Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 Is a Recommendation
2007-06-27: The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 as a Recommendation in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. "In addition to the rigorous interoperability testing, we're pleased to have given developers the HTTP binding, which provides simple Web-friendly access to a service," said Jonathan Marsh (WSO2), Working Group co-Chair. WSDL models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications. WSDL SOAP 1.1 Binding, Additional MEPs and RDF Mapping have been published as Working Group Notes. Read the testimonials and press release and about Web services. (Permalink)
Planet i18n: Blogs on Web Internationalization
2007-06-29: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of Planet i18n. This community service created by the Internationalization Core Working Group brings together a variety of blog posts that discuss internationalization topics. You can subscribe to the RSS feed. If you own a blog with a focus on internationalization and want to be added, please contact Richard Ishida (W3C). Read more on the Internationalization home page. (Permalink)
GRDDL Primer: Working Group Note
2007-06-28: The GRDDL Working Group published GRDDL Primer as a Working Group Note. Linking microformats to the Semantic Web, the GRDDL mechanism is used to extract RDF statements from XHTML and XML content using programs such as XSLT. The primer contains detailed illustrations of GRDDL techniques. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
Best Practices for XML Internationalization
2007-06-28: The Internationalization Tag Set Working Group published an updated Working Draft of Best Practices for XML Internationalization. These guidelines explain how XML application developers and XML content authors can create formats and content that enable use by speakers of a variety of languages and that facilitate the translation and localization process. The best practices are a complement to the International Tag Set Recommendation. Visit the Internationalization home page. (Permalink)
German Webinar on Mobile Web
2007-06-28: Join us for a free W3C Webinar in German, where you will learn how to make your Web content mobile-friendly. Philipp Hoschka will show how you can benefit from the expertise collected through the documents and tools provided by the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group. The Webinar will be held Tuesday, 17 July at 11:00am Berlin time. Attendance is free but registration is required. Visit the Mobile Web Initiative home page. (Permalink)
Last Call: Web Services Addressing Metadata
2007-06-27: The Web Services Addressing Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata to prepare the specification for consideration as a Proposed Recommendation. The specification is used to indicate support for the Web Services Addressing 1.0 mechanisms using the Web Services Policy 1.5 framework and defines how to express WS-Addressing properties in the WSDL. Comments are welcome through 11 July. Read about Web services. (Permalink)
Fundamentos Web 2007: Registration Open
2007-06-27: The W3C Spain Office is pleased to present Tantek Çelik, Jeffrey Veen, Tim Berners-Lee (by video link), and other noted Web standards experts at the third edition of Fundamentos Web 2007 (Web Foundations 2007) on 3-5 October in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. Well-known representatives from Microsoft, Opera, Mozilla, Nokia, Konqueror, Flickr, Last FM, and W3C will present at the event. Registration for the conference, which sold out for the second time last year, is open and offers discounts for unemployed people as well as for W3C Members. (Permalink)
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Talks
- 11 July, New York, USA: Making Sense of Language Identification: How changes in ISO 639 and IETF BCP 47 affect language tagging and selectionAddison Phillips presents at 10th Open Metadata Forum.
- 17 July, n/a, n/a: W3C Richtlinien für das Mobile WebPhilipp Hoschka is at W3C Webinar.
- 20 July, Gießen, Germany: Offene Standards im InternetFelix Sasaki gives a lecture at Zentrums für Medien und Interaktivität, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.
- 8 August, Montréal, Canada: Localization of schema languagesFelix Sasaki presents at Extreme Markup Languages.
- 31 August, Singapore, Singapore: Introduction to the Semantic WebIvan Herman gives a tutorial at International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
- 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: New Aspects of InkML for Pen-Based ComputingStephen M. Watt presents at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
- 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: Streaming-Archival InkML ConversionStephen M. Watt, Birendra Keshari present at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
- 26 September, Sydney, Australia: CSSBert Bos gives a lecture at Web Directions South / W3C SIG Day.
- 27 September, Sydney, Australia: Web Directions breakfastBert Bos presents at Web Directions South.
- 27 September, Sydney, Australia: A new life for old standardsBert Bos presents at Web Directions South.
- 3 October, Gijón, Spain: Browser panelBert Bos participates in a panel at Fundamentos Web 2007.
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