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Talks by W3C Speakers

Many in the W3C community — including staff, chairs, and Member representatives — present W3C work at conferences and other events. Below you will find a list some of the talks. All material is copyright of the author, except where otherwise noted.

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  • Possible presentation dates: past few months and upcoming
  • Technology area: Web of Devices

August 2009

  • 2009 26 Aug

    Improving Dialogs with EMMA

    by Deborah Dahl

    SpeechTEK

    New York, USA

    Relevant technology area: Web of Devices .

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    The Extensible MultiModal Annotation specification (EMMA) is a standard of the World Wide Web Consortium for representing user input. EMMA is most commonly used for representing the interpretation of spoken input in dialogs. However, EMMA provides a great deal of additional information that can also be taken advantage of in speech applications. This presentation will discuss various ways in which this additional information can be used. As one example, EMMA includes information about the duration of an utterance. Given the number of words in an utterance and its duration, the speech rate can be determined. A slow speech rate might be an indication of a novice user, which in turn could allow the system to provide novice prompts or to slow its own speech rate. EMMA information can also be useful in log analysis. For example, if the average lag between the end of a specific system prompt and the beginning of the user’s response tends to be relatively long, this could be an indication that the prompt is complex or confusing. A number of other ways to exploit EMMA data will also be discussed.

September 2009

October 2009

  • 2009 7 Oct

    W3C and the Social Web

    by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux , in cooperation with the Italy Office

    Relevant technology area: Web of Devices .

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:
    An increasing number of our social interactions are now done through the Web: this Social Web offers numerous innovation opportunities for enriching both the personal and work life of its participants. But beyond these opportunities, there are still many technical, policy and social challenges that need to be addressed, some of which W3C has started to tackle, through a workshop early 2009, and an ongoing incubator group dedicated to that topic.

  • 2009 12 Oct

    Mobile Web Best Practices

    by Phil Archer

    London Web Standards Meetup

    London, United Kingdom

    Relevant technology area: Web of Devices .

    (see abstract)

    Abstract:

    How do you create great content for mobile? What do you do differently compared with the desktop world? How do you make sure that no matter what device someone is using, they will be able to access your content and services while on the move? Do you create completely separate mobile and desktop versions?

    These are the sorts of questions addressed in the W3C’s own Mobile Web Best Practices course. Phil Archer, who leads the training course at W3C, will argue that a standards-based approach is an important foundation but what’s really required is a different way of thinking that reflects the stark difference between a user sitting in front of a desk and one sitting on a park bench, or a bus, a restaurant table or wherever.

    Designing for mobile consumers is the key, rather than designing for mobile technology.

  • 2009 16 Oct

    Evolution of the Web on Mobile Devices (panel)

    by Matt Womer

    Mobile 2.0

    San Francisco, California, USA

    Relevant technology areas: Web Design and Applications , Browsers and Other Agents , and Web of Devices .

  • 2009 16 Oct

    Developing for Mobile with HTML5

    by Matt Womer

    Mobile 2.0

    San Francisco, California, USA

    Relevant technology areas: Web Design and Applications , Browsers and Other Agents , and Web of Devices .

  • 2009 21 Oct

    Browser Standardization

    by Philipp Hoschka

    Mobile Web and Applications 2009

    London, United Kingdom

    Relevant technology area: Web of Devices .

November 2009

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