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W3C Invites Implementation of Widget Packaging and Configuration

01 December 2009 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of Widget Packaging and Configuration. This specification standardizes a packaging format for software known as widgets. Widgets are client-side applications that are authored using Web standards, but whose content can also be embedded into Web documents. The packaging format acts as a container for files used by a widget. The configuration document is an XML vocabulary that declares metadata and configuration parameters for a widget. The steps for processing a widget package describe the expected behavior and means of error handling for runtimes while processing the packaging format, configuration document, and other relevant files. The group plans to track implementations in an implementation report. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0 Draft Published

03 December 2009 | Archive

The Voice Browser Working Group has published a Working Draft of Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0. The primary goal of this document is to bring the advantages of Web-based development and content delivery to interactive voice response applications. VoiceXML 3.0 is a modular XML language for creating interactive media dialogs that feature synthesized speech, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, telephony, mixed initiative conversations, and recording and presentation of a variety of media formats including digitized audio, and digitized video. Learn more about the Voice Browser Activity.

Last Call: W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1

03 December 2009 | Archive

The XML Schema Working Group has published Last Call Working Draft of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures and Part 2: Datatypes. The former specifies the XML Schema Definition Language, which offers facilities for describing the structure and constraining the contents of XML documents, including those which exploit the XML Namespace facility. The schema language, which is itself represented in an XML vocabulary and uses namespaces, substantially reconstructs and considerably extends the capabilities found in XML document type definitions (DTDs). The second publication defines facilities for defining datatypes to be used in XML Schemas as well as other XML specifications. Comments are welcome through 31 December. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

CSS 2D Transforms, Transitions Modules Updated

01 December 2009 | Archive

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published Working Drafts of CSS 2D Transforms Module Level 3 and CSS Transitions Module Level 3. CSS 2D Transforms allows elements rendered by CSS to be transformed in two-dimensional space. CSS Transitions allows property changes in CSS values to occur smoothly over a specified duration. Learn more about the Style Activity.

Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces (MMI Architecture) Working Draft Published

01 December 2009 | Archive

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces (MMI Architecture), which defines a general and flexible framework providing interoperability among modality-specific components from different vendors - for example, speech recognition from one vendor and handwriting recognition from another. The document as a whole has changed significantly and the group welcomes review. The main changes from the previous draft are (1) clarifying the relationship to EMMA, (2) simplifying the architecture constituents, (3) adding a description on HTTP transport of lifecycle events and (4) adding an example of handwriting recognition modality component. A diff-marked version of this document is available. Learn more about the W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity.

Patent Advisory Group Launched for Widgets 1.0: Access Requests Policy

01 December 2009 | Archive

In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) in response to a disclosure related to the Widgets 1.0: Access Requests Policy specification; see the PAG charter. The WebApps Working Group develops this specification. W3C launches a PAG to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements. Learn more about Patent Advisory Groups.

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