Last Call: Service Modeling Language (SML) 1.1; SML Interchange Format 1.1
2008-03-03: The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published Last Call Working Drafts of Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1 and Service Modeling Language Interchange Format, Version 1.1. The former defines a language for modeling complex services and systems, including their structure, constraints, policies, and best practices. The latter defines an interchange format for SML. The format identifies the model being interchanged, distinguishes between model definition documents and model instance documents, and defines the binding of rule documents with other documents in the interchange set. Comments are welcome through 26 March. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
Last Call: Element Traversal Specification
2008-03-03: The Web API Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of Element Traversal Specification. This specification defines the ElementTraversal interface, which allows script navigation of the elements of a DOM tree, excluding all other nodes in the DOM, such as text nodes. It is intended to provide a more convenient alternative to existing DOM navigation interfaces, with a low implementation footprint. Comments are welcome through 3 April. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity. (Permalink)
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- 3 March, Quito, Ecuador: Accessibility of the Web: Strategies and ResourcesJudy Brewer participates in a panel at Foro G3ICT.
- 5 March, Seoul, Korea: Towards the Web of ThingsDave Raggett presents at Mobile Wednesday Workshop.
- 5 March, Seoul, Korea: Mobile Web 2.0 Forum Standardization ActivitiesSeungyun Lee presents at Mobile Wednesday Workshop.
- 7 March, Tokyo, Japan: State of the Semantic WebKarl Dubost, Ivan Herman present at INTAP Semantic Web Conference 2008.
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- 18 June, Nancy, France: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman gives a keynote at 19èmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des Connaissances (IC2008).
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