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Announcing W3Conf, W3C's First Developer Conference
14 September 2011 | Archive
W3C announces today W3Conf: Practical Standards for Web Professionals, W3C's first developer conference, in the Seattle area on 15-16 November 2011. Speakers and participants will focus on practical, cutting-edge standards that developers and designers can use across browsers today. The conference will feature presentations by leading experts in the Web industry on HTML5, CSS3, graphics, accessibility, multimedia, APIs, and more. Seating will be limited, but the event will be webcast live with video streaming. Registration will open soon! W3C Members interested in sponsoring the conference should contact Doug Schepers or Alan Bird.
W3C Announces Online Symposium on Web Accessibility Metrics
15 September 2011 | Archive
The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium for researchers and practitioners to explore web accessibility metrics and develop a roadmap for future research and development. The Call for Papers is open until 1 November 2011. Learn more about the Symposium on Web Accessibility Metrics and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
First Draft of CSS Device Adaptation Published
15 September 2011 | Archive
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of CSS Device Adaptation. This specification provides a way for an author to specify, in CSS, the size, zoom factor, and orientation of the viewport that is used as the base for the initial containing block. The goal of this specification is to make it easier to design across devices with different viewport sizes. Learn more about the Style Activity.
DOM4 Draft Updated
15 September 2011 | Archive
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of DOM4. DOM4 defines the event and document model the Web platform uses. The DOM is a language- and platform neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content and structure of documents. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
Battery Status Events Draft Published
15 September 2011 | Archive
The Device APIs Working Group has published a Working Draft of Battery Status Events. This specification defines DOM event types that provide information about the battery status of the hosting device. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.
Last Call for SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON Format; First Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Query Results CSV and TSV Formats
13 September 2011 | Archive
The SPARQL Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON Format. This was also the First Public Draft of that document. SPARQL is a set of standards for the query and update of RDF data, along with ways to access such data over the web. This document describes the representation of SELECT and ASK query results using JSON. Comments are welcome through 26 October.
The Group also published a First Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Query Results CSV and TSV Formats, which describes the use of CSV and TSV formats for expressing SPARQL query results from SELECT queries. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
Last Call: Touch Events version 1
13 September 2011 | Archive
The Web Events Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Touch Events version 1. The Touch Events specification defines a set of low-level events that represent one or more points of contact with a touch-sensitive surface, and changes of those points with respect to the surface and any DOM elements displayed upon it (e.g. for touch screens) or associated with it (e.g. for drawing tablets without displays). Comments are welcome through 11 October. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.
