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- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 10:59:23 -0400
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W3C Weekly News
2 April - 8 April 2002
Jigsaw 2.2.1 Released
8 April 2002: Jigsaw version 2.2.1 is available for download. The new
version includes a security fix for URI parsing, a new JigShell
utility, XHTML/HTML validation on PUT, JigEdit support for WebDAV,
Apache mod_asis, and PushCache contributed by Paul Henshaw. The
release notes list all new features and bug fixes. Jigsaw is W3C's
leading-edge Web server platform implemented in Java. Learn more
about the Jigsaw Activity.
http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/
http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/Activity
Speech Synthesis Markup Language Working Draft Published
5 April 2002: The Voice Browser Working Group has released a Working
Draft of the "Speech Synthesis Markup Language Specification." With
this XML-based language, content authors can generate synthetic
speech on the Web, controlling pronunciation, volume, pitch, and
rate. Read about the Voice Browser Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-speech-synthesis-20020405/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Namespaces 1.1 Working Drafts Published
3 April 2002: The XML Core Working Group has released Working Drafts
of "Namespaces in XML 1.1" and "Namespaces in XML 1.1 Requirements."
Version 1.1 will incorporate errata in version 1.0, and provide a
mechanism to undeclare prefixes. Read about the XML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xml-names11-20020403/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xml-names11-req-20020403/
http://www.w3.org/XML/
More W3C Team Presentations in April
* 8 April: Dave Raggett presented on W3C voice and multimodal
work at the WAP Forum meeting in Paris, France.
* 11 April: Bert Bos speaks on "Web Publishing with XSL,"
Stephane Boyera presents "Device Independent Principles," and
Ivan Herman presents "W3C - Why and How" at Cross Media
Publishing in Sankt Augustin, Bonn, Germany. The event is
sponsored by the W3C German Office.
* 16 April: Three W3C Team members attend the Japan W3C Membership
Meeting at Keio University, Mita Campus, in Tokyo, Japan.
Steve Bratt presents "W3C Status & Plans." Yasuyuki Hirakawa
presents "W3C Annual Schedule." Olivier Thereaux presents
"Quality Assurance: Towards Web Maturity."
* 19 April: Several Team members speak at the W3C Korean Office
Opening in Daejeon, Korea. Steve Bratt presents an "Overview of
W3C." Marie-Claire Forgue presents "W3C Process for Issuing W3C
Recommendations." Tatsuya Hagino speaks on the Semantic Web.
Ivan Herman presents an "Overview of XML Related
Recommendations." Kazuhiro Kitagawa speaks on "Device
Independence Activities of W3C."
http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/
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