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Cascading Style Sheets Standard Boasts Unprecedented Interoperability
07 June 2011 | Archive
W3C announced new levels of support today for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the language for adding style to Web content. W3C released an update to the core CSS standard, CSS 2.1, to reflect the current state of support for CSS features, and to serve as the stable foundation for future extensions. CSS has been in widespread use as an Open Web technology for more than a decade, but it took many years for implementations and the specification to converge. The collective efforts of the CSS Working Group, implementers, contributors to the CSS Test Suite, and the W3C CSS community have made interoperable CSS a reality for the Open Web. More than 9000 CSS tests have made it easier for designers to create style sheets that work across browsers, and across devices. "This publication crowns a long effort to achieve very broad interoperability," said Bert Bos, co-inventor of CSS and co-Editor of CSS 2.1." Now we can turn our attention to the cool features we've been itching to bring to the Web." The CSS Working Group also published two other Recommendations today: CSS Color Module Level 3 and A MathML for CSS Profile. Read the press release and testimonials, and learn more about Cascading Style Sheets.
First Draft of CSS Regions Module Draft Published
09 June 2011 | Archive
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of CSS Regions Module. The CSS Regions module allows content to flow across multiple areas called regions. The regions do not necessarily follow the document order. The CSS Regions module provides an advanced content flow mechanism, which can be combined with positioning schemes as defined by other CSS modules such as the Multi-Column Module or the Grid Layout Module to position the regions where content flows. Learn more about the Style Activity.
Call for Review: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) Proposed Recommendation
09 June 2011 | Archive
The SVG Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition). This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Version 1.1, a modularized language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. Comments are welcome through 07 July. Learn more about the Graphics Activity.
Last Call: Three Widgets Specifications
07 June 2011 | Archive
The Web Applications Working Group published three Last Call Working Drafts today:
- Widget Packaging and XML Configuration, which lets users create full-fledged client-side applications that are authored using technologies such as HTML and then packaged for distribution.
- Widget Interface, which defines an API to access a widget's metadata and persistently storing data.
- XML Digital Signatures for Widgets, a security mechanism that allows people to digitally sign a widget as a mechanism to ensure continuity of authorship and distributorship.
Comments are welcome through 28 June. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
First Draft of The Network Information API Published
07 June 2011 | Archive
The Device APIs and Policy Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of The Network Information API. This API provides an interface enabling Web applications to access the underlying network information (connection type) of the device. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
W3C Launches New Government Linked Data Working Group
06 June 2011 | Archive
W3C today launched the new Government Linked Data Working Group, whose mission is to provide standards and other information which help governments around the world publish their data as effective and usable Linked Data using Semantic Web technologies; see the full charter. In addition, W3C renewed today the eGovernment Interest Group, a forum for building and strengthening the community of people who use or promote the use of W3C technologies to improve Government. That group identifies and discusses essential areas of technology and related policy issues; see the full eGov Interest Group charter and learn more about eGovernment at W3C.
