Last Call: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Working Draft
2007-12-11: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, and Working Drafts of Understanding WCAG 2.0 and Techniques for WCAG 2.0. Following WCAG makes Web content more accessible to the vast majority of users, including people with disabilities and older users, using many different devices including a wide variety of assistive technologies. Comments are requested by 1 February 2008. Read the WCAG Overview, Call for Review, and about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (Permalink)
W3C Invites Implementations of EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup language (Candidate Recommendation)
2007-12-11: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published the Candidate Recommendation of EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup language. Implementation feedback is welcome through 14 April 2008. EMMA is a data exchange format for the interface between input processors and interaction management systems within the Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces, and defines the means to annotate application specific data with information such as confidence scores, time stamps, input mode, alternative recognition hypotheses, and partial recognition results. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page. (Permalink)
"Emergency Information Interoperability Framework" Focus of Incubator Group
2007-12-11: W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Emergency Information Interoperability Framework Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C Members NICTA, Google, SICS, and IBM. The mission of this Incubator Group is to review and analyze the current state-of-the-art in vocabularies used in emergency management functions and to investigate the path forward via an emergency management systems information interoperability framework. Read about the Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies. (Permalink)
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Talks
- 11 December, New York, USA: Video Search EnginesPhilippe Le Hégaret participates in a panel at WebVideo Summit 2007.
- 14 December, Venezia, Italy: Le nuove linee guida internazionali per l'accessibilità del WebOreste Signore presents at L’evoluzione dell’accessibilità informatica.
- 23 January 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA: Unifying a Fragmenting Market Through Standardisation to Encourage Mobile Web Industry DevelopmentMatt Womer presents at Mobile Web USA.
- 31 January 2008, Gijón, Spain: TIC y GobernabilidadJosé Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at Cooperación al desarrollo 2.0.
- 7 March 2008, Tokyo, Japan: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman presents at INTAP Semantic Web Conference 2008.
- 1 April 2008, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet UsagePhilipp Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
- 21 April 2008, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works internationallyRichard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
- 21 April 2008, Beijing, China: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTMLBen Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
- 21 April 2008, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…)Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
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