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W3C and WAP Forum launch a formal liaison relationship to define next-generation World Wide Web specifications that support the full participation of wireless devices. "Building the Web as a universal space requires device independence," says Tim Berners-Lee, Director of W3C. "Seamless integration of wireless devices is essential." (Press Release.)
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The World Wide Web Consortium W3C has published the first public working draft for MathML 2.0, an XML application that enables authors to present mathematical expressions in Web documents, and allows machines to process math content on the Web.
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The World Wide Web Consortium announces two new Recommendations - XSL Transformations (XSLT) and XML Path Language (XPath) - that will enable the transformation and styled presentation of XML documents. "Anyone using XML can now take advantage of XSLT, a powerful new tool for manipulating, converting and styling documents, and XPath, a simple way of referring to parts of an XML document." said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "Together, XSLT and XPath strike a fine balance between simplicity of use and underlying power."
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Patent analysis confirms W3C's Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) does not infringe the Intermind Patent. "W3C launched this patent analysis because of the fundamental importance of privacy protection on the Web and our commitment to the open standards process," says Daniel J. Weitzner, W3C Technology and Society Domain Leader. ( Press Release, Patent Analysis)
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Version 2.2 of the Amaya editor/browser is available. Download Amaya.
W3C announces the first public working draft of SMIL "Boston", code name for the successor to W3C's XML-based synchronized multimedia language, SMIL 1.0. "With SMIL Boston, anyone can make multimedia for the Web. Using your own digital snapshots and audio commentary, SMIL, and a simple text editor, you can make multimedia presentations that can immediately go live," says Philipp Hoschka, Chair of W3C's Synchronized Multimedia (SYMM) Working Group. (Press Release, Testimonials)
W3C is pleased to recognize that HTTP/1.1 has been approved as an IETF Draft Standard, and to have contributed to its development and implementation. "Products which use HTTP/1.1 have been demonstrated to run significantly faster than those which do not. I urge everyone to check for HTTP/1.1 compliance when choosing software," says Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. (Press Release, Testimonials, RFC 2616, RFC 2617)
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Mathematical Markup Language (MathML[tm]) 1.01 Specification. This is a revision of the 7 April 1998 release.
The latest W3C Recommendation, "Associating Style Sheets with XML documents", provides authors with an interoperable mechanism for adding style to XML documents. "Style sheets are an essential step in XML deployment, as without them there is no way to define the presentation of XML documents which use new schemas," says Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. (Press Release, Testimonials).
Amaya 2.1 available for Windows and Unix
Industry leaders and disability organizations come together to endorse a common solution. (Press Release, Testimonials, Fact Sheet)
Press Release, Background information)
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The Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax specification is the result of cross-industry and expert agreement on a wide range of features for using and providing metadata on the Web. "The Web is quickly becoming the world's fastest growing repository of data," explained Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "RDF provides the necessary foundation and infrastructure to support the description and management of this data. RDF can transform the Web into a more useful and powerful information resource." (Press Release)
W3C encourages review of the first public working draft of the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) specification. This draft is the first step in the development of a vendor-neutral, cross-platform and ubiquitous Web-specific format for XML vector graphics. "Today, Web designers have to pick a width and height in pixels and save their work in some image format like JPEG," says Chris Lilley, W3C Graphics Activity Lead and Chair of the SVG Working Group. "SVG will let the designer keep vector flexibility and superior quality for delivery on the Web." (Press Release)
W3C welcomes Janet Daly, who joins Josef Dietl and the W3C Communications Team in February 1999. Janet is the Head of Public Relations, the primary point of contact for press liaison and message development and planning.
The CSS1 Test Suite is now available, ready to help implementors improve CSS1 support in their products and enable Web page designers to verify the quality of CSS1 support in their browsers. "Because of significant vendor input, we are expecting to see the effects of the test suite in the upcoming generation of browsers," said Håkon Lie, W3C Style Sheets Activity Lead.
Developed in close collaboration between W3C and the CGM Open Consortium, the WebCGM profile reflects cross-industry agreement on an interoperable way to exchange dynamic, hyperlinked Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) files over the Web. "CGM is widely used on intranets, particularly by the engineering and manufacturing communities," says Chris Lilley, Graphics Activity lead. "The WebCGM Profile adds reliable and interoperable hyperlinking to graphics-rich applications such as interactive electronic manuals."
Download Jigsaw 2.0, W3C's leading-edge Web server platform that provides a sample HTTP/1.1 implementation and support for the latest Java servlet interface. Jigsaw's advanced architecture and high extensibility have made it an important tool at W3C for testing specifications. "Jigsaw allows anybody to try out ideas on how to make the Web faster," says Yves Lafon, Chief Architect of Jigsaw.
"Namespaces in XML", which recently became a Recommendation, is the latest milestone for W3C's XML technology. [Press release]
Download Amaya 1.4a, the latest version of W3C's browser, which includes support for: HTML 4.0, MathML, PNG, HTTP/1.1, and CSS 2.
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