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W3C Organizes Workshop on Mobile and Web Technologies in Social and Economic Development
31 January 2011 | Archive
W3C announces its fourth Workshop on Mobile and Web Technologies in Social and Economic Development, in Dar es Salam, Tanzania on 4-5 June. Today, more than half the world's population lives on less than $3 a day, and has no access to healthcare, education, government services, etc. But the strong growth in the mobile phone use offers new opportunities for improvement. The potential of simple ICT services on mobile devices to increase people's income has been demonstrated. However, there are still many challenges to overcome in order to realize the full potential of mobile and Web technologies in this area. The aim of this Workshop is to explore how to lower the existing barriers and to identify key directions for future exploration. Learn more about participation in the Workshop as well as sponsorship opportunities. This Workshop is jointly organized by W3C and the World Wide Web Foundation. Learn more about W3C's Mobile Web for Social Development Interest Group.
Invitation to W3C Germany and Austria Office Opening
26 January 2011 | Archive
W3C is pleased to announce that the German Research Center for Artifical Intelligence (DFKI), a long-term W3C Member and the leading German research institute in the field of innovative software technology, is the new W3C Office for Germany and Austria. To celebrate this new relationship, W3C and DFKI invite people to an opening event in Berlin, Germany on 10 February 2011. The event will be a great opportunity for people to learn how European research and various industries can contribute to and benefit from W3C's open Web platform. Participation is free, but registration is required. The event follows a W3C Web and TV Workshop. W3C Offices promote adoption of W3C work among developers, application builders, and standards setters, and encourage inclusion of stakeholder organizations in the creation of future recommendations by joining W3C. Learn about the W3C Offices Program.
Call for Review: XQuery Update Facility 1.0 Proposed Recommendation
25 January 2011 | Archive
The XML Query Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of the XQuery Update Facility 1.0; this defines extensions to XQuery to support changing documents in place in an efficient and declarative manner. Comments are welcome through 22 February. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
Call for Review: XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 is a Proposed Recommendation
25 January 2011 | Archive
The XSL Working Group and the XML Query Working Group have jointly published a Proposed Recommendation of the XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 facility. This extends the XPath and XQuery languages to give support for full-text searches against XML Documents or other data model instances. Comments are welcome through 22 February. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.
Last Call: Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces
25 January 2011 | Archive
The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published a Last Call draft of Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces. This document describes a loosely coupled architecture for multimodal user interfaces, which allows for co-resident and distributed implementations, and focuses on the role of markup and scripting, and the use of well defined interfaces between its constituents.The Last Call period ends on 15 February 2011. Learn more about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.
