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Semantic Desktop in KDE 4.0 on Linux

Semantic Web based desktop system in Linux using KDE 4.0…

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Filed by Ivan Herman on May 27, 2008 12:28 PM in Semantic Web, Technology
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Open Standards Interoperability

Achieving interoperability is a tedious work. There is a lot of issues. Let's explore some of them and find solutions.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 20, 2008 10:58 PM in Opinions and Editorial, Technology 101, Tools
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My Arms Are WAI Too Short

Web Accessibility for Older Users is a report on the needs and the issues that older adults face when using the Web.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 15, 2008 2:50 AM in Accessibility, Opinions and Editorial, Reference
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SVG + XMPP = whiteboard

There are a few whiteboarding projects (sharing a drawing space) built around SVG and XMPP.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 14, 2008 6:12 AM in Opinions and Editorial, SVG, Tools
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We, Robots Like Music Too

BBC is offering their data under many forms. Their Radio Labs just released a new way to access to their schedule in many formats.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 14, 2008 5:24 AM in Opinions and Editorial, Semantic Web
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Improving access to Government through better use of the Web

It’s no secret that just as the web has revolutionized business, the media, and many other parts of our lives, it is also revolutionizing how governments and citizens interact, and how government provide services. But how to do it well is still something of a black art. This post looks at the opportunities the Web provides governments, the challenges, and the role of the W3C in helping to develop underlying, interoperable technologies with which to build these services.

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Filed by José Manuel Alonso on May 12, 2008 11:31 AM in eGov
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Syntax for ARIA: Cost-benefit analysis

The ARIA spec. defines roles, states and properties to manage the interface between rich web documents and assistive technologies. The primary expression of roles, states and properties in markup languages is via attributes. ARIA has to specify how its vocabulary of attributes and values can be integrated into both existing and future languages. This analysis assesses alternative approaches to ARIA syntax.

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Filed by Henry S. Thompson on May 7, 2008 4:15 PM in Web Architecture
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utf-8 Growth On The Web

utf-8 is taking over traditional encodings on the Web.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 6, 2008 11:51 PM in HTML, HTTP, Opinions and Editorial, Tools
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Vertical Layouts for Canvas Text (CJK)

How to handle vertical layouts (for example CJK) with Canvas Text API. I give some references to have a snapshot of the constraints and issues.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 2, 2008 3:35 AM in HTML, Reference
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How to add RDF information to a page using RDFa?

The Semantic Web Activity home page has a number of information that might be of interest for the Semantic Web (eg, for data integration). These should be made these available in RDF, too. How to do that without duplicating information? RDFa is your friend…

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Filed by Ivan Herman on May 1, 2008 10:00 AM in Semantic Web, Technology 101, Tutorials
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Web Typography - Your wish list

Give your feedback and tell about your wishes list on Web Typography.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 1, 2008 5:06 AM in CSS, Opinions and Editorial, Publications
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W3C, Process and Perception

W3C Process is often misunderstood. Arnaud Le Hors shared his impressions about it.

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Filed by Karl Dubost on May 1, 2008 12:59 AM in Opinions and Editorial, W3C Life
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