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W3C Extends HTML Working Charter: HTML5 Last Call in May 2011 and Recommendation in 2014

14 February 2011 | Archive

HTML5 W3C extends today the charter of the HTML Working Group, reaffirming the commitment for HTML5 to reach Last Call in May 2011, and announcing plans to reach Recommendation by 2014. "Even as innovation continues, advancing HTML5 to Recommendation provides the entire Web ecosystem with a stable, tested, interoperable specification," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. W3C is developing a comprehensive test suite to help achieve broad interoperability for the full specification. Stable specifications are useful targets for interoperability at the same time that innovation never ceases. Therefore, to fulfill the W3C HTML Working Group's mission, W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee encourages the participants to begin discussion of requirements for future versions of HTML after HTML5 reaches Last Call. Read more in the press release and learn more about HTML.

CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3 Draft Published

17 February 2011 | Archive

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Working Draft of CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3. This CSS Image Values and Replaced Content module has two parts. First, it defines the syntax for image values in CSS. image values can be a single URI to an image, a list of URIs denoting a series of fallbacks, a reference to an element in the document, or gradients. Second, it defines properties used to control the interaction of replaced content and the CSS layout algorithms. These properties can affect the used image resolution for bitmaps, the replaced object's orientation, and whether and how to preserve the object's aspect ratio. Learn more about the Style Activity.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Authorized Translations Now in Six Languages

16 February 2011 | Archive

Today two more Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.0 were published, bringing the total to six languages. These were developed through the Policy for Authorized W3C Translations and they can be used for official purposes. W3C encourages translation of specifications and resources into all languages; see W3C Translations. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) particularly encourages the development of W3C Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.0 and other technical specifications to facilitate their adoption and implementation internationally; see Translating WAI Documents. To find out if WCAG is available in your language, see the WCAG 2.0 Translations list, which also lists unofficial translations. Additional perspectives are in the "WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue" blog post. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

W3C Invites Implementations of CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3; Updates Text Level 3

15 February 2011 | Archive

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3, which contains the features of CSS Level 3 relating to borders and backgrounds. The main extensions compared to CSS Level 2 are borders consisting of images, boxes with multiple backgrounds, boxes with rounded corners and boxes with shadows. The Working Group also updated a Working Draft of CSS Text Level 3, which 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 CSS Test Suite and the W3C Style Activity.

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