W3C

2003

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

31 December 2003

Buckingham Palace today 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.

Working Draft: XQueryX

19 December 2003

The XML Query Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX). Designed to be read with the XQuery language and its formal semantics, the document proposes that XQueryX will be an optional conformance level. The Working Group invites comments. Visit the XML home page.

EMMA Working Draft Updated

18 December 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released the second public Working Draft of EMMA. Comments are welcome. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language (EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management systems. EMMA represents user input. Speech and handwriting recognizers, natural language engines, media interpreters, and multimodal integration components generate EMMA markup. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.

Last Call: CSS3 Paged Media and CSS Print Profile

18 December 2003

The CSS Working Group has released two Last Call Working Drafts, parts of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language. Comments are welcome through 31 January 2004. The CSS3 Paged Media Module adds pagination, page margins, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, and cross-references with page numbers. The CSS Print Profile works with XHTML-Print for printing to low-cost devices. Visit the CSS home page.

Speech Synthesis Markup Language Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

18 December 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.0 to Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 18 February 2004. 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.

Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

18 December 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 18 February 2004. Speech grammars allow voice-based application authors to create rules describing what users are expected to say after listening to each application prompt. Visit the Voice Browser home page.

Working Drafts: Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1

17 December 2003

The XSL Working Group has released the first public Working Drafts of the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1 and its Requirements. Version 1.1 updates the XSL 1.0 Recommendation for change marks, indexes, multiple flows, and bookmarks, and extends support for graphics scaling, markers, and page numbers. Comments are invited. Read about the XML Activity.

Requirements Published: Internationalization of Web Services

17 December 2003

The Web Services Internationalization Task Force of the Internationalization Working Group has published the first public Working Draft of Requirements for the Internationalization of Web Services. The document lists requirements for achieving worldwide usability for Web services. The group expects to republish the draft as a Working Group Note. Visit the Internationalization home page.

OWL Web Ontology Language Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

15 December 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL) to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 19 January. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, supporting advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity. The OWL language is presented in six parts:

  • Overview - A simple introduction
  • Guide - Demonstrates OWL through an extended example. Provides a glossary
  • Reference - A compact, informal description of OWL modelling primitives
  • Semantics and Abstract Syntax - Normative definition of the OWL language
  • Test Cases - Test cases illustrating correct OWL usage, the formal meaning of constructs, and resolution of issues. Specifies conformance
  • Use Cases and Requirements - Usage scenarios, goals and requirements for a Web ontology language

Resource Description Framework (RDF) Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

15 December 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 19 January. The RDF language is presented in six technical reports. RDF is used to represent information and to exchange knowledge in the Web. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

DOM Level 3 Validation Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

15 December 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification to Proposed Recommendation. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. This module of DOM3 ensures that documents remain or become valid. Comments are invited through 14 January. Read about the DOM Activity.

Kofi Annan, Tim Berners-Lee Greet the World Summit Event for Schools

10 December 2003

Students and educators participating in the World Summit on the Information Society are laying the foundation for a global infrastructure of school networks and a culture of peace. On 10 December in cooperation with the CERN SIS-Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee sent an email to summit participants at 800 schools in 80 countries using the NeXT computer that was used to invent the World Wide Web. The U.N. Cyberschoolbus and the European Schoolnet co-organized the World Summit Event for Schools.

XML Infoset Second Edition Is a Proposed Edited Recommendation

10 December 2003

The XML Core Working Group has published the XML Information Set, Second Edition (Infoset) as a Proposed Edited Recommendation. The document updates the Infoset to cover XML 1.1 and Namespaces 1.1, clarifies the consequences of certain kinds of invalidity, and corrects typographical errors. The Infoset defines a set of eleven types of information items in XML documents. Visit the XML home page.

C.M. Sperberg-McQueen Wins XML Cup 2003

10 December 2003

Michael Sperberg-McQueen of the W3C and Adam Bosworth of BEA received the XML Cup 2003 at the IDEAlliance XML 2003 conference today in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The cup is awarded to industry visionaries and pioneers for contributions to the Extensible Markup Language (XML). Visit the XML home page.

SVG Tiny Version 1.2 Requirements Published

09 December 2003

The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of SVG Tiny Version 1.2 Requirements. Delivering Web vector graphics, text, and images to mobile phones, SVG Tiny 1.2 adds features from SVG 1.2 and is based on implementor and designer feedback on SVG Tiny 1.1. Comments are welcome. Visit the SVG home page.

Working Draft: Mobile SVG Profiles Version 1.2

09 December 2003

The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic, Version 1.2. The draft defines two mobile profiles of SVG 1.2: SVG Tiny 1.2, suitable for cellphones, and SVG Basic 1.2, written for PDAs. Comments are welcome. Visit the SVG home page.

Working Draft: HTML Techniques for WCAG 2.0

09 December 2003

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of HTML Techniques for WCAG 2.0. The draft provides information to Web content developers who wish to satisfy the success criteria of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, currently a Working Draft. Feedback is welcomed. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

Last Call: Architecture of the World Wide Web

09 December 2003

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released a Last Call Working Draft of the Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition. The document is written for Web developers, implementers, content authors and publishers. It describes the properties that are desired of the Web and the design choices that have been made to achieve them. Comments are invited through 5 March 2004. Read the press release and visit the TAG home page.

W3C Talks in December

02 December 2003

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W3C Welcomes Members at Advisory Committee Meeting

02 December 2003

W3C held its semiannual Advisory Committee Meeting on 17-19 November in Shin Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. W3C Member organizations participated in two days of talks and discussion on the range of W3C Activities. If your organization would like to join W3C, please refer to the Membership page. The next Advisory Committee Meeting will be held 16-18 May 2004, colocated with WWW2004 in New York, NY, USA.

W3C Presents at XML 2003

02 December 2003

Sixteen W3C Working Group participants and Team members present at XML 2003 on 7-12 December in Philadelphia, PA, USA. We look forward to meeting with you at dedicated sessions and Town Hall meetings. The conference is devoted to technologies based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML). W3C is staffing booth #117 with live demonstrations of W3C work in action. Please refer to the W3C demo schedule and the conference schedule.

Jigsaw 2.2.3 Released

02 December 2003

Jigsaw version 2.2.3 is available for download. The new version features complete SSL support in WebDAV and has fixes for stability and HTTP/1.1 compliance. New tools for manipulating JPEGs are in the package. Jigsaw is W3C's open source Web server platform implemented in Java. W3C thanks the many contributors to this release.

Call for Papers Extended: Making Visualizations of Complex Information Accessible

25 November 2003

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative's Research and Development Interest Group is extending the call for papers for its teleconference on the accessibility and visualization of complex information. We are seeking position papers from researchers and practitioners (academia, industry, government, consulting) on state of the art work in visualization technologies. Position papers are due 12 December. The telecon is tentatively 26 January 2004 and will include real-time transcription to ensure audio accessibility. Please refer to the call for papers for more information.

Amaya 8.2 Released

15 November 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.2 includes new features and enhancements for selection, CSS and CSS debugging, backup files, loaded objects and images, undo, structure and source view, SVG, HTML, and annotations. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page and the Annotea home page.

XQuery, XSLT and XPath Last Call Published

12 November 2003

Working Draft: SOAP Optimized Serialization

12 November 2003

The XML Protocol Working Group has released a Working Draft of SOAP Optimized Serialization Use Cases and Requirements. The document illustrates the reasons for optimizing the serialization of SOAP messages. It distills constraints and the features necessary for interoperability with existing protocols, bindings, and serialization formats such as SOAP 1.2, WSDL and MIME. Visit the Web Services home page.

Working Draft: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2

12 November 2003

The SVG Working Group has released its fourth Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2. SVG delivers accessible, dynamic, and reusable vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. The Working Group explicitly encourages public feedback on this draft. Visit the SVG home page.

MathML Working Group Notes Published

10 November 2003

The Math Working Group has released Units in MathML, Structured Types in MathML 2.0 and Bound Variables in MathML as Working Group Notes. MathML is an XML application that allows mathematical notation and content to be served, received and processed on the Web. Visit the Math home page.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 Working Drafts Published

10 November 2003

The Web Services Description Working Group has released two Working Drafts of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0: Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Message Patterns. WSDL is a model and XML format for describing network services. The language enables separate, fundamental stages for abstract function and concrete details. Read about Web Services.

"QA Framework: Specification Guidelines" Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

10 November 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of QA Framework: Specification Guidelines to Candidate Recommendation. A set of organizing guidelines and verifiable checkpoints, the document is written to help W3C Working Groups write technical reports. It provides for conformance requirements and definitions, and facilitates the generation of test materials. Comments are welcome through 10 May 2004. Learn more about Quality Assurance (QA) at W3C.

XInclude Last Call Published

10 November 2003

The XML Core Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0. XInclude introduces a generic mechanism for merging XML documents (information sets) using existing XML constructs—elements, attributes and URI references. Comments are welcome through 31 December. Visit the XML home page.

PNG Second Edition Is a W3C Recommendation

10 November 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) as a W3C Recommendation. The document has also become an International Standard, ISO/IEC 15948:2003. PNG is a graphics file format for raster images. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported plus an optional alpha channel. Read more about the Graphics Activity.

DOM Level 3 Core, and Load and Save Are W3C Candidate Recommendations

07 November 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of two Document Object Model (DOM) specifications to Candidate Recommendations. With DOM Level 3 Core, software developers and Web script authors can access and manipulate HTML and XML content. DOM Level 3 Load and Save allows programs and scripts to dynamically load the content of an XML document into a DOM document and serialize a DOM document into an XML document. Comments are welcome through 30 November. DOM Level 3 Events was published as a Working Group Note. Visit the DOM home page.

Working Draft: Authoring Techniques for Device Independence

06 November 2003

The Device Independence Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Authoring Techniques for Device Independence. The document provides a summary of several techniques and best practices that Web site authors and solution providers may employ when creating and delivering content to a diverse set of access mechanisms. Learn more about the W3C Device Independence Activity.

Amaya 8.2 Pre-Release

05 November 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Available for testing, the 8.2 pre-release includes new features and enhancements for selection, CSS and CSS debugging, backup files, loaded objects and images, undo, structure and source view, SVG, HTML, and annotations. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. The final is expected in about one week. Visit the Amaya home page and the Annotea home page.

XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 Are W3C Proposed Recommendations

05 November 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 to Proposed Recommendations. Comments are welcome through 5 December. XML 1.1 addresses Unicode, control character, and line ending issues. Namespaces 1.1 incorporates errata corrections and provides a mechanism to undeclare prefixes. Read about the XML Activity.

Working Draft: Inaccessibility of Visually-Oriented Anti-Robot Tests

05 November 2003

The WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Inaccessibility of Visually-Oriented Anti-Robot Tests. Requests for visual verification of a bitmapped image pose problems for those who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning disability such as dyslexia. The draft examines ways for systems to test for human users while preserving access for users with disabilities. Comments are welcome. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

W3C Workshop on Binary Interchange of XML: Report and Minutes

03 November 2003

The report and minutes have been published from the W3C Workshop on Binary Interchange of XML Information Item Sets held in Santa Clara, CA, USA on 24-26 September. All of the more than 40 position papers are publicly available. The workshop concluded that research is needed before W3C would produce any specifications in this area, and recommended that a Working Group be proposed to the W3C Membership. W3C thanks host Sun Microsystems, and all 60 attendees for their participation. Visit the XML home page.

W3C Talks in November

01 November 2003

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XML 1.0 Third Edition Is a Proposed Edited Recommendation

30 October 2003

The XML Core Working Group has published the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Third Edition as a Proposed Edited Recommendation. The third edition is not a new version of XML. It brings the XML 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second edition errata, and clarifies its use of RFC 2119 key words like must, should and may. Comments are welcome through 1 December. Visit the XML home page.

W3C Presents W3C Day Japan on 14 November in Tokyo

29 October 2003

W3C Day Japan 2003 (in Japanese) will be held on 14 November 2003 at Keio University Mita Campus in Tokyo, Japan. The conference is organized by the Keio Research Institute at SFC in advance of their Open Research Forum. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee and members of the W3C Team will speak about XML, SOAP, WSDL, RDF, accessibility, device independence, and the Semantic Web. The event is open to the public and registration is required. Please read the press release.

W3C Requests '906 Patent Re-Examination

29 October 2003

Acting on the advice of the W3C HTML Patent Advisory Group, W3C has presented the United States Patent and Trademark Office with prior art establishing that US Patent No. 5,838,906 (the '906 patent) is invalid. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee has written an unprecedented request to US Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James E. Rogan to take action to remove the patent to allow operation of the Web. Please refer to the briefing.

MathML 2.0 Second Edition Is a W3C Recommendation

21 October 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (Second Edition) as a W3C Recommendation. The specification has been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favor its adoption by industry. MathML is an XML application that allows mathematical notation and content to be served, received and processed on the Web. The second edition contains clarifications and errata corrections. Read the testimonials and visit the Math home page.

Metalog 2.0b Released

21 October 2003

Metalog 2.0b is a reasoning system built for the Semantic Web that adds a query layer on top of RDF. Developed by Massimo Marchiori, Antonio Epifani and Samuele Trevisan, Metalog is user friendly and makes reasoning and thinking about the Web easy through an interface similar to natural language. Download Metalog for Windows and Linux. Free source code is available. Learn more about Metalog, W3C Open Source software and the Semantic Web.

W3C Holds its First Outreach Event in Mainland China

21 October 2003

The China International Forum on WWW's Development 2003 will be held in Beijing on 12-13 November. Ivan Herman, Philipp Hoschka, Richard Ishida, Shi Zhongzhi, Judy Brewer, and Matthew May present keynotes and tutorials. Attendees will discuss the future of the Web, accessibility, SVG, the mobile Web, the Semantic Web and internationalization. Registration is open. The event is co-organized by the China Computer Federation and the W3C Office in Hong Kong. Read the press release.

W3C Launches Spanish Office

20 October 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the opening of the W3C Spanish Office in Oviedo, Spain. The Office is hosted by the Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Científica y la Tecnología (FICYT). Francisco Sanchez is Office Manager. Vicente Alvarez-Areces, Luis Iturrioz-Viñuela, Jesús García, Daniel Dardailler, Marie-Claire Forgue and Ivan Herman present at the opening ceremonies on 20 October in Oviedo. Read the press release and about W3C Offices.

CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

16 October 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 24 November. Used to guide the adaptation of content, a CC/PP profile describes device capabilities and user preferences. Visit the Device Independence home page.

XForms and XML Events Are W3C Recommendations

14 October 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released XForms 1.0 and XML Events as W3C Recommendations. The specifications have been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favor their adoption by industry. Written for authors and implementers alike, XForms is the new generation of Web forms. XForms separate presentation and content, minimize round-trips to the server, offer device independence, and, using XML Events, reduce the need for scripting. Read the press release and testimonials and visit the XForms home page.

XForms Basic Profile Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

14 October 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XForms 1.0 Basic Profile to Candidate Recommendation. The specification describes XForms processing tailored to the needs of constrained devices and environments. The XForms Working Group invites comments and expects to collect test cases and information about implementations through 1 March 2004. Visit the XForms home page.

RDF Last Call Working Drafts Published

10 October 2003

The RDF Core Working Group has released the second Last Call of six Working Drafts. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) supports the exchange of knowledge on the Web. Comments are welcome through 7 November. Also updated is the Working Group Note LBase, a framework for specifying the meaning of Semantic Web languages. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

Working Draft of Authoring Techniques for Internationalization Published

09 October 2003

The Guidelines, Education & Outreach Task Force (GEO) of the Internationalization Working Group has published the first public Working Draft of Authoring Techniques for XHTML & HTML Internationalization 1.0. Written for Web content authors, the document provides techniques for developing internationalized HTML and XHTML supported by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Comments are welcome. Visit the Internationalization home page.

Working Group Note: SOAP Version 1.2 Message Normalization

08 October 2003

The XML Protocol Working Group has completed work on SOAP Version 1.2 Message Normalization and published it as a Working Group Note. The document defines an algorithm to render equivalent SOAP messages identically. SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. Visit the Web Services home page.

Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema Last Call Published

03 October 2003

The HTML Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema with changes for use in non-XHTML contexts. Comments are welcome through 14 November. The document provides a complete set of XML Schema modules for XHTML, and allows document authors to modify and extend XHTML in a conformant way. Visit the HTML home page.

Architecture of the World Wide Web Working Draft Updated

01 October 2003

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released an updated Working Draft of the Architecture of the World Wide Web. Drafted for discussion at the TAG's upcoming face-to-face meeting, the document explains Web protocols in three dimensions: identification and resources, interaction, and representation and formats. Comments are welcome. Visit the TAG home page.

SVG Mobile Competition: Entries Due 3 November

30 September 2003

Design a SVG Tiny greeting card in 30k or less, and win a Nokia 3650 tri-band GSM handset. The best entries will be featured on the W3C Web site, linked to their designers' Web pages, with an interview with the winning designer. Enter as many times as you like through 3 November. The SVG Working Group will choose the winner who will be announced on 24 November. Read about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Announced at SVG Open, the SVG Mobile Competition is the first in a series of SVG competitions.

W3C Workshops Compilation

30 September 2003

W3C Workshops have been compiled from 1995-2003. The W3C Communications Team would like to thank the Working Group Chairs and Team members who helped build the list. From the W3C Process Document, workshops "convene experts and other interested parties for an exchange of ideas about a technology or policy," or "address the pressing concerns of W3C Members."

W3C Talks in October

30 September 2003

Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel.

"QA Framework: Operational Guidelines" Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

25 September 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of QA Framework: Operational Guidelines to Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 27 February 2004. The document is designed to help W3C Working Groups plan, develop, deploy and maintain conformance test materials. The Quality Assurance Working Group asks for comment by 26 September on a Working Draft of QA Framework: Specification Guidelines. The QA Framework Introduction was published as a Working Group Note. Learn more about the QA Activity.

W3C Launches HTML Patent Advisory Group

23 September 2003

Under W3C Current Patent Practice, a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) has been launched to study issues for HTML-related Working Drafts and Recommendations raised by the court case of Eolas v. Microsoft and US Patent 5,838,906. Public discussion takes place on the public-web-plugins@w3.org mailing list. Read the FAQ and visit the HTML home page and the HTML PAG public home page.

Tim Berners-Lee Royal Society Webcast

19 September 2003

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, presents The Future of the World Wide Web (slides) at the Royal Society in London, UK on Monday, 22 September. The keynote will be Webcast live at 18:00 UTC (7pm British Summer Time). Please visit the Royal Society site for system requirements and to test your connection. Mr. Berners-Lee is a Fellow of the Royal Society (2001).

W3C Letter Regarding Fee Proposal for ISO Codes

19 September 2003

W3C has written to ISO President Oliver Smoot to express deep concerns regarding a Commercial Policies Steering Group (CPSG) proposal to charge for the use of certain ISO codes, including those for languages (ISO 639) and countries (ISO 3166). The Unicode Technical Committee has issued a similar public position. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the largest standards developer with 97 national member bodies. W3C's letter is archived on the public mailing list of the W3C Internationalization Activity.

Timed Text: Use Cases and Requirements Updated

16 September 2003

The Timed Text Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Timed Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 Use Cases and Requirements. The group is developing an XML-based, portable format used to represent streamable text synchronized with timed media like audio or video. This content type can be interchanged among authoring systems. Visit the Timed Text home page.

CSS 2.1 Last Call Published

15 September 2003

The CSS Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1). The Cascading Style Sheets language is used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper, and in speech. A "snapshot" of CSS usage, the draft adds a few highly requested features, fixes errata, and brings CSS2 in line with implementations. Comments are welcome through 10 October. Visit the CSS home page.

Proposal for XML Fragment Identifier Syntax Published

12 September 2003

The XML Linking Working Group has released a Proposal for XML Fragment Identifier Syntax 0.9 as a W3C Working Group Note. Using the XPointer Framework, the document suggests a fragment identifier syntax, and recommends that the XML media type (RFC 2376 and RFC 3023) adopt it for use with XML resources. Comments are invited. Visit the XML home page.

CSS3 Paged Media Working Draft Published

09 September 2003

The CSS Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the CSS3 module: Paged Media, part of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language level 3. The module adds pagination, page margins, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, and cross-references with page numbers. Visit the CSS home page.

Amaya 8.1b Released

08 September 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.1b has editing enhancements and bug fixes for XHTML, HTML, CSS and SVG. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page.

RDF Core Working Group Publishes Six Working Drafts

05 September 2003

The RDF Core Working Group has released six Working Drafts in response to Last Call comments. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) supports the exchange of knowledge on the Web. Also published as a Working Group Note is LBase, a framework for specifying the meaning of Semantic Web languages. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

Future of Libwww Survey

02 September 2003

W3C has stopped work on Libwww and invites the libwww user community to participate in a Future of Libwww Survey that will help to determine its future. Libwww is a free, highly modular client side Web API written in C for Unix and Windows. A W3C account is required to complete the survey. Read about W3C Open Source/Free software.

Device Independence Working Group Notes Published

02 September 2003

The Device Independence Working Group completed work on two Working Drafts and has published them as W3C Working Group Notes. Device Independence Principles describes Web access "anytime and anyhow" from user, authoring and delivery perspectives. Authoring Challenges for Device Independence are considerations and implications for building universally accessible Web content and applications. Visit the W3C Device Independence home page.

W3C Talks in September

02 September 2003

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W3C Holds Ad Hoc Meeting on Recent Court Decision, Launches Public Discussion List

28 August 2003

W3C invited its Members as well as other key commercial and open source software interests to attend an ad hoc meeting hosted by Macromedia on Tuesday 19 August in San Francisco, CA, USA. Participants discussed Eolas v. Microsoft and US Patent 5,838,906. W3C has created the public-web-plugins@w3.org archived public mailing list for discussion. Please refer to the report from Steven R Bratt, W3C Chief Operating Officer.

Device Independence Glossary of Terms Published

25 August 2003

The Device Independence Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of the Glossary of Terms used in the group's publications. The glossary definitions are maintained with unique identifiers, and can be linked to from documents new and old. Read about W3C work on device independence and single-authored content for all Web access devices.

"Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0" Working Draft Published

22 August 2003

The Internationalization Working Group has released an interim Working Draft of Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0. The document addresses character encoding identification, early uniform normalization, string identity matching, string indexing, and URI conventions, building on the Universal Character Set defined by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Read about the Internationalization Activity.

Five XQuery and XPath Working Drafts Published

22 August 2003

The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group have released five Working Drafts. Comments on all of these documents are invited, especially on open issues. Visit the XML home page.

W3C System Status Available

21 August 2003

W3C public and Member email lists are not currently operating. In cooperation with the W3C Communications Team, the W3C Systems Team makes W3C System Status available from our home page. Similar to system status for subscribers to Internet service providers (ISPs), this new resource covers items such as power outages at W3C hosts MIT, ERCIM and Keio; email; and mailing list services. W3C Members also have the Member home page. Thank you for your patience.

Web Ontology Language (OWL) Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

19 August 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the OWL Web Ontology Language to Candidate Recommendation. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Comments are welcome. Read the press release and FAQ and more about the Semantic Web Activity. The OWL Web Ontology Language in six parts:

CSS Working Group Publishes Three Working Drafts

13 August 2003

The CSS Working Group has released three Working Drafts for the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language. CSS3 Module: Presentation Levels allows slide presentations and outline views of documents. The CSS Print Profile works with XHTML-Print for printing to low-cost devices. CSS3 Module: Syntax describes the basic structure, parsing rules, and linking of CSS style sheets. Visit the CSS home page.

Web Services Choreography Requirements Published

12 August 2003

The Web Services Choreography Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Web Services Choreography Requirements 1.0. Choreography defines message protocols, interfaces, sequencing, and associated logic for transactions among Web services and their clients. Visit the Web services home page.

Call for Participation: Event on P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages

12 August 2003

Registration is open for the W3C Event on P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages hosted by IBM in St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia on 9 September. Attendees will discuss the future of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), APPEL and other technologies including EPAL. The event is colocated with the 25th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners. Visit the Privacy home page.

IsaViz 2.0 Released

11 August 2003

W3C's Semantic Web Advanced Development initiative announces a new release of IsaViz, a visual environment for browsing and authoring RDF models represented as graphs. Version 2.0 supports GSS, an RDF-based stylesheet language. Other new features include datatype support, enhanced navigation, better handling of namespace prefix bindings, and an import/export plug-in interface. Learn more about IsaViz.

EMMA Working Draft Published

11 August 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of EMMA. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language (EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management systems. EMMA represents user input. Speech and handwriting recognizers, natural language engines, media interpreters, and multimodal integration components generate EMMA markup. Feedback on this draft is welcome. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.

Web Services Architecture Working Drafts Published

08 August 2003

The Web Services Architecture Working Group has updated two Working Drafts: Web Services Architecture and the Web Services Glossary. The reference architecture identifies Web services components, defines their relationships and establishes constraints. Changes since the prior publication include five architectural models. Visit the Web Services home page.

W3C Co-Sponsors 24th Internationalization & Unicode Conference

08 August 2003

Registration is open for the 24th Internationalization & Unicode Conference to be held 3-5 September in Atlanta, GA, USA. Come and meet W3C Team members Martin Dürst, Richard Ishida, and Chris Lilley who are presenting. The event is the premier technical conference worldwide for software and Web internationalization, and includes a full day track devoted to evolving Web technologies. Read about Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity.

xml:id Requirements Published

06 August 2003

The XML Core Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of xml:id Requirements. Applicable to all classes of XML processors, the requirements describe a mechanism to identify an XML element by an explicit identifier (ID) independent of DTD and XML schema validation. Comments are invited. Visit the XML home page.

Ink Markup Language Working Draft Published

06 August 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of the Ink Markup Language (InkML). The InkML data format is used to represent ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.

MathML 2.0 Second Edition Is a W3C Proposed Edited Recommendation

05 August 2003

W3C is pleased to publish a Proposed Edited Recommendation of the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2nd Edition). MathML is an XML application that allows mathematical notation and content to be served, received and processed on the Web. The 2nd edition contains clarifications and errata corrections. Comments are welcome through 6 September. Visit the Math home page.

XML Events Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

05 August 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML Events to Proposed Recommendation. The specification defines a module used to associate behaviors with document-level markup for XML languages, and supports the DOM Level 2 event model. Comments are welcome through 2 September. Visit the HTML home page.

Web Services Conference 28-29 August in Tokyo, Japan

05 August 2003

Registration is open for the IDG Japan Web Services Conference 2003 on 28 August (Technology day) and 29 August (Business day) in Tokyo. On 28 August, Hugo Haas, W3C Web Services Activity Lead, gives the keynote Web Services Infrastructure: Where Do We Stand? and Kazuhiro Kitagawa, W3C Device Independence Activity Lead, moderates a panel on Web Services and the Digital Home Network. W3C provides an exhibition booth both days. Read about Web services.

W3C Talks in August

04 August 2003

Ivan Herman speaks at W3C Day on 18 August at the Evolve Conference 2003 in Sydney, Australia. On 21 August, Ivan Herman presents at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The W3C Australian Office sponsors both events. On 28 August, Hugo Haas gives a keynote at the IDG Japan Web Services Conference 2003 (in Japanese) in Tokyo. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel and in iCalendar format.

XForms Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation

01 August 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XForms 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 29 August. More flexible than previous HTML and XHTML form technologies, the new generation of Web forms separates purpose, presentation, and data. The XForms specification is written for authors and implementers alike. Visit the XForms home page.

SOAP Usage Scenarios Working Group Note Published

30 July 2003

SOAP Version 1.2 Usage Scenarios has been published as a Working Group Note since the XML Protocol Working Group has completed work on it. This document was used to develop SOAP Version 1.2 and has served its purpose. Read about the Web Services Activity.

DOM Level 3 Validation Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

30 July 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification to Candidate Recommendation. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. This module of DOM3 ensures that documents remain or become valid. Comments are invited through 31 August. Read about the DOM Activity.

XHTML-Print Last Call Published

29 July 2003

The HTML Working Group has released XHTML-Print as a first public and Last Call Working Draft. Comments are welcome through 7 September. XHTML-Print is designed for printing from mobile devices, low-cost printers and in environments without a printer-specific driver. The work is based on XHTML-Print written by the Printer Working Group (PWG), a program of the IEEE-ISTO. Visit the HTML home page.

XML Protocol Requirements Working Group Note Published

28 July 2003

XML Protocol (XMLP) Requirements has been published as a Working Group Note. The XML Protocol Working Group discontinued work on this guide that was developed for evaluating candidate protocols and for reasoning about the development of the protocol itself. The group feels the document has served its purpose. Read about the Web Services Activity.

Call for Participation: Binary XML Workshop

28 July 2003

Position papers are due 11 August for the W3C Workshop on Binary Interchange of XML Information Item Sets to be held in Santa Clara, CA, USA on 24-26 September. 60 attendees will study methods to compress XML documents to save bandwidth and parsing time. The workshop goal is to determine whether a W3C Working Group might be chartered to produce an interoperable, accessible, internationalized binary transmission format. Visit the XML home page.

CC/PP Working Draft Published

28 July 2003

The CC/PP Working Group has released a Working Draft of Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies incorporating Last Call review comments. Used to guide the adaptation of content, a CC/PP profile describes device capabilities and user preferences. The review period for this document is two weeks, after which the Working Group expects to request Proposed Recommendation. Read about device independence.

SOAP Transmission Optimization Working Draft Published

21 July 2003

The XML Protocol Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism. Inspired by PASWA and enhancing the SOAP HTTP Binding, this technical report presents a mechanism for improving SOAP performance in the abstract and in a concrete implementation. Visit the Web services home page.

Amaya 8.1a Released

15 July 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.1a is a bug fix release with user interface, annotation, XHTML, HTML, MathML, SVG, and CSS enhancements. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page.

SVG Print Working Draft Published

15 July 2003

The SVG Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of SVG Print. The document assumes the reader is familiar with SVG 1.2, and is a guideline that explains how to use SVG 1.2 features for printing. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) describes two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. The Working Group invites public feedback on this draft. Visit the SVG home page.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Working Draft Published

15 July 2003

The SVG Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 outlining potential areas of new work. SVG delivers accessible, dynamic, and reusable vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. The Working Group explicitly encourages public feedback on this draft. Visit the SVG home page.

CSS3 Basic User Interface Last Call Published

03 July 2003

The CSS Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Basic User Interface, a module of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language. The document addresses user interface states and features, element fragments, forms, stylistic attributes in HTML, focus navigation, and styling elements as icons for accessibility. Comments are invited through 31 July. Visit the CSS home page.

W3C Advisory Committee Elects New Advisory Board

01 July 2003

The W3C Advisory Committee has filled five open seats on the W3C Advisory Board. Created in 1998, the Advisory Board provides guidance to the Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. Beginning 1 July, the nine Advisory Board participants are Ann Bassetti (Boeing), Jim Bell (Hewlett-Packard), Klaus Birkenbihl (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Carl Cargill (Sun Microsystems), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Steve Holbrook (IBM), Ken Laskey (MITRE), Ora Lassila (Nokia), and Lauren Wood (Unaffiliated). Steve Zilles is the interim Advisory Board Chair.

W3C Process Document and Publication Rules Published

01 July 2003

The 18 June 2003 W3C Process Document is operative effective today. Produced by the W3C Advisory Board and reviewed by the W3C, the document describes the structure and operations of the W3C. Among the changes are new document maturity levels, rules for amending Recommendations, and an enhanced liaison process for W3C work with partner organizations. The companion W3C Publication Rules have been updated and are public.

W3C Talks in July

01 July 2003

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SVG Open 2003: Vancouver, Canada 13-18 July

30 June 2003

SVG Open 2003 runs 15-18 July in Vancouver, Canada. Additional half-day workshops and tutorials are 13-14 July. Co-sponsored by W3C, the SVG Open conference series is the premier forum for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) developers to share ideas, examples and implementations. Registration is open. The W3C SVG Working Group and W3C's Chris Lilley and Dean Jackson will participate. Read about SVG.

XQuery Requirements Updated

27 June 2003

The XML Query Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of XML Query (XQuery) Requirements. The draft specifies goals, requirements, and usage scenarios for the XQuery data model, algebra, and query language. It indicates the status of each requirement in the XQuery family of specifications. Visit the XML home page.

Architecture of the World Wide Web Working Draft Updated

27 June 2003

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released an updated Working Draft of the Architecture of the World Wide Web. The document discusses architectural principles of the Web and the behavior of agents exchanging information within it. It addresses some social issues that contribute to the shared information space. Comments are welcome. Visit the TAG home page.

SOAP Version 1.2 Is a W3C Recommendation

24 June 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released SOAP Version 1.2 as a W3C Recommendation. The Recommendation is four documents: the SOAP Version 1.2 Primer, SOAP Version 1.2 Messaging Framework, SOAP Version 1.2 Adjuncts, and the SOAP Version 1.2 Assertions and Test Collection. Developed by the W3C XML Protocol Working Group, SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment such as the Web. Read the press release, the testimonials, the changes and benefits and the FAQ. Visit the Web services home page.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft Published

24 June 2003

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 based on broad design principles. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices such as phones, handhelds, kiosks and network appliances. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

DOM Level 3 Load and Save Last Call Published

19 June 2003

The DOM Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the DOM Level 3 Load and Save Specification. This Document Object Model (DOM) interface allows programs and scripts to dynamically load the content of an XML document into a DOM document and serialize a DOM document into an XML document. Comments are welcome through 31 July. Visit the DOM home page.

OWL XML Presentation Syntax Published

13 June 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released XML Presentation Syntax for the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL) as a W3C Note. The Note suggests one possible XML presentation syntax and includes XML schemas for OWL Lite, OWL DL, and OWL Full. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages Republished

13 June 2003

Updated for The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0, Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages has been republished as a Unicode Technical Report and a W3C Note. These guidelines cover the use of Unicode with markup languages such as XML. They are published jointly by the Unicode Technical Committee and the W3C Internationalization Working Group and Interest Group. Read about the W3C Internationalization Activity.

CCXML Working Draft Updated

12 June 2003

The Voice Browser Working Group has published the third public Working Draft of Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 including some major updates. CCXML, the Call Control eXtensible Markup Language, provides telephony call control support for VoiceXML and other dialog systems. Comments are welcome. Visit the Voice Browser home page.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2 Working Drafts Published

11 June 2003

The Web Services Description Working Group has released three Working Drafts of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2. Core Language and Bindings are updates and Message Patterns is a first public Working Draft. WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages. Read about Web Services.

W3C Launches Semantic Tour in Europe

10 June 2003

W3C launches its Semantic Tour today in Rome. Funded by the European Commission, the tour includes events in London, Munich, Athens and Brussels, and features presentations from W3C Members and technical staff. The tour promotes W3C technologies that bring to the Web more effective discovery, automation, integration, and reuse of data. Events run 10-24 June and are free to the public but registration is required. Read the press release in seven languages.

DOM Level 3 Core Last Call Published

10 June 2003

The DOM Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification. Comments are welcome through 31 July. The draft defines objects and interfaces that allow software developers and Web script authors to access and manipulate HTML and XML content. Visit the DOM home page.

W3C Talks in June

02 June 2003

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OWL Test Cases Last Call Published

29 May 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the OWL Web Ontology Language Test Cases. Designed for OWL developers, the draft is a companion to the OWL language definition. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

PNG Second Edition Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

27 May 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the publication of the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) as a Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 23 June. PNG is a graphics file format for raster images. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel. The document is in the final stages of standardization at ISO as an International Standard, ISO/IEC 15948. Read about the Graphics Activity.

Web Standards Switch, Log Validator Help to Improve Web Sites

26 May 2003

The W3C QA Activity is pleased to announce Web Standards Switch: or how to improve your Web site easily, an article written for the corporate environment, and a new release of the Log Validator. Both resources can help improve the quality of Web sites, regardless of their size. Read about the W3C Quality Assurance (QA) Activity.

W3C Approves Patent Policy

21 May 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium has approved the W3C Patent Policy based on review by the W3C Advisory Committee and the public. Written by the Patent Policy Working Group, the policy received more support from the Membership than any Recommendation in recent history. The policy encourages royalty-free Web standards. It governs the handling of patents in the process of producing and implementing W3C Recommendations. Read the public Director's decision and the press release and visit the patent policy home page.

W3C Track, Demos Featured at WWW2003

17 May 2003

The W3C Track chaired by Marie-Claire Forgue runs from 21-23 May at the Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2003) in Budapest, Hungary. Conference attendees are also invited to the W3C booth run in coordination with the W3C Hungarian Office, to live demos, and to Developers Day presentations on 24 May.

QA Framework: Test Guidelines Updated

16 May 2003

The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the QA Framework: Test Guidelines. One in a family of QA Framework documents, the draft defines a set of common guidelines for conformance test materials for W3C specifications. The group welcomes comments. Visit the QA home page and read about the QA Activity.

Web Services Internationalization Usage Scenarios Updated

16 May 2003

The Web Services Task Force of the Internationalization Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Web Services Internationalization Usage Scenarios. The document examines how language, culture, and related issues interact with Web services architecture and technology. The task force invites comments. Visit the Internationalization home page.

Timed Text: Use Cases and Requirements Working Draft Published

15 May 2003

The Timed Text Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Timed Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 Use Cases and Requirements. The group is developing an XML-based, portable format used to represent streamable text synchronized with timed media like audio or video. This content type can be interchanged among authoring systems. Visit the Timed Text home page.

Web Services Architecture Working Drafts Published

14 May 2003

The Web Services Architecture Working Group has updated three Working Drafts: Web Services Architecture, Usage Scenarios and the Web Services Glossary. Software applications can communicate using Web services to present dynamic context-driven information to the user. The reference architecture identifies Web services components, defines their relationships, and establishes constraints. Visit the Web Services home page.

CSS3 Modules Become W3C Candidate Recommendations

14 May 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of three CSS3 modules to Candidate Recommendation: Color, Ruby, and Text. A second Candidate Recommendation of the CSS TV Profile 1.0 incorporates editorial suggestions. The CSS Working Group also released first public Working Drafts of the CSS3 Generated and Replaced Content and Speech modules. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper and in speech. Comments are welcome. Visit the CSS home page.

W3C/WAI Participates in EuroAccessibility Launch

14 May 2003

W3C/WAI has joined in a Memorandum of Understanding with twenty-four European organizations to establish a harmonized set of support services throughout Europe, which would include a common evaluation methodology, technical assistance, and a European certification authority for Web accessibility based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Read more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Core Presentation Characteristics Working Draft Published

13 May 2003

The Device Independence Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Core Presentation Characteristics: Requirements and Use Cases. The group is building a basis for adapting content to device presentation capabilities. This draft provides a common set of property or attribute definitions that may be reused in future vocabularies. Visit the Device Independence home page.

W3C Translation Index Based on RDF

12 May 2003

W3C thanks the volunteers who contributed thousands of hours translating W3C publications into more than 30 languages. Showcasing W3C Semantic Web, XML and internationalization technologies, data for volunteer translations of W3C technical reports and related documents is now maintained in RDF encoded in XML. Combining this metadata with other RDF, the translation index makes extensive use of Unicode, links to official versions, and can be viewed according to language or technology. Read the project description and please visit Translations at W3C.

Multimodal Interaction Framework Note Updated

10 May 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group released an update to the W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework W3C Note. The framework identifies the major components for multimodal systems. The group is writing specifications to extend the Web user interface to offer input and output choices "anywhere, on any device, anytime." Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.

W3C RDF Validation Service Updated

08 May 2003

The W3C RDF Validation Service has been updated to support all of the specifications described in the RDF Last Call Working Drafts announcement. A new interactive graphical visualization of models builds on IsaViz. The RDF validator is based on the ARP parser version 2 alpha that is distributed as open source by Hewlett-Packard. New to ARP version 2 is RDF datatype support. Graphs are generated using Graphviz 1.8.9. The service runs under Jigsaw.

SOAP Version 1.2 Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation

07 May 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SOAP Version 1.2 to Proposed Recommendation. The specification is four parts: Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts, the Primer and the Assertions and Test Collection. Comments are welcome through 7 June. Developed by the W3C XML Protocol Working Group, SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. Read the press release and visit the Web services home page.

XHTML 2.0 Working Draft Published

07 May 2003

The HTML Working Group has released the fifth public Working Draft of XHTML 2.0. A modularized language without presentation elements, XHTML 2 takes HTML back to its roots in document structuring. This draft includes an early implementation of XHTML 2.0 in RELAX NG. Comments are welcome. Visit the HTML home page.

XML Key Management Requirements Published

06 May 2003

The XKMS Working Group has published their final set of XML Key Management (XKMS 2.0) Requirements as a W3C Note. The Note documents the design, scope and requirements of the XML Key Management specification. XKMS specifies protocols for distributing and registering public keys for use with XML Signature and XML Encryption. Visit the XKMS home page.

Ten XQuery, XSLT, and XPath Working Drafts Published

05 May 2003

Through joint efforts, the XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group have released ten Working Drafts. The data model and functions and operators are used by XPath, XSLT, and by XQuery, and are in Last Call through 30 June. Comments on all of these documents are invited. Visit the XML home page.

W3C Talks in May

04 May 2003

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft Published

29 April 2003

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 based on broad design principles. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices such as phones, handhelds, kiosks and network appliances. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Working Draft Published

29 April 2003

The SVG Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 outlining potential areas of new work. SVG describes two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. The Working Group explicitly invites feedback on this draft that includes many new features. Visit the SVG home page.

Call for Participation: W3C Privacy Workshop

28 April 2003

Position papers are due 24 May for the W3C Workshop on the long-term Future of P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages to be held at the ICPP in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 18-20 June. Attendees will discuss the future of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) and EPAL. The workshop will inform strategy, stimulate discussion on metadata-based privacy solutions, and facilitate coordination. Visit the Privacy home page.

Amaya 8.0 Released

23 April 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. New features in version 8.0 include menu access keys in Windows and enhanced support for SVG, SMIL, CSS and MathML. The Amaya team thanks all users who helped to test the pre-release. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page.

XML Key Management Last Call Published

18 April 2003

The XKMS Working Group has published Last Call Working Drafts of the XML Key Management Specification (XKMS) and its bindings. The documents specify protocols for distributing and registering public keys for use with XML Signature and XML Encryption. Comments are welcome through 23 May. Visit the XKMS home page.

W3C Names Associate Chairman and Deputy Director for Europe, Acting Chairman

18 April 2003

W3C is pleased to announce three management assignments allowing for stronger international representation. Daniel Dardailler now serves as Associate Chairman for Europe. Philipp Hoschka becomes Deputy Director for Europe and maintains his role as Interaction Domain Leader. Steve Bratt, Chief Operating Officer, takes the additional role of Acting Chairman. Read about the W3C Management Team.

Framework for I18n Guidelines Working Draft Published

17 April 2003

The Guidelines, Education & Outreach Task Force (GEO) of the Internationalization Working Group has published a Working Draft of a Framework Document for i18n Guidelines 1.0. I18n is shorthand for "internationalization." GEO has a mandate to make the internationalization aspects of W3C technology better understood and more widely and consistently used. Comments are welcome. Visit the Internationalization home page.

MathML 2.0 Second Edition Last Call Published

11 April 2003

The Math Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2nd Edition). MathML is an XML application that allows mathematical notation and content to be served, received and processed on the Web. The 2nd edition contains clarifications and errata corrections. Comments are welcome through 9 May. Visit the Math home page.

Seminar: Semantic Web and Web Services, Helsinki 6 May

02 April 2003

Register for "Semantic Web and Web Services: Semantic Web is Here -- Are You Ready?" to be held in Helsinki, Finland on 6 May. Co-sponsored by the W3C Finnish Office, the seminar will introduce the concepts behind the buzzwords. Most talks are in Finnish and Ivan Herman and Suresh Chande will speak in English. The event is free and open to the public.

Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition Working Draft Published

02 April 2003

The Voice Browser Working Group has released a Working Draft of Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition. The draft describes the contents of speech recognition grammar tags used to represent natural language utterances. It is expected that the results can be integrated into the EMMA data format. Comments are welcome through 2 May. Visit the Voice Browser home page.

W3C Semantic Tour, Europe 10-24 June

02 April 2003

W3C holds a series of one day events in Rome, London, Munich, Athens and Brussels from 10-24 June. The W3C Semantic Tour promotes W3C technologies that bring to the Web more effective discovery, automation, integration, and reuse of data. Organizers come from the W3C Italy, UK and Ireland, Germany, Greece and Benelux Offices. All events are open to the public and free of charge.

W3C Team Talks in April

01 April 2003

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Early Bird Registration: W3C Track at WWW2003

01 April 2003

The W3C Track has been announced for the Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2003) in Budapest, Hungary. On 21-23 May, W3C presents three days of presentations on the Web, future Web browsers, W3C architectural principles, the XML family, Web services, the Semantic Web, new devices, and horizontal essentials. WWW2003 early bird registration is open through 15 April.

OWL Last Call Working Drafts Published

01 April 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released six Working Drafts, five in Last Call, for the OWL Web Ontology Language 1.0, including the OWL Guide, Overview, Use Cases and Requirements, Semantics and Abstract Syntax, Reference, and Test Cases. Comments are welcome through 9 May. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Visit the Semantic Web home page.

DOM Level 3 Events Last Call Published

31 March 2003

The Document Object Model (DOM) Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the DOM Level 3 Events specification. Comments are welcome through 1 May. Language and platform neutral, the system allows registration of event handlers, describes event flow through a tree structure, and provides context for each event. Read about the DOM Activity.

DOM Level 3 XPath Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

31 March 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification to Candidate Recommendation. The document provides access to a DOM tree using XPath 1.0. Reviews are welcome through 26 May. Implementers are invited to send a message to the DOM public mailing list. Visit the DOM home page.

SOAP Version 1.2 Message Normalization Published

28 March 2003

The XML Protocol Working Group has released SOAP Version 1.2 Message Normalization as a W3C Note. The document defines a transformation algorithm that renders all semantically equivalent SOAP messages identically. SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. Visit the Web Services home page.

China International Forum Postponed

28 March 2003

The China International Forum on WWW's Development 2003 to be held in Beijing, China on 16-17 April has been postponed. W3C and the W3C Office in Hong Kong regret the inconvenience to everyone who planned to attend the event. Once they have been determined, new dates will be publicized.

Architecture of the World Wide Web Working Draft Updated

27 March 2003

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released an updated Working Draft of the Architecture of the World Wide Web. Comments are welcome. The draft discusses architectural principles of the Web and the behavior of agents exchanging information within it. It addresses some social issues that contribute to the shared information space. Visit the TAG home page.

XPointer Is a W3C Recommendation

25 March 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released XPointer as a three-part W3C Recommendation. The XPointer Framework is an extensible system for identifying regions in XML documents which provides for multiple addressing schemes. The element() scheme allows basic addressing of XML elements in terms of a document's tree structure. The xmlns() scheme is used to interpret namespace prefixes in scheme names and pointers. Read the press release and visit the XML home page.

CC/PP Last Call Working Draft Published

25 March 2003

The CC/PP Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies. Used to guide the adaptation of content, a CC/PP profile describes device capabilities and user preferences. Comments are welcome through 8 April. Read about device independence.

Comment on Final Draft of Royalty-Free Patent Policy

19 March 2003

The Patent Policy Working Group has released a Working Draft of the Royalty-Free Patent Policy for review by the W3C Advisory Committee and the public. The draft governs the handling of patents in the process of producing and implementing W3C Recommendations. Comments from both W3C Members and the public are welcome through 30 April. Read an informative summary and the press release and visit the patent policy home page.

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Drafts Published

18 March 2003

The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and its companion Implementation Techniques. Authoring tools can enable users ("authors") to create accessible Web content through prompts, alerts, checking and repair, help files and automation. Resulting content can be read by a broader range of readers. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

China International Forum on WWW's Development Announced

10 March 2003

The China International Forum on WWW's Development 2003 will be held in Beijing, China on 16-17 April. W3C Team members Judy Brewer, Martin Dürst, Ivan Herman, Philipp Hoschka and Matt May present keynotes and tutorials. Attendees will participate in panels on accessibility, SVG, mobile Web, the Semantic Web, VoiceXML and internationalization. Registration is open. The event is co-organized by the China Computer Federation and the W3C Office in Hong Kong.

Call for Participation: W3C Teleconference on Collaboration

04 March 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the first in a series of teleconferences on Web accessibility research. Researchers and practitioners in document collaboration, human-computer interaction, assistive technologies, disability studies, Web accessibility, and related fields are invited. The event is sponsored by the Web Accessibility Initiative's Research and Development Interest Group. The first telecon is tentatively 14 April. Position papers are due 21 March. Please refer to the call for papers.

W3C Hosts Technical Plenary and All-Group Meeting

03 March 2003

W3C holds its third annual Technical Plenary and All Working Group Meeting from 3-7 March in Cambridge, MA, USA. 30 W3C Working Groups and Interest Groups hold face-to-face meetings. Mid-week, many of the more than 400 participants attend the all day public plenary, by far the largest group in the event's history. If your organization would like to join W3C, please refer to the Membership page.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2 Working Draft Published

03 March 2003

The Web Services Description Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2. WSDL is a model and an XML format for describing Web services that allows separation of abstract functionality from concrete details. Read about Web Services.

W3C Team Talks in March

01 March 2003

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W3C Co-Sponsors 23rd Internationalization & Unicode Conference

26 February 2003

Registration is open for the 23rd Internationalization & Unicode Conference to be held 24-26 March in Prague, Czech Republic, near most major cities in Europe. Come and meet W3C Team members Martin Dürst, Richard Ishida, and Chris Lilley who are presenting. The event is the premier technical conference worldwide for software and Web internationalization. Read about Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity.

CSS3 Text Last Call Working Draft Published

26 February 2003

The CSS Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of the CSS3 module: Text incorporating all comments from the first Last Call. The group welcomes feedback through 5 March. The document is a set of text formatting properties. Many address international contexts, particularly East Asian and bidirectional text. Visit the CSS home page.

DOM Level 3 Core, Load and Save Working Drafts Published

26 February 2003

The DOM Working Group has released updated Working Drafts of the DOM Level 3 Core and Load and Save specifications. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. Comments are welcome. Visit the DOM home page.

XForms Workshop Underway 27-28 February

26 February 2003

The XForms Implementation Workshop is underway 27-28 February at Novell in Waltham, MA, USA. Participants in the XForms Working Group and XForms implementers will exchange experiences and techniques and compare functionality. Comments on the XForms 1.0 Candidate Recommendation are invited through 5 March. Visit the XForms home page.

Judy Brewer Wins Susan G. Hadden Award

21 February 2003

Judy Brewer received the Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Award "for pioneering efforts in telecommunications and consumer access" from the Alliance for Public Technology (APT) in Washington, DC, USA. The award recognizes those who continue Hadden's legacy of ensuring equitable access to technology as a democratizing principle. Read about the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative.

DOM Level 3 Events Working Draft Published

21 February 2003

The Document Object Model (DOM) Working Group has released a Working Draft of the DOM Level 3 Events specification. Comments are welcome. Language and platform neutral, the system allows registration of event handlers, describes event flow through a tree structure, and provides context for each event. Read about the DOM Activity.

Working Draft of the OWL Language Reference Updated

21 February 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Language Reference for the Web Ontology Language (OWL) 1.0. The document is designed for OWL users familiar with RDF who want to construct OWL ontologies for publishing and sharing on the Web. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

XML Protocol Abstract Model Working Draft Published

20 February 2003

The XML Protocol Working Group has released a final Working Draft of the XML Protocol Abstract Model. First published in 2001, the document was an evaluation and reasoning tool used to craft SOAP Version 1.2. The Working Group believes the model has served its purpose and plans no further work on it. Visit the Web Services home page.

VoiceXML 2.0 Candidate Recommendation Revised

20 February 2003

Making a correction to the schemas, the Voice Browser Working Group has released a revised Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 10 April. VoiceXML uses XML to bring speech, touch-tone input, digitized audio, recording, telephony, and computer-human conversations to the Web. Visit the Voice Browser home page.

SVG Printing Requirements Published

19 February 2003

The SVG Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of SVG Printing Requirements. The draft describes usage scenarios, feature sets, design principles and requirements for the optimal use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) on SVG-enabled printers. Comments are welcome. Visit the SVG home page.

OWL Test Cases Working Draft Published

18 February 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Web Ontology Language (OWL) Test Cases. Designed for OWL developers, the draft is a companion to the OWL language definition. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

Full-Text Search Working Drafts Published

14 February 2003

Through joint efforts, the XQuery and XSL Working Groups have released the first public Working Drafts of XQuery and XPath Full-Text Requirements and Use Cases. The drafts describe the basis for full-text searching of XML text and documents. Comments are invited. Read about the XML Activity.

CSS3 Color Last Call Published

14 February 2003

The CSS Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of CSS3 module: Color harmonized with SVG 1.0. The draft describes color units and properties that authors can use to specify foreground color and opacity, color profiles, and rendering intent. Comments are welcome through 28 February. Visit the CSS home page.

IsaViz 1.2 Released

13 February 2003

W3C's Semantic Web Advanced Development initiative announces a new release of IsaViz, a visual environment for browsing and authoring RDF models represented as graphs. Version 1.2 supports the RDF Core Working Group's Last Call Working Drafts. New features include enhanced graphics, improved internationalization and Notation 3 support. Learn about IsaViz.

Happy Fifth Birthday to XML

10 February 2003

Celebrate the fifth birthday of the Extensible Markup Language (XML), first published as a W3C Recommendation on 10 February 1998. Visit the XML home page. Read about XML's growth in this article by Dave Hollander and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, participants in the W3C XML Working Group who wrote the original twenty-five page XML specification. The authors believe, "Just as interchangeable parts drove the Industrial Age, reusable information powers the Information Age."

QA Publishes Last Call Working Drafts

10 February 2003

The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released three Last Call Working Drafts in its seven-part QA Framework: the Introduction, Operational Guidelines, and Specification Guidelines. Comments are welcome through 14 March. Learn more about the QA Activity and the roadmap for ensuring that W3C technologies are well implemented.

OWL Guide and Overview Working Drafts Published

10 February 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released updated Working Drafts of the Web Ontology Language (OWL) Guide and Overview. The guide demonstrates OWL through an extended example and provides a glossary. The overview lists and briefly describes the language features. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

XML Events Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

07 February 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML Events to Candidate Recommendation. The specification defines a module used to associate behaviors with document-level markup for XML languages, and supports the DOM Level 2 event model. Comments are welcome through 5 March. Visit the HTML home page.

Requirements for WCAG 2.0 Checklists and Techniques Published

07 February 2003

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a Working Draft of Requirements for WCAG 2.0 Checklists and Techniques. The draft specifies intended uses, scope and structure for the technology-specific documents produced by the Working Group. Feedback is welcomed. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

RDF Validator Updated

06 February 2003

The W3C RDF Validation Service has been updated to deal correctly with a wide range of characters and character encodings for better internationalization and to support Last Call Working Drafts issued by the RDF Core Working Group. The RDF Validator is based on the ARP parser in Jena 1.6.1. Graphs are generated using GraphViz 1.8.9. The service runs under Jigsaw.

DOM Level 3 Validation Working Draft Published

05 February 2003

Based on feedback received during Last Call, the DOM Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. This module of DOM3 ensures that documents remain or become valid. Comments are invited. Read about the DOM Activity.

OWL Use Cases and Requirements Published

04 February 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Use Cases and Requirements for the Web Ontology Language (OWL) 1.0. The draft defines "ontology." It outlines six use cases, design goals, requirements and objectives for a language which can describe the semantics of classes and properties used in Web documents. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity.

SVG Open 2003: Call for Papers and Early Bird Registration

03 February 2003

Early bird registration has started for SVG Open 2003, to be held in Vancouver, Canada on 15-18 July 2003, with additional half-day workshops and tutorials on 13-14 July. Co-sponsored by W3C, the SVG Open conference series is the premier forum for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) developers to share ideas, examples and implementations. The call for papers is open through 28 February.

Amaya 7.2 Released

03 February 2003

Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 7.2 is a bug fix release with user interface, annotation, XHTML, HTML, SVG, MathML, CSS, and XML enhancements. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux, and Windows. Source code is available. If you are interested in annotations, visit the Annotea home page.

OWL Abstract Syntax and Semantics Working Draft Published

03 February 2003

The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Web Ontology Language (OWL) Abstract Syntax and Semantics. The draft is a high-level description of the OWL Web Ontology Language 1.0 and its sublanguages OWL DL and OWL Lite. Automated tools can use common sets of terms called ontologies to power services such as more accurate Web search, intelligent software agents, and knowledge management. OWL is used to publish and share ontologies on the Web. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity.

W3C Team Talks in February

03 February 2003

On 5 February, Yasuyuki Hirakawa, Kazuhiro Kitagawa and Masayasu Ishikawa present at PAGE2003 (in Japanese) in Tokyo, Japan. On 12-13 February, Philipp Hoschka and Thierry Michel speak at SMIL Europe 2003 in Paris, France. On 17 February, Massimo Marchiori presents at the International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Management (MKM 2003) in Bertinoro, Italy. On 22 February, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen speaks at korpus linguistik deutsch (in German) in Würzburg, Germany. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events.

Common User Agent Problems Note Updated

31 January 2003

Karl Dubost of the W3C Team has released an update to the Common User Agent Problems W3C Note. The Note explains common mistakes that Web client software makes due to incorrect or incomplete implementation of specifications. It offers suggestions for good user agent behavior. Read about the Quality Assurance Activity.

Common HTTP Implementation Problems Note Published

31 January 2003

Olivier Théreaux of the W3C Team has released Common HTTP Implementation Problems as a W3C Note. Following this set of twelve guidelines will improve implementations of HTTP and related standards as well as their use. The Note explains the concepts, points out common mistakes and suggests best practices. Visit the W3C Quality Assurance (QA) home page.

W3C Advisory Committee Reelects TAG Participants

31 January 2003

The results of a vote by the W3C Advisory Committee are in: Technical Architecture Group (TAG) participants as of 1 February are Tim Bray, Dan Connolly, Paul Cotton, Roy Fielding, Chris Lilley, David Orchard, Norm Walsh, Stuart Williams and the Chair, Tim Berners-Lee. Created in 2001, the TAG documents principles of Web architecture and works with other groups to resolve architectural issues. Visit the TAG home page.

W3C Launches XForms Activity

31 January 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the XForms Activity. More flexible than previous HTML and XHTML form technologies, XForms separate purpose, presentation, and data. The Activity is producing advanced forms logic, improved internationalization, and rich user interface capabilities. Read the XForms Activity statement and visit the XForms home page.

XHTML 2.0 Working Draft Published

31 January 2003

The HTML Working Group has released the fourth public Working Draft of XHTML 2.0. XHTML 2.0 is a relative of the Web's familiar publishing languages HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0 and 1.1. The draft contains XHTML 2.0 modules for creating rich, portable Web-based applications. Comments are welcome. Visit the HTML home page.

CSS 2.1 Working Draft Published

29 January 2003

Answering comments received during Last Call, the CSS Working Group has released an interim Working Draft of Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1). Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper, and in speech. The draft brings CSS2 in line with implementations and CSS2 errata, and removes obsolete features. Visit the CSS home page.

VoiceXML 2.0 Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

28 January 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 to Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 10 April. VoiceXML uses XML to bring synthesized speech, spoken and touch-tone input, digitized audio, recording, telephony, and computer-human conversations to the Web. Read the press release and testimonials. Visit the Voice Browser home page.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.2 Working Drafts Published

24 January 2003

The Web Services Description Working Group has released updated Working Drafts of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2 and bindings for use with SOAP 1.2, HTTP, and MIME. WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. Read about Web Services.

Six RDF Last Call Working Drafts Published

24 January 2003

The RDF Core Working Group has released six Last Call Working Drafts. Comments are welcome through 21 February. Also published is a W3C Note, LBase, a framework for specifying Semantic Web languages in a uniform and coherent way. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.

Requirements for the Ink Markup Language Published

22 January 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released Requirements for the Ink Markup Language as a W3C Note. This data format represents ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus, and is used to input and process handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages. Read about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.

Requirements for XML Schema 1.1 Published

21 January 2003

The XML Schema Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Requirements for XML Schema 1.1. Schemas are technology for specifying and constraining the structure of XML documents. The draft adds functionality and clarifies the XML Schema Recommendation Part 1 and Part 2. Read about the XML Activity.

W3C Launches Timed Text Working Group

17 January 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Timed Text Working Group (TTWG) within the SYMM (Synchronized Multimedia) Activity. The TTWG is chartered to develop an XML based format used to represent streamable text synchronized with timed media like audio or video. Movie captions on the Web are a typical timed text application. Read the group's charter and more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity.

W3C Domains Reorganized in 2003

16 January 2003

To manage related Activities, the W3C Team groups them into four Domains. Starting in 2003, Document Formats is merged into the Interaction Domain led by Philipp Hoschka. The Internationalization Activity and work on XSL and XSLT move to Architecture. The Technology and Society and the Web Accessibility Initiative Domains are unchanged. Read about W3C Activities.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Are W3C Recommendations

14 January 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic as W3C Recommendations. SVG delivers vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. SVG 1.1 separates the SVG language into reusable building blocks. Mobile SVG re-combines them optimized for cellphones and pocket computers. Read the press release and testimonials.

W3C Team Presents at PAGE2003 in Tokyo, Japan

14 January 2003

W3C Team members will speak at PAGE2003 (in Japanese) to be held 5-7 February in Tokyo, Japan. On 5 February, Yasuyuki Hirakawa, W3C Communications Team, presents an Introduction to W3C; Kazuhiro Kitagawa, W3C Device Independence Activity Lead, presents Device Independence Authoring Techniques and its standardization; and Masayasu Ishikawa, W3C HTML Activity Lead, presents XHTML 2.0. Registration is open.

Web Services Choreography Working Group Created

14 January 2003

W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Web Services Choreography Working Group as part of the Web Services Activity. Choreography describes linkages and usage patterns between Web services. The group is chartered to create the definition of a choreography, one or more languages built on WSDL 1.2 for describing choreography, and rules for choreographed Web services. Read the Working Group charter and more about W3C work on Web services.

W3C Workshop on XForms Implementation Announced

13 January 2003

Registration is open through 21 February for the W3C Workshop on XForms Implementation to be held in Waltham, MA, USA on 27-28 February 2003. Participants must be in the XForms Working Group or have an XForms 1.0 implementation. Attendees will exchange experiences, hints and techniques, compare functionality, and discuss XForms 1.0 Candidate Recommendation issues. Visit the XForms home page.

EMMA Requirements Published

13 January 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released Requirements for EMMA as a W3C Note. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language (EMMA) is an exchange mechanism between input processors and interaction management systems. Recognizers can annotate data such as confidence scores, time stamps, alternative and partial recognition, and key stroke, speech and pen input. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page.

Multimodal Interaction Requirements Published

10 January 2003

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released Multimodal Interaction Requirements as a W3C Note. Derived from use case studies, the Note covers general issues, input, output, architecture, integration, synchronization points, runtimes and deployments. Read about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.

Jigsaw 2.2.2 Released

09 January 2003

Jigsaw version 2.2.2 is available for download. The new version fixes bugs, adds performance enhancements and HTTP compliance fixes and features SSL support contributed by Thomas Kopp. Jigsaw is W3C's leading-edge Web server platform implemented in Java. Learn more about Jigsaw.

DOM Level 2 HTML Is a W3C Recommendation

09 January 2003

The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification as a W3C Recommendation. DOM Level 2 HTML is a platform- and language-neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content and structure of HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents. Read the press release, the testimonials and more about the DOM Activity.

XML Schema: Component Designators Working Draft Published

09 January 2003

The XML Schema Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of XML Schema: Component Designators. The document defines a scheme for identifying the XML Schema components specified by the XML Schema Recommendation Part 1 and Part 2. Read about the XML Activity.