XML is Ten!
2008-02-12: Ten years ago, on 10 February 1998, W3C published Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. W3C is marking the ten-year anniversary of XML by celebrating "XML10" and extending thanks to the dedicated communities -- including people who have participated in W3C's XML groups and mailing lists, the SGML community, and xml-dev -- whose efforts have created a successful family of technologies based on the solid XML 1.0 foundation. The success of XML is a strong indicator of how dedicated individuals, working within the W3C Process, can engage with a larger community to produce industry-changing results. "Today we celebrate the success of open standards in preserving Web data from proprietary ownership," said Jon Bosak, who led the W3C Working Group that produced XML 1.0. Read the press release and testimonials. Send W3C a greeting and learn more about XML at W3C. (Permalink)
Last Call: CSS Namespaces Module
2008-02-15: The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of CSS Namespaces Module. The CSS Namespaces module defines the syntax for using namespaces in CSS. It defines the @namespace rule for declaring the default namespace and binding namespaces to namespace prefixes, and it also defines a syntax that other specifications can adopt for using those prefixes in namespace-qualified names. Comments are welcome through 7 March. Learn more about the Style Activity. (Permalink)
Access Control for Cross-site Requests
2008-02-14: The Web Application Formats Working Group has published the Working Draft of Access Control for Cross-site Requests. Web application technologies commonly apply same-origin restrictions to network requests. These restrictions prevent a Web application running from one origin from obtaining data retrieved from another origin, and also limit the amount of unsafe HTTP requests that can be automatically launched toward destinations that differ from the running application's origin. This document defines a mechanism to enable client-side cross-site requests. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity. (Permalink)
Note: Best Practices for XML Internationalization
2008-02-13: The Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Working Group has published a Group Note 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)
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- 18 February, Phoenix Park, Korea: Mobile Web 2.0 TechnologiesSeungyun Lee presents at The 10th International Conference On Advanced Communication Technology.
- 20 February, Madrid, Spain: Interoperabilidad Semántica en la WebMartín Álvarez presents at IV Congreso Nacional de BPMS.
- 21 February, Vienna, Austria: Web Accessibility - Hochglanz und QualitätShadi Abou-Zahra presents at SAE Workshop.
- 7 March, Tokyo, Japan: State of the Semantic WebKarl Dubost, Ivan Herman present 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.
- 10 March, San Diego, CA, USA: New W3C Standards For Speech and Multimodal ApplicationsDeborah Dahl presents at Voice Search Conference.
- 15 March, Los Angeles, USA: How Web Accessibility Guidelines Apply to Design for the Ageing PopulationShadi Abou-Zahra, Andrew Arch present at CSUN 2008.
- 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: Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…)Ivan Herman gives 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: RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTMLBen Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman give a tutorial at 17th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008).
- 17 June, New York, NY, USA: (not yet determined)Tim Berners-Lee presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring the new web of connected data.
- 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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