W3C Weekly News - 15 January 2004

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                    21 December 2003 - 15 January 2004

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CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Recommendation

   The World Wide Web Consortium today released "Composite
   Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0"
   as a W3C Recommendation. CC/PP 1.0 is a system for expressing device
   capabilities and user preferences using the Resource Description
   Framework (RDF). CC/PP guides the adaptation of content, making it
   easier to deliver Web content to devices. Read the press release and
   visit the Device Independence home page.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-CCPP-struct-vocab-20040115/
    http://www.w3.org/2004/01/ccpp-pressrelease
    http://www.w3.org/2001/di/

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

   Buckingham Palace has announced that Queen Elizabeth II will make
   Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, a Knight Commander of the Order of
   the British Empire (KBE). UK Honours are available to all who give
   service in the United Kingdom. Mr. Berners-Lee, a British citizen,
   is being knighted in recognition of his services to the global
   development of the Internet through the invention of the World Wide
   Web. Please read the press release.

    http://www.w3.org/2003/12/timbl_knighted

Amaya 8.2+ Snapshot Released

   Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.2+ includes
   bug fixes and new features for dates, tables, shortcuts and
   transformations. Download Amaya binaries for Linux and Windows
   NT/2000/XP and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available.
   Visit the Amaya home page and the Annotea home page.

    http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
    http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/

W3C Talks in January

   David Booth presents and participates in a panel at OOP 2004 in
   Munich, Germany on 22 January. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and
   events, also available as an RSS channel.

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

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Received on Tuesday, 20 January 2004 17:42:52 UTC