W3C Publishes HTML 5 Draft, Future of Web Content
2008-01-22: W3C today published an early draft of HTML 5, a major revision of the markup language for the Web. The HTML Working Group is creating HTML 5 to be the open, royalty-free specification for rich Web content and Web applications. "HTML is of course a very important standard," said Tim Berners-Lee, author of the first version of HTML and W3C Director. "I am glad to see that the community of developers, including browser vendors, is working together to create the best possible path for the Web." New features include APIs for drawing two-dimensional graphics and ways to embed and control audio and video content. HTML 5 helps to improve interoperability and reduce software costs by giving precise rules not only about how to handle all correct HTML documents but also how to recover from errors. Discover other new features, read the press release, and learn more about the future of HTML. (Permalink)
SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference (First Public Working Draft)
2008-01-25: The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference. This document defines the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Semantic Web. SKOS provides a standard, low-cost means to describe the semantic relationships between existing knowledge systems and to port those systems to the Semantic Web. SKOS also provides a lightweight, intuitive language for developing and sharing new knowledge organization systems. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)
Relationship Between Mobile Web and Web Content Accessibility (First Public Working Draft)
2008-01-22: The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group and the WAI Education and Outreach Working Group have published the First Public Working Draft of Relationship Between Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. See the announcement email.
The groups encourage people to start by reading Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices, which shows how design goals for accessibility and mobile access overlap. A third document, Experiences Shared by People with Disabilities and by People Using Mobile Devices, provides examples of barriers that people (without disabilities) face when interacting with Web content via mobile devices, and similar barriers for people with disabilities using desktop computers. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). (Permalink)
Document Object Model Activity Closed
2008-01-22: W3C's Document Object Model (DOM) Activity is now closed. The Document Object Model Working Group closed in the early 2004 after the completion of the DOM Level 3 Recommendations. Since then, several W3C Working Groups have taken the lead in maintaining and continuing to develop standard APIs for the Web; these include the HTML, SVG, CSS, and WebAPI Working Groups. W3C will continue to develop APIs in various Working Groups. Learn more about achievements of those participating as part of the DOM Activity on the DOM Activity Statement. (Permalink)
W3C Advisory Committee Elects TAG Participants
2008-01-22: The W3C Advisory Committee has elected Ashok Malhotra (Oracle), T.V. Raman (Google), and Henry Thompson (University of Edinburgh) to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG). Continuing TAG participants are Noah Mendelsohn (IBM), David Orchard (BEA), Jonathan Rees (Science Commons), Norm Walsh (Sun), and Stuart Williams (HP), who co-Chairs the TAG with Tim Berners-Lee. The mission of the TAG is to build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary, to resolve issues involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG, and to help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C. (Permalink)
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Talks
- 28 January, Albany, NY, USA: Making the Web Accessible to AllShawn Henry presents at University at Albany.
- 30 January, Stockholm, Sweden: The Semantic WebOlle Olsson presents at JFokus 2008.
- 31 January, Gijón, Spain: TIC y GobernabilidadJosé Manuel Alonso participates in a panel at Cooperación al desarrollo 2.0.
- 31 January, Houston, Texas, USA: World Wide Web Consoritum: Semantic Web and Opportunities for the Oil and Gas IndustrySteve Bratt presents at PCA Member Meeting.
- 5 February, Tokyo, Japan: HTML 5Michael(tm) Smith presents at Jagat.
- 11 February, Wellington, New Zealand: Achieving Web for All: Improving the Accessibility, Usability, and Quality of Your WebsiteShawn Henry gives a tutorial at Webstock 2008.
- 7 March, Tokyo, Japan: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman presents at INTAP Semantic Web Conference 2008.
- 8 March, Austin, TX, USA: Catching up with Accessibility: The Basics QuicklyShawn Henry presents at SXSW Interactive 2008 Conference.
- 10 March, Berlin, Germany: An Introduction to POWDER (tentative)Phil Archer, Thomas Tikwinski give a tutorial at Web 2.0 Telecoms.
- 17 March, Geneva, Switzerland: Video on the Web at W3CPhilippe Le Hégaret presents at Media Distribution over Open Internet.
- 1 April, Berlin, Germany: Analysing The Importance Of Standardisation In Driving Mobile Internet UsagePhilipp Hoschka presents at Mobile Internet.
- 21 April, 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, Beijing, China: Producing XML that works internationallyRichard Ishida, Felix Sasaki give a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
- 21 April, Beijing, China: Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…)Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
- 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des Connaissances (IC2008).
- 19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience DesignShawn Henry presents at Usability Professionals' Association International Conference 2008.
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