W3C Organizes Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web
2008-09-30: W3C invites people to participate in a Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web to be hosted by Vodafone in London (UK) on 10-11 December 2008. The goal of this workshop is to bring together people from a wide variety of backgrounds (API designers, security experts, usability experts, ...) to discuss the security challenges involved in allowing Web applications and widgets to access the APIs that allow to control these features (e.g., cameras, gps, address books, etc.). Participants will also advise the W3C on appropriate next steps for any gap that needs to be addressed with new technical work. Position papers are due 30 October. W3C invites you to read more about the Workshop scope. (Permalink)
Call for Review: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) is a Proposed Recommendation
2008-10-06: The SYMM Working Group has published the Proposed Recommendation of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0), pronounced "smile." SMIL 3.0 allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL 3.0, an author may describe the temporal behavior of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen. SMIL 3.0 is a modular XML application: its components may be used in other XML formats. SMIL also defines mobile profiles that incorporate features useful within the industry. Comments are welcome through 6 November. Read more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity. See also W3C's new Video on the Web Activity. (Permalink)
XMLHttpRequest Level 2 Draft Published
2008-10-03: The Web Applications Working Group has published the Working Draft of XMLHttpRequest Level 2. The specification enhances XMLHttpRequest with new features, such as cross-site requests, progress events, and the handling of byte streams for both sending and receiving. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity. (Permalink)
Call for Review: Device Description Repository Simple API Proposed Recommendation
2008-09-22: The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has published the Proposed Recommendation of Device Description Repository Simple API. Web content delivered to mobile devices usually benefits from being tailored to take into account a range of factors such as screen size, markup language support and image format support. Such information is stored in "Device Description Repositories" (DDRs). This document describes a simple API for access to DDRs, in order to ease and promote the development of Web content that adapts to its Delivery Context. Comments are welcome through 31 October. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity. (Permalink)
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Talks
- 6 October, Nice, France: Les applications et services de l’Internet mobilePhilipp Hoschka participates in a panel at Internet of Things Internet of the Future.
- 7 October, Göteborg, Sweden: Webben, Open Source och standarderOlle Olsson presents at DFS-seminarium.
- 7 October, Tampere, Finland: W3C Semantic Web technologies for the OKS Ossi Nykänen gives a tutorial at The 2nd International OPAALS Conference on Digital Ecosystems: OPAALS 2008 at Tampere, Finland, 7 - 8 October 2008.
- 8 October, Kista, Sweden: Webb 2.0 och bortomOlle Olsson presents at ISOC.SE seminarium.
- 8 October, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece: An Open Platform for Standardisation: WWWEvangelos Markatos, Klaus Birkenbihl present at 9th International HL7 Interoperability Conference 2008.
- 13 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 WorldShawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
- 14 October, Las Vegas, NV, USA: Getting Real with AccesibilityShawn Henry presents at Web Builder 2.0.
- 16 October, Bålsta, Sweden: Klarspråk och förståelighet på webben - webben som utmaning och möjlighetOlle Olsson presents at Klarspråkskonferensen 2008.
- 17 October, Poznan, Poland: The Policy-Aware Web meets Virtual GoodsRenato Iannella gives a keynote at 6th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business Models for Virtual Goods.
- 26 October, Karlsruhe, Germany: RDFa—Bridging the Web of Documents and the Web of DataMichael Hausenblas, Ivan Herman, Ben Adida give a tutorial at 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2008).
- 5 November, Aarhus, Denmark: E-gov and the citizen - transformation by new technologyOlle Olsson presents at jboye08.
- 14 November, Paris, France: La mode se démode, le Style jamaisDaniel Glazman presents at Paris Web 2008.
- 18 November, Sophia Antipolis, France: The W3C Multimodal ArchitectureIngmar Kliche presents at ETSI Workshop on Multimodal Interaction on Mobile Devices .
- 28 November, Berlin, Germany: Towards eGovernment 2.0 through better use of the WebJosé Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at E-Government-Standards Kongress.
- 4 December, Malmö, Sweden: Standarder och Open SourceOlle Olsson presents at DFS-seminarium.
- 5 December, Turn, Italy: Overlapping User Experiences: Mobile Web Usability and Accessibility for People with DisabilitiesShawn Henry presents at UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity.
- 6 December, Turin, Italy: How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience Design Shawn Henry presents at UPA Europe 2008, Usability and design: cultivating diversity.
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