22 SEP)
       Procuring accessible software for e-learning: how ATAG can help
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/orocuring-in-e-learning-with-atag/>
       by Hidde de Vries, Joshue O Connor
       WP Campus 2021
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/venue/wp-campus-2021/>

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