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17 December 1996: W3C Issues Recommendation for Cascading Style Sheets - Level 1 (CSS1)

4-5 December 1996: W3C Symposium, Distributed Authoring: Present and Future

3 December 1996: W3C Issues Recommendation for PICS - Platform for Internet Content Selection

20-22 November 1996: Web Internationalization and Multilingualism Symposium

24-25 October 1996: RealTime Multimedia and the Web Workshop

1 October 1996: W3C Issues First Recommendation for PNG

9 September 1996: Keio University Joins MIT and INRIA in hosting the W3C

21 August 1996: Jean-Francois Abramatic Appointed Chairman of W3C

15 July 1996: Web Journal Issue #3 - The Web After Five Years available

24-25 June 1996: Joint W3C/OMG Workshop on Distributed Objects and Mobile Code

4 June 1996: First Public Release of Jigsaw, the modern object-oriented web server

4 June 1996: W3C launches new layout of public homepage

7 May 1996: W3C Announces Release of HTML 3.2: Improving Interoperability of HTML

6-10 May 1996: Fifth International World Wide Web Conference in Paris, France

25 April 1996: Workshop on High Quality Printing from the Web, Cambridge MA

14 March 1996: "PICS Picks Up Steam": An overview of industry's adoption of PICS.

7 March 1996: The major on-line providers are adopting PICS and PICS-compliant filtering software. Please see AT&T Selects Microsystems' Cyber Patrol for WorldNet Service and PICS overview for further information.

5 March 1996: The W3 Consortium announces Web style sheets

4 March 1996: The W3 Consortium Takes Leadership Role in the Development of HTML

28 February 1996: The PICS effort makes headlines. Please see the PICS overview for further information.

• Recreational Software Advisory Council Launches Objective, Content-Labeling Advisory System for the Internet
• Microsoft Backs Ratings System for Internet
• Microsoft Teams With Recreational Software Advisory Council To Pioneer Parental Control Over Internet Access
• SafeSurf Internet Rating System Receives Broad Support From Online Community
• 960228/SurfWatch.html"SurfWatch Endorses RSACi Content Advisory System

21 February 1996: W3C Working Draft: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification

30 January 1996: Consortium Announces Active Object Agreement

29-30 January 1996: Workshop on Internet Survey Methodology and Web Demographics

28 January 1996: W3C Working Draft: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification

8 January 1996: W3C Working Draft: HTML predefined icon-like symbols

1 January 1996: Version 4.0 Release of W3C Reference Library

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