Challenges for Future Web Bring Experts Together at W3C Global Plenary
2008-10-21: All this week, the World
Wide Web Consortium holds its annual Technical Plenary week near its
European host site in France. More than 350 software
engineers, developers, and other experts in a wide
range of technologies such as HTML, XML, CSS, Mobile
Web, Semantic Web, and Video in the Web, come
together to address a variety of challenges in the
development of Web standards. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C
Director and inventor of the Web, will open the 22
October plenary session with a keynote and discussion
on the technical direction of W3C for the next
several years and where Web applications, documents,
and data come together. In the keynote, Berners-Lee
will also share thoughts on the future of HTML in the
browser and how HTML and XML communities can learn
from each other. Slides and minutes from the plenary
day will be publicly available. Read the press release
for more information, including information for media
wishing to cover the event. (Photo
credit: Karl Dubost. Permalink)
Incubator Group to Evaluate Research on Model-Based User Interfaces
2008-10-27: W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Model-Based User Interfaces Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C Members Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, JustSystems, Siemens, Telefónica de España, and Université Catholique de Louvain. The group's mission is to evaluate research on model-based user interface design as a framework for authoring Web applications and with a view to proposing work on related standards. 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)
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Upcoming Meetings
- W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, 15-16 January 2009
- W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in Energy Industries; Part I: Oil & Gas, 9-10 December
- W3C Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web, 10-11 December
- W3C Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 , 5-6 March 2009
Upcoming Talks
- 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).
- 30 October, Moscow, Russia: Сделаем интернет доступным всем и каждомуShawn Henry presents at User eXperience 2008.
- 30 October, Potsdam, Germany: Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit von Webressourcen: Services, Datenheterogenität und IdentifizierbarkeitFelix Sasaki presents at University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam.
- 31 October, Moscow, Russia: Стандарты Web Accessibility: Фундамент для международного сотрудничества и локального внедренияShawn Henry presents at User eXperience 2008.
- 5 November, Aarhus, Denmark: E-gov and the citizen - transformation by new technologyOlle Olsson presents at jboye08.
- 6 November, Monterrey, Mexico: Improving government through better use of the WebJosé Manuel Alonso gives a keynote at Seminario Internacional de Usabilidad y Accesibilidad para la Web 2008.
- 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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