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29 October 2007

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Tim Berners-Lee and One Web at Mobile Internet World

photo of Tim Berners-Lee2007-10-23: Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) presents "Escaping the Walled Garden: Growing the Mobile Web with Open Standards" at Mobile Internet World, 13-15 November in Boston, MA, USA. W3C's Mobile Web Initiative holds a pre-conference Developers Summit on 13 November with initiative sponsors including Google, MobileAware, mTLD, Nokia, Opera Software, France Telecom Group and Vodafone to discuss the "One Web" vision and mobile standards. W3C hosts a media and analyst luncheon with the speakers on 14 November. Read the media advisory and about the Mobile Web Initiative. (Photo credit: Le Fevre Communications. Permalink)

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XForms 1.0 Third Edition Is a W3C Recommendation

2007-10-29: The World Wide Web Consortium today released XForms 1.0 Third Edition as a Recommendation. The document responds to implementor feedback, brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second edition errata and reflects clarifications already implemented in XForms processors. XForms separates presentation and content, minimizes the need for scripting and round-trips to the server, and offers device independence. Visit the forms home page. (Permalink)

RDFa Primer: Working Draft

2007-10-26: The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and the XHTML2 Working Group jointly published an updated Working Draft of the RDFa Primer 1.0. The primer is an introduction to RDFa, a method for embedding structured data in XHTML. Among changes in this draft are the term "chaining," previously called striping, and a new instanceof attribute. Visit the XHTML2 and Semantic Web home pages. (Permalink)

W3C Names Shadi Abou-Zahra WAI International Program Office Activity Lead

photo of Shadi Abou-Zahra2007-10-26: W3C has named Shadi Abou-Zahra to the position of WAI International Program Office Activity Lead. The Activity's groups are responsible for education and outreach, coordination with research, general discussion on Web accessibility, coordination with the WAI Technical Activity, and WAI liaisons with other organizations including standards organizations. Shadi joined W3C in 2003. He coordinates WAI outreach in Europe, accessibility evaluation techniques, and worked on the WAI-TIES Project, and currently with the WAI-AGE Project. Shadi will continue to lead development of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) and chair the Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG). W3C wishes to thank Judy Brewer who led the Activity, and continues her roles as Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative, and WAI Technical Activity Lead. Read more about WAI. (Permalink)

XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft

2007-10-26: The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of The XMLHttpRequest Object. The core component of Ajax, the XMLHttpRequest object is an interface that allows scripts to perform HTTP client functions, such as submitting form data or loading data from a remote Web site. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. (Permalink)

Content Transformation Landscape 1.0: Working Draft

2007-10-25: The Content Transformation Task Force of the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group released the First Public Working Draft of Content Transformation Landscape 1.0. This document identifies some issues surrounding the use of transforming proxies in the delivery of Web content. Discussion of these issues is expected to influence the (future) requirements document for Content Transformation Guidelines. Read about the Mobile Web Initiative. (Permalink)

Progress Events 1.0: Working Draft

2007-10-23: The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of Progress Events 1.0. These five events and their interfaces are used for data transfer in Ajax Web applications as described in XHR and for media access events. When additional data is downloaded on demand, scripts can monitor progress, construct loading bars, and take action once data has been transferred. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. (Permalink)

XML Signature and Encryption Workshop Report

2007-10-23: The report of the Workshop on Next Steps for XML Signature and XML Encryption is available. The report shows strong interest in additional work on XML security at W3C. A basic signature profile, the referencing and transform models, updating the set of supported cryptographic algorithms, and revisiting XML canonicalization were seen as highest priority among the several topics identified by the participants. The Workshop was held in September in Mountain View, CA, USA, hosted by VeriSign and chaired by Frederick Hirsch (Nokia) and Thomas Roessler (W3C). Read about W3C Workshops and about the Security Activity. (Permalink)

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