Public Newsletter

Device Description Repository Simple API Is a W3C Recommendation

2008-12-08: The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has published the W3C 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. The Working Group also published a Group Note of Device Description Structures, an expression language for the structured categorization of devices in content adaptation. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity. (Permalink)

CSS Marquee Module Level 3 Updated

2008-12-05: The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group updated today the Candidate Recommendation of CSS Marquee Module Level 3. CSS Marquee allows the designer to specify a "marquee" effect for the display of overflow content; the content is animated and moves automatically back and forth. Learn more about the Style Activity. (Permalink)

Five XQuery Drafts Published

2008-12-05: The XML Query Working Group published five Working Drafts today relating to the XQuery language for querying and processing structured information:

1. XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0, giving procedural assignment, blocks and synchronization to XQuery; together with the XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0 Use Cases;
2. XQuery 1.1, adding new features to XQuery including windowing and grouping, published together with XQuery 1.1 Use Cases and diffs from the previous draft;
3. XQueryX 1.1, giving a detailed XML representation of a parsed query. This is a First Public Working Draft.

Learn more about the XML Activity. (Permalink)

Minor Update of "Cool URIs for the Semantic Web"

2008-12-03: W3C updated the Interest Group Note Cool URIs for the Semantic Web today to include a link to an errata page (Permalink)

Eleven Publications Related to OWL 2

2008-12-02: The OWL Working Group published eleven documents today relating to the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language. OWL 2 extends OWL, a core standard of the Semantic Web, adding new features that users have requested and that software providers are prepared to implement. Six of these documents are last call drafts, indicating the Working Group believes the technical work in those areas is done. The documents are:

1. Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax (last call)
2. Direct Semantics (last call)
3. RDF-Based Semantics
4. Conformance and Test Cases (last call)
5. Mapping to RDF Graphs (last call)
6. XML Serialization (last call)
7. Profiles (last call)
8. Quick Reference Guide (first public working draft)
9. New Features and Rationale (first public working draft)
10. Manchester Syntax (first public working draft)
11. rdf:text: A Datatype for Internationalized Text (first public working draft)

The Manchester Syntax is an optional, alternative OWL serialization; this document is expected to become a Note. The XML datatype rdf:text was co-developed with the RIF Working Group for use with RDF data. Please send comments by 23 January. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)