Welcome to the June 2008 newsletter from the Australian W3C Office.
Your link to the latest Consortium news and events…
Events
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1. W3C Australia - Building the semantic web
Last calls
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2. Last Call: XHTML Access Module
3. Last Call: W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0
4. Last Call: Widgets 1.0: Requirements
New Activities
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5. New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use
of the Web
6. Web Applications Working Group Launched; Compound Document Formats
rechartered
7. Web Applications Working Group Launched; Compound Document Formats
rechartered
8. Incubator Group to Evaluate Common Web Language (CWL) in Practice
Reports & Working Drafts
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9. SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference Draft Published
10.Two Group Notes Published About Semantic Web and Life Sciences
11.Offline Web Applications Published as W3C Note
12.XHTML 1.1 Basic; Modularization Are Proposed Recommendations
13.XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition) Is a W3C
Recommendation
14. Three HTML 5 Related Drafts Published
1. Events - W3C Australia - Building the Semantic Web
Web Directions South, Sydney - 24 September 2008
Featuring keynotes, presentations and tutorials by Australian and
international standards experts, the day aims to give an understanding
of emerging technologies and also hands on experience with semantic
technologies.
Areas covered will include:
- HTML 5 overview testing and implementing HTML 5 components
- Emergency Information Interoperability framework
- The Web Application Working Group projects
- Managing sensor networks with semantic technologies
- SPARQL - querying the semantic web
- The Widgets Working Group projects
- Implementing a semantic web application with SPARQL, GRDDL, RDF and OWL
Speakers include:
- Mike Smith (W3C HTML 5 Co-Chair)
- Charles McCathieNevile (W3C Web Applications working group chair)
- Renato Ianella (W3C Emergency Information Interoperability framework
co-chair)
- Marcos Caceres (W3C Widget Editor)
- Amit Parashar (W3C Australia & e-Gov interest group)
http://south08.webdirections.org/?cat=3#post-66
2. Last Call: XHTML Access Module
The XHTML 2 Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft
of “XHTML Access Module.” This document is intended to help make
XHTML-family markup languages more effective at supporting the needs
of the accessibility community. It does so by providing a generic
mechanism for defining the relationship between document components
and well-known accessibility taxonomies. Comments are welcome
through 16 June. Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xhtml-access-20080526/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
3. Last Call: W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0
The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published a Last
Call Working Draft of “W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0.” This document
defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim of W3C
mobileOK Basic conformance and are based on “W3C Mobile Web Best
Practices.” Content which passes the tests has taken some steps to
provide a functional user experience for users of basic mobile
devices whose capabilities at least match those of the Default
Delivery Context. Comments are welcome through 30 June. Learn more
about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-mobileOK-basic10-tests-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
4. Last Call: Widgets 1.0: Requirements
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working
Draft of “Widgets 1.0: Requirements.” This document lists the
design goals and requirements that a specification would need to
address in order to standardize various aspects of widgets. Widgets
are small client-side Web applications for displaying and updating
remote data, that are packaged in a way to allow download and
installation on a client machine, mobile phone, or mobile Internet
device. Comments are welcome through 01 August. Learn more about the
Rich Web Client Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-widgets-reqs-20080625/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
5. New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use
of the Web
W3C launches today a new forum for governments, citizens,
researchers, and other stakeholders to investigate how best to use
Web technology for good governance and citizen participation. “Open
Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower
the cost of government, make it easier for independent agencies to
work together, and increase flexibility in the face of change,” said
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. W3C invites participation in the new
eGovernment Interest Group, which is open to the public. The group
will identify best practices and guidelines in this area, document
where current technology does not adequately address stakeholder
needs, and suggest improvements via the standards process. Read the
W3C eGovernment FAQ and press release, and learn more about the W3C
eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/faq
http://www.w3.org/2008/06/egov-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
6. Web Applications Working Group Launched; Compound Document Formats
rechartered
W3C launched a new Web Applications (WebApps) Working Group,
co-Chaired by Art Barstow (Nokia) and Charles McCathieNevile (Opera
Software). This group merges the former Web APIs and Web Application
Formats Working Groups. Per the charter for the Web Applications
Working Group, the group’s mission is to provide specifications that
enable improved client-side application development on the Web,
including specifications both for application programming interfaces
(APIs) for client-side development and for markup vocabularies for
describing and controlling client-side application behavior. W3C
also rechartered the Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group,
to continue to develop specifications which combine selected
existing document formats from the W3C and elsewhere, and which
specify the runtime behavior of such combined documents. Both groups
will conduct their work in public. The first order of business of
the rechartered CDF Working Group is to propose Chair candidates to
the Director; please contact Doug Schepers with proposals. Learn
more about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/charter/
http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/
mailto:schepers@w3.org
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
7. Web Applications Working Group Launched; Compound Document Formats
rechartered
W3C launched a new Web Applications (WebApps) Working Group,
co-Chaired by Art Barstow (Nokia) and Charles McCathieNevile (Opera
Software). This group merges the former Web APIs and Web Application
Formats Working Groups. Per the charter for the Web Applications
Working Group, the group’s mission is to provide specifications that
enable improved client-side application development on the Web,
including specifications both for application programming interfaces
(APIs) for client-side development and for markup vocabularies for
describing and controlling client-side application behavior. W3C
also rechartered the Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group,
to continue to develop specifications which combine selected
existing document formats from the W3C and elsewhere, and which
specify the runtime behavior of such combined documents. Both groups
will conduct their work in public. The first order of business of
the rechartered CDF Working Group is to propose Chair candidates to
the Director; please contact Doug Schepers with proposals. Learn
more about the Rich Web Clients Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/charter/
http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/
mailto:schepers@w3.org
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/
8. Incubator Group to Evaluate Common Web Language (CWL) in Practice
W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Common Web Language
(CWL) Evaluation and Installation Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C
Members Institute of Semantic Computing (ISeC), (Japan) National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Keio
University, and JustSystems Corporation. The group’s mission is to
examine Common Web Language in real Web environments using the pilot
model of the CWL platform. CWL is a graphic language of semantic
network with hyper node and is used to describe contents and
meta-data of web pages in three different type of form such as UNL,
CDL and RDF. The CWL platform allows people to input CWL using
natural languages and display information written in CWL in natural
languages. Using this CWL platform, the CWL will be evaluated from
multilingualism, semantic computing and semantic web points of view.
Read more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster
development of emerging Web-related technologies. Incubator Activity
work is not on the “W3C standards track.”
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/cwl-ei/
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/cwl/XGR-cwl/
9. SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference Draft Published
The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group has published a Working
Draft of “SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference.”
This document defines the Simple Knowledge Organization System
(SKOS), a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge
organization systems via the Semantic Web. SKOS aims to provide a
bridge between different communities of practice within the library
and information sciences involved in the design and application of
knowledge organization systems. In addition, SKOS aims to provide a
bridge between these communities and the Semantic Web, by
transferring existing models of knowledge organization to the
Semantic Web technology context, and by providing a low-cost
migration path for porting existing knowledge organization systems
to RDF. See “changes” from the previous draft. Learn more about the
Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-skos-reference-20080609/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-skos-reference-20080609/#changes
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
10.Two Group Notes Published About Semantic Web and Life Sciences
The Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group has
published two Group Notes: “A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life
Sciences” and “Experiences with the conversion of SenseLab databases
to RDF/OWL.” The former describes a prototype of a biomedical
knowledge base that integrates 15 distinct data sources using
currently available Semantic Web technologies including RDF and OWL.
The Note outlines which resources were integrated, how the knowledge
base was constructed using free and open source triple store
technology, how it can be queried using SPARQL, and what resources
and inferences are involved in answering complex queries. While the
utility of the knowledge base is illustrated by identifying a set of
genes involved in Alzheimer’s Disease, the approach described here
can be applied to any use case that integrates data from multiple
domains. The second document describe the experience of converting
SenseLab databases into OWL, an important step towards realizing the
benefits of Semantic Web in integrative neuroscience research. Learn
more about the Semantic Web Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-hcls-kb-20080604/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-hcls-senselab-20080604/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
11.Offline Web Applications Published as W3C Note
The HTML Working Group has published the “Offline Web Applications”
Group Note. “HTML 5″ contains several features that address the
challenge of building Web applications that work while offline. This
document highlights these features (SQL, offline application caching
APIs as well as online/offline events, status, and the localStorage
API) from HTML 5 and provides brief tutorials on how these features
might be used to create Web applications that work offline. Learn
more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-offline-webapps-20080530/
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
12.XHTML 1.1 Basic; Modularization Are Proposed Recommendations
The XHTML2 Working Group published two Proposed Recommendations
today: “XHTML Modularization 1.1″ and “XHTML Basic 1.1.” The former
provides a means for subsetting and extending XHTML, a feature
needed for extending XHTML’s reach onto emerging platforms. This
specification is intended for use by language designers as they
construct new XHTML Family Markup Languages. This second version of
this specification includes several minor updates to provide
clarifications and address errors found in the first version. It
also provides an implementation using XML Schemas. This version of
XHTML Basic, which uses the Modularization approach, has been
brought into alignment with the widely deployed XHTML Mobile Profile
from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). XHTML Basic 1.1 will thus make
it easier to author Web pages that work on millions of mobile
handsets. Comments on these specifications are welcome through 15
July. Learn more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-xhtml-modularization-20080611/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-xhtml-basic-20080611/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
13.XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition) Is a W3C
Recommendation
The XML Security Specifications Maintenance Working Group has
published the W3C Recommendation of “XML Signature Syntax and
Processing (Second Edition).” This document specifies XML syntax
and processing rules for creating and representing digital
signatures; the “list of changes” from the First Edition is
available. The Working Group also published a Group Note “Test Cases
for C14N 1.1 and XMLDSig Interoperability,” which specifies test
cases for Canonical XML 1.1 and XML Signature Syntax and Processing,
Second Edition. Learn more about the Security Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xmldsig-core-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xmldsig-core-20080610/explain
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-xmldsig2ed-tests-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/Security/
14.Three HTML 5 Related Drafts Published
The HTML Working Group has published three documents: “HTML 5,”
“HTML 5 differences from HTML 4,” and the first public draft of
“HTML 5 Publication Notes.” HTML 5 introduces features for Web
application authors, new elements based on research into prevailing
authoring practices, and clear conformance criteria for user agents
in an effort to improve interoperability. See the “diff-marked
version” showing changes made since the 22 January 2008 draft. Learn
more about the HTML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-diff-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-html5-pubnotes-20080610/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/diff/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity
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