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W3C Launches Points of Interest Working Group

04 October 2010 | Archive

W3C has launched a Points of Interest Working Group, whose mission is to develop technical specifications for the representation of "Points of Interest" information on the Web. For the purposes of this Working Group, a "Point of Interest" is defined simply as an entity at a physical location about which information is available. For example, the Taj Mahal in India is a point of interest, located at 27.174799° N, 78.042111°E (in the WGS84 geodetic system). Additional information could be associated with it, such as: it was completed around 1653, has a particular shape, and that it is open to visitors during specific hours. Points of Interest information is used in a wide variety of applications such as: augmented reality ("AR"), mapping and navigation systems, geocaching, etc. This group will primarily focus on POI use within AR applications but will strive to ensure reusability across applications. The group will also explore how the AR industry could best use, influence and contribute to Web standards. More information is available in the Working Group Charter. W3C launches this group as the result of discussion at the W3C Workshop on Augmented Reality on the Web. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

First Draft of Web DOM Core Draft Published

07 October 2010 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Web DOM Core. Web DOM Core defines interfaces for accessing and updating various types of nodes in a DOM tree, as well as interfaces for adding, getting, and removing items from lists of tokens, and interfaces for retrieving items from collections of nodes and from lists of strings. W3C invites feedback on this early draft. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Call for Review: XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic 1.1, XHTML Print Proposed Edited Recommendations

07 October 2010 | Archive

The XHTML2 Working Group has published three Proposed Edited Recommendations of XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic 1.1, and XHTML Print. The first defines an XHTML document type that is based upon the module framework and modules defined in XHTML Modularization. The second is a smaller set of modules; just those required to be an XHTML host language document type. In addition it includes images, forms, basic tables, and object support. The third document is a profile designed to be appropriate for printing from mobile devices to low-cost printers that might not have a full-page buffer and that generally print from top-to-bottom and left-to-right with the paper in a portrait orientation. Comments are welcome through 11 November. Learn more about the HTML Activity.

Starts Monday, 11 October: Introduction to SVG Course

07 October 2010 | Archive

As part of the Open Media Web project, co-funded by the European Union, the new W3C Course: Introduction to SVG begins on Monday, 11 October. The course is being lead by SVG IG member and author of an SVG Primer, David Dailey of Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania with support from W3C Team member Phil Archer who leads the successful Mobile Web Best Practices course. The aim of this activity is to help people already familiar with core Web technologies, like HTML and XML, to extend their knowledge. Scalable Vector Graphics is not new, but it is rapidly gaining adherents and deployment across the world as developers aim to make content available on different sized screens without any loss of image quality. All modern browsers have at least some support for SVG and now really is the time to get to grips with this powerful and exciting technology. Registration will remain open for a while after the course starts but it's best to be there at the start when fellow participants are discussing the current material and receiving feedback from David Dailey on the assignments. For full details of the course and how to register, please see the course description. Learn more about SVG.

Last Call: Widget Packaging and Configuration

05 October 2010 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Widget Packaging and Configuration. Widgets are client-side applications that are authored using Web standards such as HTML5, but whose content can also be embedded into Web documents. The packaging specification relies on PKWare's Zip specification as the archive format, XML as a configuration document format, and a series of steps that runtimes follow when processing and verifying various aspects of a package. Comments are welcome through 26 October. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

First Draft of Permissions for Device API Access Published

05 October 2010 | Archive

The Device APIs and Policy Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Permissions for Device API Access. A number of Web APIs, in particular those used to access private or sensitive data from the hosting device, are meant to be discoverable, as well as disabled or enabled on a site-by-site or application-by-application basis, depending on the security context. For instance, the feature element as defined in the Widget Packaging and Configuration specification allows a widget runtime engine to grant access only to the specific APIs that the configuration file of the widget listed. This document identifies and names the various permissions that are attached to existing Web APIs. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

CSS Text Level 3 Draft Published

05 October 2010 | Archive

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Working Draft of CSS Text Level 3. This CSS3 module defines properties for text manipulation and specifies their processing model. It covers line breaking, justification and alignment, white space handling, text decoration and text transformation. Learn more about the Style Activity.

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