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Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-02-28 - 2011-03-06
We are starting this week a weekly summary about the Open Web Platform. The intent is to give an overview of the discussions, proposals, decisions which have happened during the last week around the Open Web Platform with a focus on HTML5. This weekly summary covers events in multiple W3C groups, and some outside events as well. Feel free to chime in the comments and add information or ask for more details. This is an experiment; please send feedback to Karl Dubost or here in the comments.
- css
- html
- html5
- open-web
- webapps
Do Not Track at W3C
The discussion about online tracking has picked up a lot of steam over the last year. We have seen multiple related features announced or deployed in various Web browsers, including Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9. Today, we have acknowledged a "Web Tracking Protection" member submission from Microsoft. We invite public discussion on the public-privacy@w3.org mailing list.
W3C Technologies for Mobile Web Applications
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By: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
Announcing the first version of Mobile Web Applications standards: February 2011 current state and roadmap.
- mobile-web
W3C Priorities and Milestones in 2011
Last year I published several posts about our efforts to establish a new vision for the W3C organization. I wanted to update you on how we have turned the results of the organizational vision task forces into specific plans and...
- ceo
Interviews on mobile web applications
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By: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
The number of days remaining before Mobile World Congress is dwindling (a number of W3C staff will be there), and mobile applications are bound to be in everybody's mind there as it has been in the industry for the...
100 Specifications for the Open Web Platform and Counting
W3C's release of the HTML5 logo has prompted a lot of discussion about the state of standardization of the open web platform. W3C is standardizing more than 100 specifications in at least 13 W3C Working Groups that one could consider part of the platform.
- css
- html
- platform
The HTML5 Logo Conversation
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By: Ian Jacobs
See 2 Feb update. There has been a lot of discussion as a result of W3C's HTML5 logo release two days ago. I was especially encouraged by the diverse support for the HTML5 logo and I'm happy with the reception,...
- html
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) moves to Candidate Recommendation (CR)
Today the Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) published WAI-ARIA 1.0 as a Candidate Recommendation. This is a major milestone in development of this technology, indicating that it is considered feature complete after years of development and multiple public consultations. As ARIA enters the Candidate Recommendation phase, the focus shifts from specification development to implementation testing.
