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7 April 2008

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Last Call: XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

2008-04-03: The XML Core Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. This specification defines the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1, which allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources. It uses XML syntax to create structures that can describe links similar to the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML, as well as more sophisticated links. Comments are welcome through 16 May. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)

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Incubator Group Report: W3C SWS Challenge Testbed Incubator Methodology Report

2008-04-03: The W3C SWS Testbed Incubator Group published their final report: SWS Challenge Testbed Incubator Methodology Report. This document describes the SWS Testbed XG's Final Report on the best practices for a methodology for evaluating the efficacy of various techniques for mediation, discovery, and composition of Web Services, such techniques including software engineering approaches as well as semantic annotations. These best practices are based upon two years of experience with five workshops and one year of discussion and meetings on this subject by the XG Participants. The publication is part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can innovate and experiment. (Permalink)

Web Security Context: Experience, Indicators, and Trust Working Draft Published

2008-04-03: The Web Security Context Working Group has published a Working Draft of Web Security Context: Experience, Indicators, and Trust. This specification deals with the trust decisions that users must make online, and with ways to support them in making safe and informed decisions where possible. In order to achieve that goal, this specification includes recommendations on the presentation of identity information by Web user agents; on handling errors in security protocols in a way that minimizes the trust decisions left to users, and induces them toward safe behavior where they have to make these decisions; and on data entry interactions that will make it easier for users to enter sensitive data into legitimate sites than to enter them into illegitimate sites. Learn more about the Security Activity. (Permalink)

CURIE Syntax 1.0 Working Draft Published

2008-04-03: The XHTML2 Working Group has published a Working Draft of CURIE Syntax 1.0. The aim of this document is to outline a syntax for expressing URIs in a generic, abbreviated syntax. While it has been produced in conjunction with the XHTML 2 Working Group, it is not specifically targeted at use by XHTML Family Markup Languages. Note that the target audience for this document is Language designers, not the users of those Languages. Learn more about the HTML Activity. (Permalink)

Cool URIs for the Semantic Web Interest Group Note

2008-04-01: The Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) Interest Group has published an Interest Group Note Cool URIs for the Semantic Web. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) allows users to describe both Web documents and concepts from the real world people, organizations, topics, things in a computer-processable way. Publishing such descriptions on the Web creates the Semantic Web. URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) are very important to the Semantic Web, providing both the core of the framework itself and the link between RDF and the Web. This document presents guidelines for the effective use of URIs in the context of the Semantic Web. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)

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Upcoming Meetings

Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008) in Beijing, China:

21 April
  • RDFa: Extensible Structured Data in HTML, by Ben Adida, Elias Torres, Ivan Herman
  • Introduction to the Semantic Web (through an example…), by Ivan Herman
  • Producing XML that works internationally, by Richard Ishida, Felix Sasaki
23 April
  • Geolocation in the Mobile Web , by Dave Raggett
  • News from W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
  • Internationalizing Speech Synthesis, by Zhi Wei Shuang
  • Linking Open Data, by Chris Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee
  • What you Need to Know to Reach a Chinese Audience?, by Richard Ishida
  • A World of Stakeholders: Lessons from Global Outreach, by Daniel Dardailler
  • Semantic Web Development in China, by Huajun Chen
  • Making a Web Site Accessible Both for Mobile Devices and for People with Disabilities, by Henny Swan
  • Mobile Web in Rural China, by Stéphane Boyera
  • Localization and Internationalization of Layout on the Web, by Paul Nelson
  • Managing Online Video (or Multimedia) Content with the Semantic Web, by Raphaël Troncy
  • Adopting International Standards Locally: The Importance of Harmonization , by Judy Brewer
  • International Domain Names, by Tina Dam
24 April
  • The Future of Web Applications, by Tim Berners-Lee [Keynote]
  • Wicked Wide Web: Integrating Documents and Devices, by Doug Schepers
  • Standards and mobile applications, services and widgets, by Art Barstow
  • Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, by José Manuel Alonso
  • HTML 5, the future of Web Content, by Michael Smith
  • Web applications security issues, by Thomas Roessler
  • Designing the Web for All of Society, by Shawn Henry
  • Video on the Web, by Philippe Le Hégaret
  • Accessibility for rich Web applications, by Lisa Pappas
  • Web Usage in China, by Weihan Liu
  • Building a More Secure Browser, by Mary-Ellen Zurko

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