About W3C

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

An international consortium

Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.

Mission

The creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web.

Members

Over 400 organizations (including Nuance, Loquendo, France Telecom and Bhrigus ;-)

W3C Member & W3C Team

W3C Member

• An organization who provides resources to W3C's mission of leading the Web to its full potential.
• Holds one Advisory Committee representative (AC rep) and Working Group participant(s).
• More than 400 organizations around the world.

W3C Team

• W3C paid staff, unpaid interns and W3C Fellows.
• Organizes W3C Activities + communicates with the Members and the public.
• 67 people from three hosts: MIT, ERCIM and Keio.

W3C Hosts

Three organizations who jointly run the W3C

USA

• the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL)

Europe (hearquartered in France)

• the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)

Japan

• Keio University

W3C Offices

W3C's partners

1. act as local points of contact and
2. make sure that W3C and its specifications are known in their region.

Offices' addresses

• Australia
• Benelux/Bénélux
• 中国
• Suomi
• Deutschland und Österreich
• Ελλάδα
• 香港
• Magyarország
• भारत
• ישראל
• Italia
• 한국
• المغرب
• España
• Sverige
• UnitedKingdom and Ireland

Why standard? : Dry battery

Compatibility & Interoperability

• Available everywhere & everytime

Why standard? : E-mail system

Why standard? : Web

The Web is World Wide

So Web standards should be:

• Open: patent free
• Global: universal
• De facto: implementable

W3C Recommendation Track

Working Groups

For various specifications.

Constituents of Working Group

Chair:

manages meetings and publication schedule (W3C Member)

Team Contact:

supports Working Group's activity (Team staff)

Invited Expert:

specialists who have great expertise needed for Working Group's activity

Voice Browser

Integration of Web & speech

• access the Web via any telephone
• allowing people to interact with various Web application
• via speech and telephone keypads

Speech Interface Framework

• A suite of markup specifications aimed at realizing Voice Brwosers.

Voice Browser Working Group

Participants

• 92 people — the biggest Working Group in W3C
  (85 Participants from 37 Organizations + 7 Invited Experts)

Ongoing specifications

• VoiceXML 2.1
• VoiceXML 3.0: DFP Architecture (HTML / Slides)
• SSML 1.1
• SRGS 1.0
• PLS 1.0
• SISR 1.0
• CCXML 1.0
• SCXML

Meetings

• Telephone conferences: 6 slots / week
• Face-to-Face Meeting: 3-4 times / year

Information sharing

• Mailing list: Public & Internal
• Web pages: Public & Internal

Face-to-Face Meeting

Purpose of this workshop

Make the SSML even more Global & Universal!

Please see also the Press Release of SSML 1.1 activity .

Patent policy

Any normative technology

• must be provided based on Royalty-Free lisence
• when it's published as W3C Recommendation.

Royalty-Free license commitment

• required to become a Working Group Participant

Please join in W3C!

How to join

1. Become W3C Member
2. Register to Working Group(s)

Benefits

• Add your own requirements to SSML (and other various specifications)
• Participate in the development of speech standards
• Good publicity for your organization/company

Please contact me: ashimura@w3.org

More information

These slides are available at

• http://www.w3.org/2007/Talks/0113-W3C-VBWG-ka/

And more ...

• The Voice Browser Working Group page
• W3C Mission
• Membershop Benefits