Australian W3C Office
Australian W3C Office Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on regional activities, DOM, Jigsaw, speech synthesis, namespaces and voice activity.
Full details: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au
The Australian W3C Office, in conjunction with a number of W3C Members, presents a free seminar - W3C and Web Services. Web services is a hot topic today, because it promises to be the foundation of the Web tomorrow. We have all seen the impact and benefits of the Web. Web services will enable the Web to be even more powerful and useful. The W3C is developing the specifications for Web Services. It is a vendor neutral organisation and it is committed to keeping the Web open and interoperable - vital ingredients for the success of the Web. Building on the success of HTML, MEL and other W3C technologies, Web Services will help us realise the full potential of the Web.
Locations:
Melbourne, in conjunction with RMIT and Melbourne IT.
Venue: RMIT
Date: 1st week in June
New Zealand, in conjunction with the University of Otago.
Venue: TBA
Date: 7 June
Perth, in conjunction with Software Engineering Australia, Western Australian
and the Department of Industry and Technology.
Venue: SEAWA
Enterprise Centre E5,
De Laeter Way Technology Park,
Bentley, WA
Date: 18th June, 9am - 11am.
Adelaide in conjunction with education.au.
Venue: TBA
Date: August
Canberra in conjunction with National Library of Australia.
Venue: TBA
Date: August
Sydney in conjunction with ManageSoft Corporation.
Venue: TBA
Date: August
Brisbane in conjunction with DSTC Pty Ltd.
Venue: TBA
Date: August
To register for any of the above seminars please complete the following
and email to: w3c-australia@w3.org
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Further information will be available at the following website and via the monthly Newsletter: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/eventsOz.html
Vision Australia Foundation and VICNET are running a series of half-day Web Accessibility Workshops in Perth and Sydney (21/5 & 31/5). Details: call Andrew Arch on 03 9864 9282 for cost and registration information.
More Information: http://www.vicnet.net.au/disability/training/
This year’s annual Australian W3C Day will be held in Sydney on the 8th October. The W3C Day programme covers: TAG, XML Protocol, XML Encryption, Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), Accessibility and the Semantic Web. The event will be chaired by Janet Daly, W3C Head of Communications. The W3C Day is sponsored by the World Wide Web Consortium. For more information contact Kelli Shanahan on kellis@dstc.edu.au.
Regular registration for WWW2002 ends April 19, so act now to avoid the hassles and extra cost of on-site registration!
WWW2002: http://www2002.org
Tutorials and Workshops: http://www2002.org/tueschedule.html#WF7
The World Wide Web Consortium today released "The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P 1.0)" as a W3C Recommendation. The specification has been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favour its adoption by industry. P3P allows people to define and publish their Web site privacy policies, and helps automate how those policies are read. P3P also gives users control over the use of their personal information on Web sites they visit, thus promoting trust and confidence in the Web.
P3P: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-P3P-20020416/
Media Release: http://www.w3.org/2002/04/p3p-pressrelease
Testimonials: http://www.w3.org/2002/04/p3p-testimonial
The P3P Specification Working Group has released "A P3P Preference Exchange Language (APPEL) 1.0" as a Working Draft and companion to the P3P specification. The APPEL language describes collections of privacy policy preferences between P3P user agents. Read the answers to frequently asked questions about P3P and more on the W3C Privacy Activity.
P3P Preference Exchange Language: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-P3P-preferences-20020415/
P3P FAQ: http://www.w3.org/P3P/p3pfaq
P3P Activity: http://www.w3.org/Privacy/Activity
The DOM Working Group has released two DOM Level 3 Working Drafts, the Core Specification and the Abstract Schemas and Load and Save Specification. The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. Comments are invited.
DOM Level 3 Core Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-Core-20020409/
DOM
Level 3 Abstract Schemas and Load and Save Specification:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-ASLS-20020409/
DOM Activity: http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity
Jigsaw version 2.2.1 is available for download. The new version includes a security fix for URI parsing, a new JigShell utility, XHTML/HTML validation on PUT, JigEdit support for WebDAV, Apache mod_asis, and PushCache contributed by Paul Henshaw. The release notes list all new features and bug fixes. Jigsaw is W3C's leading-edge Web server platform implemented in Java™.
Jigsaw V 2.2.1: http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/
Release notes: http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/RelNotes.html#2.2.1
Jigsaw Activity: http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/Activity
The Voice Browser Working Group has released a Working Draft of the Speech Synthesis Markup Language Specification. With this XML-based language, content authors can generate synthetic speech on the Web, controlling pronunciation, volume, pitch, and rate.
Speech Synthesis Markup Language Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-speech-synthesis-20020405/
Voice Browser Activity: http://www.w3.org/Voice/
The XML Core Working Group has released Working Drafts of Namespaces in XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 Requirements. Version 1.1 will incorporate errata in version 1.0, and provide a mechanism to undeclare prefixes.
Namespaces in XML 1.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xml-names11-20020403/
Namespaces in XML 1.1 Requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xml-names11-req-20020403/
XML Activity: http://www.w3.org/XML/
W3C is pleased to announce W3C Mailing List Search Services. Olivier Thereaux of the W3C Systems Team developed the services based on Namazu, a full text search engine. W3C maintains hundreds of mailing lists, over 170 of them public. Search documentation is available, and comments are welcome.
W3C Mailing List Search Services: http://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/
Olivier Thereaux: http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
Namazu: http://www.namazu.org/
W3C Mailing lists: http://www.w3.org/Mail/Lists.html
Search documentation: http://www.w3.org/2002/02/mail-search-help
IP Unity Corporation, Milpitas, CA, USA - Advanced SoftSwitch technologies that bridge the legacy PSTN world with the Internet are creating a new, open platform telecom network capable of delivering new revenue opportunities for service providers including CLECs, ISPs, ASPs, and voice portals. IP Unity is accelerating the formation of this next generation network by offering the building blocks needed to deliver these new voice and data services - specifically a service execution server.
Netgem, S.A., Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - Netgem is a leading provider of interactive TV technology based on open, DVB and Internet standards.
SeeBeyond Technology Corp., Monrovia, CA, USA - SeeBeyond is a pioneer in the development of technology for uniting disparate computer systems, enabling the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time.
Sky Think System Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan - Sky Think System Co., Ltd. is a leading professional software development company specialising in software for education; mobile communications, car navigation and Internet home appliances.
Talking Blocks, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA - Talking Blocks is committed to improving the way enterprises integrate, manage and change distributed software environments. They provide comprehensive web services management system to integrate and manage web services deployments.
W3C List of all members: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
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