Registration for W3C’s “JavaScript” online training course is open. The 4-week session, which begins 20 October, provides instruction about JavaScript good practices, tricks, and tools, illustrated through examples and assignments. Register before 25 September to benefit from the early bird rate. Check all other acclaimed courses open for registration (such as HTML5 and Responsive Web Design) . Learn more about W3DevCampus, the official W3C online training for Web developers and watch the intro video.

The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has published Web Accessibility Tutorials on Images and Tables. Additional tutorials will be announced soon. These tutorials show you how to create web content that is accessible to people with disabilities and that improves the user experience for all users. They include general guidance, and specific examples for HTML5 and WAI-ARIA. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Working Draft of CSS Display Module Level 3. This module describes how the CSS formatting box tree is generated from the document element tree and defines the display and box-suppress properties that control it. CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. Learn more about the Style Activity.

The Device APIs Working Group invites implementation of two Candidate Recommendations:

• Vibration API. This specification defines an API that provides access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting device. Vibration is a form of tactile feedback.
• HTML Media Capture. This specification defines an HTML form extension that facilitates user access to a device’s media capture mechanism, such as a camera, or microphone, from within a file upload control.

Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3. CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. This draft contains the features of CSS level 3 relating to borders and backgrounds. It includes and extends the functionality of CSS level 2, which builds on CSS level 1. The main extensions compared to level 2 are borders consisting of images, boxes with multiple backgrounds, boxes with rounded corners and boxes with shadows. This module replaces two earlier drafts: CSS3 Backgrounds and CSS3 Border. Learn more about the Style Activity.

The Linked Data Platform (LDP) Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Linked Data Platform Paging 1.0. This document describes a HTTP-based protocol for clients and servers to be able to efficiently retrieve large Linked Data Platform Resource representations by splitting up the responses into separate URL-addressable page resources. Comments are welcome through 30 September. Learn more about the Data Activity.