W3C Invites Implementations of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (Candidate Recommendation)
2008-04-30: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 as a Candidate Recommendation, and published updated Working Drafts of Understanding WCAG 2.0 and Techniques for WCAG 2.0, along with How to Meet WCAG 2.0 and Comparison of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints to WCAG 2.0. WCAG defines how to make Web sites, Web applications, and other Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Working closely with Web developers, the WCAG Working Group expects to receive initial implementations by 30 June 2008 and to show evidence of meeting the exit criteria by 31 August 2008. Read the press release, invitation to implement, Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents, and about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (Permalink)
Canonical XML Version 1.1 Is a W3C Recommendation
2008-05-02: The
XML Core Working Group has
published the W3C Recommendation of Canonical XML
Version 1.1. Canonical XML Version 1.1 is a
revision to Canonical XML Version 1.0 to address
issues related to inheritance of attributes in the
XML namespace when canonicalizing document subsets,
including the requirement not to inherit
xml:id
, and to treat
xml:base
URI path processing properly.
Canonical XML Version 1.1 is applicable to XML 1.0
and defined in terms of the XPath 1.0 data model.
It is not defined for XML 1.1. As a Recommendation,
this is a stable document and may be used as
reference material or cited from another document.
Learn more about the Extensible
Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
XProc: An XML Pipeline Language Draft Published
2008-05-01: The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language. This specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be performed on XML documents. Pipelines are made up of simple steps which perform atomic operations on XML documents and constructs similar to conditionals, iteration, and exception handlers, which control which steps are executed. The status section of the document lists the most important changes since the previous draft. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
Product Modelling Incubator Group to Identify Basic Ontology for Product Modelling
2008-05-01: W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Product Modelling Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C Members TNO, POSC-Caesar Association, and Fraunhofer. Per the charter, the SWOP and S-TEN projects, with the POSC Caesar Association, believe that it is possible to define a small core of basic classes and properties for product modelling. This "product core" could be the basis of the ontologies defined by the two projects, and for many other application ontologies. This core could help the development of Web ontologies derived from existing international standards, such as IFC, STEP and ISO 15926. The XG has been proposed to work on this core set. Read more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies. Incubator Activity work is not on the W3C standards track. (Permalink)
W3C Welcomes Members at Advisory Committee Meeting in Beijing
2008-04-21: W3C holds its semiannual Advisory Committee Meeting on 21-22 April in Beijing, China. W3C Member organizations participate in two days of discussions and strategic planning about W3C Activities and future work. The meeting takes place alongside WWW2008; you are invited to the W3C Track at WWW2008. The media are invited to a press conference with Tim Berners-Lee on 23 April at 3pm local time. Learn how to become a W3C Member and attend the next Advisory Committee Meeting in October 2008 (part of Technical Plenary Week) in Cannes, France. (Photo credit: Ian Jacobs. Permalink)
W3C Questions and Answers Blog
- Vertical Layouts for Canvas Text (CJK) by Karl Dubost
- How to add RDF information to a page using RDFa? by Ivan Herman
- Web Typography - Your wish list by Karl Dubost
- W3C, Process and Perception by Karl Dubost
- WCAG 2.0 takes a giant leap forward — Now it's your turn by Shawn Henry
- font is dead, vive le style by Karl Dubost
- alt attributes authoring practices by Karl Dubost
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Upcoming Talks
- 6 May, Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Verordnete (Barriere-)FreiheitShadi Abou-Zahra participates in a panel at Einfach-für-Alle Tagung.
- 6 May, Dublin, Ireland: XForms 1.1Steven Pemberton gives a tutorial at XTech 2008.
- 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: CSS Advanced Layout is not only for big gridsBert Bos presents at XTech 2008.
- 8 May, Dublin, Ireland: Why you should have a WebsiteSteven Pemberton presents at XTech 2008.
- 14 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Internationalisering och lokalisering -- språk på webbenOlle Olsson presents at Språk och Internet.
- 18 May, San Jose, CA, USA: State of the Semantic WebIvan Herman presents at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
- 19 May, Canberra, Australia: Improving Government through better use of the WebJosé Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at Web Directions South: Government.
- 20 May, Barcelona, Spain: Fast Forward: Get Ready for Web 3.0Steve Bratt gives a keynote at bdigital Global Congress.
- 21 May, Sydney, Australia: Towards eGovernment 2.0José Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at eGovernment Forum at CeBIT.
- 22 May, San Jose, CA, USA: Bringing SemTech Back to the BusinessIvan Herman participates in a panel at 2008 Semantic Technology Conference.
- 27 May, London, United Kingdom: One Big Happy Family: Practical Collaboration on Meaningful Markup Dan Brickley presents at Microformats vEvent.
- 2 June, Västerås, Sweden: Framtidssäkra eFörvaltningenOlle Olsson participates in a panel at Offentliga Rummet 2008.
- 17 June, New York, NY, USA: Web of DataTim Berners-Lee presents at LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring the new web of linked 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.
- 26 June, Frankfurt, Germany: Mobile Internet – the Way ForwardSteve Bratt participates in a panel at Next Generation Mobile Internet Industry Conference 2008.
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