W3C Weekly News - 10 June 2002

                             W3C Weekly News

                          29 May - 10 June 2002

Libwww 5.4.0 Released

   10 June 2002: Libwww version 5.4.0 has been released for download
   on the Web and by FTP. Libwww is a free, highly modular client side
   Web API written in C for Unix and Windows. The new version features
   support for WebDAV protocols, RDF parser bug fixes, and updated
   auto-tool files scripts. Special thanks to Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro,
   Richard Atterer, Thurog, Wayne Davison, Peter Stamfest, Zhu Qun-Ying,
   Jens Meggers, and the members of the www-lib mailing list for their
   contributions. To carry on this work, a project coordinator, a
   documentation maintainer, and other volunteers are needed. Please
   write to the www-lib@w3.org list.

    http://www.w3.org/Library/

DOM Level 2 HTML Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

   5 June 2002: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the
   "Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification" to Candidate
   Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 1 July. The sixth
   component of DOM Level 2, DOM2 HTML is a set of interfaces used to
   manipulate the structure and contents of HTML and XHTML documents.
   Read about the DOM Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20020605/
    http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity

Web Service Description Usage Scenarios Published

   4 June 2002: The Web Services Description Working Group has released
   the first public Working Draft of "Web Service Description Usage
   Scenarios." The document is part of W3C development of a language used
   to describe interfaces to Web services and how to interact with them.
   Comments are welcome. Read about the Web Services Activity.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-ws-desc-usecases-20020604/
    http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/Activity

Upcoming W3C Team Talks in June

   15 June: Karl Dubost presents "Les standards Web? Ah non, jamais!"
   in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

   18 June: Judy Brewer and Wendy Chisholm present a 1/2 day tutorial,
   "Web Accessibility: Technology and Policy for an Inclusive Future,"
   at INET 2002 in Arlington, VA, near Washington, D.C., USA.

   20 June: Daniel J. Weitzner participates in the Panel on Private
   Governance: Perils and Prospects for Self-Regulation (G-2) at
   INET 2002.

   22 June: Tim Berners-Lee gives the opening keynote at the Open Group
   Web Services Conference in Boston, MA, USA.

   30 June: Vincent Quint and Irene Vatton present "MathML in e-Learning
   with Amaya" at the MathML Conference 2002 in Chicago, IL, USA.

    http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/

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