W3C

Table of contents

• The World Wide Web Consortium: History
• A World Wide Consortium...
• 1994-2001: Membership Growth to 500
• W3C delivers...
• W3C Recommendations
• Activity Overview
• Major W3C Recommendations
• HTML Feature Creep and Need for XML
• What's wrong with HTML?
• Why was XML necessary?
• Characteristics of XML
• Example XML
• DTD Type Definition
• The Role of (Some) W3C XML Architecture Recs
• XML Namespaces
• Example of XML-s to be Reused
• Using Multiple Namespaces
• XML Schema Definition
• Some Advantages of Schemas
• Styling XML
• Styling: Transform XML Trees Into Another
• XSLT Transformation
• XSL In Action
• Role of XPath
• XPath Nomenclature
• XPath Examples
• XSL Formatting Objects
• Simple XLink and XPointer Example
• Extended link
• Example: Student's Workplan
• XPointer is (Practically) XPath
• Document Object Model (DOM)
• DOM Levels
• Non HTML (SVG) DOM Example
• XML Infoset
• XInclude
• XML Base
• XML Query
• Canonical XML
• XML Digital Signatures
• SOAP 1.2 (XML Protocol): Transmitting XML Data
• SOAP Architecture
• UI Recommendations
• XHTML
• Modularization in XHTML
• Main XHTML Modules
• XHTML Roadmap
• XForms
• XForm Example
• MathML
• MathML Example
• SMIL: Multimedia Synchronization on the Web
• Resources Anywhere...
• SMIL 1.0 Constructs
• Simple SMIL 1.0 Example
• The Example...
• SMIL 2
• Example Module Combination: XHTML+SMIL
• XHTML+SMIL Example
• XHTML+SMIL Example Source Excerpts
• Another XHTML+SMIL Example
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
• Small SVG Example
• Gee Whizz Graphics in SVG
• Example with filtered effects
• Another example
• Future: Common Architecture ...
• CC/PP: Composite Capability/Preference Profiles
• CC/PP: Proxies
• CC/PP: Vocabulary Example (UAPROF from Wap Forum)
• Personal Information on the Web
• P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences): a first step
• P3P 1.0 Architecture
• AT&T Privacy Minder
• Metadata
• RDF: Resource Description Framework
• Further RDF Example
• Containers
• RDF Expressed in XML
• RDF Schema: Defining the Application Namespace Tags
• Interesting Pointers, Examples
• Future: The Semantic Web ...
• Internationalization: Motivation
• Main I18N Areas at W3C
• Example: Ruby Text
• Example: SVG
• Web for Everybody?
• Accessibility Problems on the Web
• WAI Actions in W3C
• Implementations (what did I use?)
• Slides on-line