Ubiquitous Web to Simplify Development for Networked Devices
2007-03-30: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity. W3C Fellow Dave Raggett chairs the group which is chartered to advance the creation of distributed applications for network appliances. The first face-to-face meeting of the Ubiquitous Web Applications (UWA) Working Group will be 7-8 June 2007 in Dublin, Ireland, hosted by MobileAware, following the associated W3C Workshop on Declarative Models of Distributed Web Applications. W3C Members may use this form to join the Working Group. The UWA Working Group will take on the deliverables of the Device Independence Working Group which is now closed. Read about the Ubiquitous Web. ( Permalink )
Toward More Transparent Government: Advance Notice of Workshop
2007-03-30: W3C plans a Workshop Toward More Transparent Government co-sponsored by the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) on 18-19 June 2007 in Washington, D.C., USA, hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Attendees will help to find ways of facilitating the deployment of Web standards across eGovernment sites, to help shape ongoing research in the development of Web technology and public policy, in order to realize the potential of the Web for access to, and use of, government information. A Call for Participation is expected in a few weeks. See the European W3C Symposium on eGovernment Report for information about the previous W3C eGovernment event. Read about W3C Workshops. (Permalink)
HTML Mail Workshop: Call for Participation
2007-03-30: Position papers are due 21 April for the W3C HTML Mail Workshop to be held 24 May in Paris, France, hosted by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris. Attendees will discuss authoring, rendering, interoperability and security aspects of HTML in email as well as non-technical topics. Read about W3C Workshops and about HTML. (Permalink)
W3C Launches Multimodal Interaction Working Group
2007-03-30: W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Multimodal Interaction Working Group to enable users to use their preferred modes of interaction with the Web. Deborah Dahl (Invited Expert) chairs the group which is chartered to develop open standards to adapt to device, user and environmental conditions, and to allow multiple modes of Web interaction including GUI, speech, vision, pen, gestures and haptic interfaces. W3C Members may use this form to join the Working Group. Read the about the Multimodal Interaction Activity. (Permalink)
W3C Launches Voice Browser Working Group
2007-03-30: W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Voice Browser Working Group to enable users to speak and listen to Web applications. Jim Larson (Invited Expert) and Scott McGlashan (HP) chair the group which is chartered to standardize languages for capturing and producing speech and for managing the dialog between users and computers. W3C Members may use this form to join the Working Group. Read the about the Voice Browser Activity. (Permalink)
Rule Interchange Format Core Design: Working Draft
2007-03-30: The Rule Interchange Format (RIF) Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of RIF Core Design. The document specifies the core design for a format that allows rules to be translated between rule languages and thus transferred between rule systems. The group invites comments through 27 April. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
RDFa Use Cases: Working Draft
2007-03-30: The XHTML2 Working Group and the Semantic Web Deployment Working Group jointly have published the First Public Working Draft of RDFa Use Cases: Scenarios for Embedding RDF in HTML. RDFa expresses metadata in XHTML-compatible constructs and extensions, enabling a new world of user functionality. Written for readers somewhat familiar with HTML, RDF and N3 notation, these scenarios consider publishers, tool builders and users. Read about HTML and the Semantic Web. (Permalink)
Web Services Policy 1.5: Candidate Recommendations
2007-03-30: The Web Services Policy Working Group has published updated Candidate Recommendations for Web Services Policy 1.5 documenting their progress. The Policy Framework model expresses the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. The group published updated Working Drafts of the Primer, Guidelines and Element Identifiers as well. Candidate Recommendation feedback is welcome through 30 June. Read about Web services. (Permalink)
GRDDL Test Cases: Working Draft
2007-03-28: The GRDDL Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of GRDDL Test Cases. The test cases demonstrate the expected behavior of a GRDDL-aware agent. With important applications such as connecting microformats to the Semantic Web, GRDDL is a mechanism to extract RDF statements from suitable XHTML and XML content using programs such as XSLT transformations. GRDDL allows powerful mashups at very low cost. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
Last Call: Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0
2007-03-27: The Web Services Description Working Group released three Last Call Working Drafts for the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. Comments are welcome through 15 April on this brief Last Call for changes since Candidate Recommendation review. WSDL RDF Mapping and SOAP 1.1 Binding are updated Working Drafts. WSDL 2.0 models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications. Read about Web services. (Permalink)
Last Call: SPARQL Query Language for RDF
2007-03-27: The RDF Data Access Working Group has released a third Last Call Working Draft of the SPARQL Query Language for RDF. SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle") offers developers and end users a way to write and to consume search results across a wide range of information such as personal data, social networks and metadata about digital artifacts like music and images. SPARQL also provides a means of integration over disparate sources. Comments are due by 18 April. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
Upcoming Meetings
- HTML Mail, 24 May
- W3C Workshop on Declarative Models of Distributed Web Applications, 5-6 June
- Toward More Transparent Government:Workshop on eGovernment and the Web, 18-19 June
Upcoming Talks
- 3 April, Tampere, Finland: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman presents at Tampere University of Technology and the W3C Finnish Office.
- 11 April, Tübingen, Germany: Markup Languages and Schema Languages for Linguistic, Textual, Documentary ResourcesMichael Sperberg-McQueen presents at Datenstrukturen für linguistische Ressourcen und ihre Anwendungen (GLDV Frühjahrstagung).
- 12 April, Hammamet, Tunisia: Web Accessibility – It’s not Magic, it’s ArtShadi Abou-Zahra gives a keynote at Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility.
- 20 April, Durham, NC, USA: How the W3C Process got its StripesDan Connolly presents at Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface.
- 23 April, Stavanger, Norway: Introduction to the Semantic WebIvan Herman gives a tutorial at Semantic Days 2007.
- 24 April, Stavanger, Norway: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman presents at Semantic Days 2007.
- 2 May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Abstraction and extraction: in praise ofSteven Pemberton gives a keynote at Apachecon 07.
- 8 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Mot web 2.0, och bortomOlle Olsson presents at TelekomDagarna.
- 7 June, London, United Kingdom: Advancing Web AccessiblityShawn Henry presents at @media07 Europe.
- 21 June, Seattle, USA: Getting Real with AccessibilityShawn Henry presents at An Event Apart Seattle 2007.
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