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6 November 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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DIAL Part 0: Primer

2007-11-02: The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of DIAL Part 0: Primer. This document provides an introduction to, and the benefits of, DIAL (the Device Independent Authoring Language). It summarizes the concept of device independence, the scenarios in which it could be used, and the considerations in order to achieve that goal. It then describes the role of DIAL in ensuring the delivery of content suitable for the user, device and inherent circumstances in which it was requested. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity. (Permalink)

Best Practices for XML Internationalization

2007-11-01: The Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Working Group has published the Working Draft of Best Practices for XML Internationalization. This document provides a set of guidelines for developing XML documents and schemas that are internationalized properly. Following the best practices describes here allow both the developer of XML applications, as well as the author of XML content to create material in different languages. Learn more about the Internationalization Activity. (Permalink)

Notes: Device Description Ecosystem 1.0, Landscape 1.0

2007-11-01: The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has published two Group Notes: Device Description Ecosystem 1.0 and Device Description Landscape 1.0. The first describes the business models surrounding the creation, maintenance and use of device descriptions. It identifies the main actors in the current model, explores their motivations for participating, identifies the costs associated with participation and the benefits that accrue to participants. The second describes what efforts the W3C and other organizations are doing in order to provide accurate device descriptions, part of making it easier to author for the Mobile Web. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.(Permalink)

Web Security: First Draft of "Web Security Context"; Last Call of "Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust"

2007-11-01: The Web Security Context Working Group has published two documents: the First Public Working Draft of Web Security Context: Experience, Indicators, and Trust, which defines guidelines and requirements for the presentation and communication of Web security context information to end-users; ceremonies for secure data entry; and good practices for Web Site authors. The second is a Last Call Working Draft of Web Security Experience, Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use Cases, which helps explain what the group aims to achieve, what technologies may be used and how technical proposals will be evaluated. Last Call comments are welcome through 30 November. See also the companion to the Last Call draft, Web User Interaction: Threat Trees, a W3C Group Note. Learn more about the Security Activity. (Permalink)

UAAG 2.0 Requirements: Working Draft

2007-10-31: The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Requirements, which defines planned new work on the second generation of UAAG. UAAG provides guidance on designing Web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other 'user agents' to be accessible and to increase accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities. UAAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines described in Essential Components of Web Accessibility. Read the UAAG Overview and about WAI. (Permalink)

Three RIF Working Drafts: Basic Logic Dialect, RDF and OWL Compatibility, and Core Design (Placeholder)

2007-10-31: The Rule Interchange Format Working Group has published three documents: RIF Basic Logic Dialect , RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility, and RIF Core Design - Placeholder; the first two are First Public Working Drafts. Basic Logic Dialect specifies a basic format that allows logic rules to be exchanged between rule-based systems. Rules interchanged using the Rule Interchange Format RIF may depend on or be used in combination with RDF data and/or RDF Schema or OWL data models. RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility specifies compatibility of RIF with the Semantic Web languages RDF and RDFS; in the future the document will address OWL as well. Finally, the Placeholder document resets expectations about the core RIF design. The Working Group has decided that that the design previously published as RIF Core is better considered as the basis for Logic Rules, rather than all kinds of rules. In the future, a new Core may be published, but for now, interested parties should refer to the Basic Logic Dialect. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)

Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources

2007-10-31: The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources. The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) facilitates the publication of descriptions of multiple resources such as all those available from a Web site. This document describes how sets of resources may be defined, either for use in Description Resources or in other contexts. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)

Note: POWDER: Use Cases and Requirements

2007-10-31: The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group has published the Group Note of POWDER: Use Cases and Requirements. This document sets out the use cases and requirements that have motivated the development of the Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER). The use cases address social and commercial needs to provide information about groups of Web resources, such as those available from a Web site, to aid the annotation and/or personalization of content for end users in varying delivery contexts. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)

Incubator Group Reports: Geospatial Vocabulary and Geospatial Ontologies

2007-10-31: The Geospatial Incubator Group published theirs reports on Geospatial Vocabulary and Geospatial Ontologies. The first document define a basic ontology and OWL vocabulary for representation of geospatial properties for Web resources. The second gives an overview and description of geospatial foundation ontologies to represent geospatial concepts and properties on the Web. Use cases for this work are described in the charter of the XG. Both publications are part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can innovate and experiment. (Permalink)

XML Schema Patterns for Databinding: Working Drafts

2007-10-31: The XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group published updated Working Drafts of Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0 and Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0. The patterns can describe XML 1.0 representations of commonly used data structures independent of any particular programming language, database or modelling environment. Contribute to the test suite, and read the interoperability report and about Web services. (Permalink)

W3C Opens Brazil Office

photo of the W3C Brazil Office2007-10-30: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the W3C Brazil Office, hosted by the NIC.br (Brazilian Network Information Center) institute, in São Paulo, Brazil. Vagner Diniz is Office Manager. W3C looks forward to increasing interaction with the Portuguese-speaking community through this Office, its first in South America. The IT landscape in Brazil aligns with exciting current trends at W3C such as mobile Web, Web applications and video on the Web. Read the press release and visit the Offices home page. (Photo credit: W3C Brazil Office. Permalink)

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)

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