Web Services Policy 1.5: Proposed Recommendations
2007-07-07: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Policy 1.5 to Proposed Recommendation. 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. Comments are welcome through 17 August. Read about the Web Services Policy Working Group and Web services. (Permalink)
POWDER: Grouping Sets of Resources
2007-07-09: The POWDER Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources. POWDER is a way to attach small, easily-produced annotations to large collections of Web content. Web resources can then be retrieved, personalized and delivered in a variety of delivery contexts to meet both social needs for content labels and commercial requirements for content adaptation. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
XML Pipeline Language: Working Draft
2007-07-07: The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language . Used to control and organize the flow of documents, the XProc language standardizes interactions, inputs and outputs for transformations for the large group of specifications such as XSLT, XML Schema, XInclude and Canonical XML that operate on and produce XML documents. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity ( Permalink )
W3C Cosponsors Extreme Markup Languages, Montréal, Canada, 7-10 August
2007-07-07: W3C is pleased to participate as a cosponsor at Extreme Markup Languages to be held 7-10 August in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Among the participants representing W3C are Chris Lilley, Liam Quin, Felix Sasaki and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen. A W3C Members-only discount is available. Read more about XML. (Permalink)
Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema: Proposed Recommendation
2007-07-05: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema (SAWSDL) to Proposed Recommendation. With these attributes, semantic annotations can be added to Web Services Description Language (WSDL) components for use in classifying, discovering, matching, composing, and invoking Web services. Comments are welcome through 17 August. Read about the SAWSDL Working Group and about Web services. (Permalink )
Widgets 1.0 Requirements: Working Draft
2007-07-05: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Widgets 1.0 Requirements. These design goals are the requirements for device-independent standards for scripting, digitally signing, securing, packaging and deploying client-side Web applications (widgets). Also known as gadgets or modules, widgets are small programs like clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters that display and update remote data and run on the Web browser environment. Read about Rich Web Clients. (Permalink)
Note: SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP
2007-07-03: The XML Protocol Working Group has published SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP as a Working Group Note. SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2 provides a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) and a response-only MEP. SOAP Version 1.2 Part 3 provides a one-way MEP. Learn more about the Web Services Activity. (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.
- 15 July, 東京 秋葉原, Japan: 従うのは面倒だがWeb標準はイケてる （通訳付）Karl Dubost, Olivier Thereaux present at Web標準の日々.
- 15 July, 東京 秋葉原, Japan: W3C のこと、本当にご存知ですか? ～ Web標準を語る前に、今こそ知っておきたいW3CTatsuya Hagino presents at Web標準の日々.
- 15 July, 東京 秋葉原, Japan: Yasuyuki Hirakawa is at Web標準の日々.
- 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.
- 23 July, Vienna, Austria: Das Neueste vom W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)Shadi Abou-Zahra presents at 2. Accessibility-Stammtisch.
- 25 July, Oxford, United Kingdom: Microformats: what are they, and why should we use them?Dan Connolly presents at XML Summer School.
- 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: Streaming-Archival InkML ConversionStephen M. Watt, Birendra Keshari present at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
- 24 September, Curitiba, Brazil: New Aspects of InkML for Pen-Based ComputingStephen M. Watt presents at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
- 26 September, Berlin, Germany: Mobile Web 2.0Philipp Hoschka presents at W3C-Tag 2007 - Rich Internet Applications.
- 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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