W3C Public Newsletter, 2007-04-16

   W3C Public Newsletter

16 April 2007

Toward More Transparent Government: Call for Participation

   Position papers are due 2 May for Toward More Transparent
   Government: Workshop on eGovernment and the Web co-sponsored by the
   Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) to be held 18-19 June 2007 in
   Washington, D.C., USA, hosted by the U.S. National Academy of
   Sciences. Attendees will help to find ways of facilitating the
   deployment of Web standards across eGovernment sites. The goal of
   the Workshop is to help shape ongoing research in the development of
   Web technology and public policy, in order to realize the potential
   of the Web for access to, and use of, government information. Read
   about W3C Workshops.

   http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/eGov-policy-cfp.html
   http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/

Note: Internationalization Best Practices: Specifying Language in XHTML
& HTML Content

   The Internationalization Core Working Group has published
   "Internationalization Best Practices: Specifying Language in XHTML &
   HTML Content" as a Working Group Note. Part of a series and written
   for HTML content authors working with XHTML 1.0, HTML 4.01, XHTML
   1.1, and CSS, the document is an aid to specifying the language of
   content for an international audience. Learn more about the
   Internationalization Activity

   http://www.w3.org/International/core/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-i18n-html-tech-lang-20070412/
   http://www.w3.org/International/

Last Call: Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema

   The SAWSDL Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of
   "Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema." With these
   attributes, semantic annotations can be added to Web Services
   Description Language (WSDL) components for use in classifying,
   discovering, matching, composing, and invoking Web services.
   Comments on changes since Candidate Recommendation are welcome
   through 1 May. Read about Web services.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-sawsdl-20070410/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Last Call: EMMA

   The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published a Last Call
   Working Draft of "EMMA." The Extensible MultiModal Annotation
   language (EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management
   systems. Part of the "W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework," the
   specification describes markup for describing user input together
   with annotations such as confidence scores, timestamps and input
   medium. Comments are welcome through 30 April. Learn more about the
   Multimodal Interaction Activity.

   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-emma-20070409/
   http://www.w3.org/TR/mmi-framework/
   http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
   Past home page news...

   http://www.w3.org/News/

Upcoming Meetings

     * W3C Workshop on HTML Mail, 24 May
     * W3C Workshop on Declarative Models of Distributed Web
       Applications, 5-6 June
     * Toward More Transparent Government:Workshop on eGovernment and
       the Web, 18-19 June
     * More About Workshops...
       http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
     * W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
       http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

Upcoming Talks 

     * 19 April, Paderborn, Germany: Semantic Web: Anspruch und
       Wirklichkeit. Klaus Birkenbihl, Ivan Herman present at
       Handlungsschemata als Grundlage visueller und begrifflicher
       Strukturierung in der Wissensrepräsentation.
     * 20 April, Durham, NC, USA: How the W3C Process got its Stripes.
       Dan Connolly presents at Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the
       Interface.
     * 23 April, Stavanger, Norway: Introduction to the Semantic Web.
       Ivan Herman gives a tutorial at Semantic Days 2007.
     * 24 April, Stavanger, Norway: State of the Semantic Web. Ivan
       Herman presents at Semantic Days 2007.
     * 24 April, Stockholm, Sweden: Informationsstandarder - mervärde
       eller förutsättning. Olle Olsson presents at Workshop
       Informationsstandarder och rättslig informationsförsörjning.
     * 1 May, McLean, VA, USA: Improving Access to Government through
       Better Use of the Web. José Manuel Alonso presents at SOA for
       eGovernment 2007.
     * 2 May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Abstraction and extraction:
       in praise of. Steven Pemberton gives a keynote at Apachecon 07.
     * 9 May, Stockholm, Sweden: Mot web 2.0, och bortom. Olle Olsson
       presents at TelekomDagarna.
     * 9 May, Banff, Canada: W3C booth. Marie-Claire Forgue is at The
       16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2007).
     * 9 May, Banff, Canada: Next steps for HTML Forms. Dave Raggett
       presents at W3C Track, The 16th International World Wide Web
       Conference (WWW2007).
     * 14 May, Paris, France: XML vocabulary design and specification
       using XML Schema 1.0. Michael Sperberg-McQueen gives a tutorial
       at XTech 2007: The ubiquitous Web.
     * 28 May, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Global eStandards and Web
       Architectures for eGovernment projects. José Manuel Alonso
       presents at 13th GCC eGovernment and eServices Forum.
     * 7 June, London, United Kingdom: Advancing Web Accessiblity.
       Shawn Henry presents at @media07 Europe.
     * 21 June, Seattle, USA: Getting Real with Accessibility. Shawn
       Henry presents at An Event Apart Seattle 2007.
     * More talks...
       http://www.w3.org/Talks/

   Multiple presenters will be at W3C Track, The 16th International
   World Wide Web Conference (WWW2007) in Banff, Canada:

9 May

     * Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA), by Dave
       Raggett
     * Enriching the Web Application Model?, by Arun Ranganathan
     * Content Accessibility with WCAG 2.0, by Michael Cooper
     * Widgets and Web Applications, by Art Barstow
     * WICD and Ubiquitous Web Applications, by Dave Raggett
     * Mobile Web Initiative: The Road Ahead, by Michael Smith, Daniel
       Appelquist
     * HTML Reloaded, by Chris Lilley
     * CSS, 10 Years After, by Bert Bos
     * The Future of the Web Page, by Chris Lilley, Dave Raggett
     * Mobile Web to Bridge the Digital Divide, by Charles
       McCathieNevile
     * Mobile Web Initiative Success Stories, by Michael Smith
     * Mobile Web Applications, by Kevin Kelly
     * Describing, Exchanging, and Aggregating Test Results, by Shadi
       Abou-Zahra
     * Device Description: Important New Work in Progress, Why We Need
       your Participation, by Rhys Lewis
     * Towards a mobileOK Web, by Daniel Appelquist

10 May

     * Design by Crowds: User Experience Design and Testing with Open
       Source Projects, by Mike Beltzner
     * Usability Design and Testing for Security, by Rachna Dhamija
     * Web Services Policy Language, by Charlton Barreto
     * Bootstrapping the Semantic Web with GRDDL, Microformats, and
       RDFa, by Harry Halpin, Fabien Gandon
     * Moving User-Centered Security from Grand Challenge to Standards
       Work, by Mary Ellen Zurko
     * Semantic Annotations for WSDL, by Jacek Kopecky
     * Rule Interchange Format Work Report, by Sandro Hawke
     * Why Should We Care About the Web Services Description Language
       2.0?, by Philippe Le Hégaret
     * Report from the Web of Services for Enterprise Computing
       Workshop, by Philippe Le Hégaret
     * Harnessing the Semantic Web to Answer Scientific Questions; A
       HCLS IG Demo, by Susie Stephens, Alan Ruttenberg

11 May

     * How to Author Multimodal Web Applications, by Kazuyuki Ashimura
     * The W3C Rich Web Application Backplane, by John Boyer
     * XSL-FO, the XSL Formatting Language, by Sharon Adler, Liam Quin
     * xH: A Standards-based Web Application Programming Language, by
       Mark Birbeck
     * Efficient XML Interchange, by Mike Cokus
     * State Chart XML: the Core Component for Multimodal Web
       Applications, by Rafah Hosn
     * Voice on the Web: Input/Output Modality Challenges, by Jerry
       Carter
     * Schema Support inXQuery to Help Developers, by Mary Holstege
     * XML Application Components and Controllers, by Rafah Hosn

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