W3C Letter Regarding US Copyright Office Proposal

2005-08-22: W3C has written to the US Copyright Office regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking. The notice asks if persons filing electronic-only preregistration forms will experience difficulties if the Office requires them to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. W3C comments to the Copyright Office suggest that requiring a single browser is inappropriate for government services and encourages the Office to pursue standards-based access in accordance with US Federal policy. Read W3C's letter and About W3C. (News archive)

Upcoming W3C Talks

2005-08-29: Browse W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel. (News archive)

• Daniel J. Weitzner is a guest on the NPR On Point radio program on 30 August.
• Kangchan Lee presents at the ECIF Workshop on E-Business on 30 August in Seoul, Korea.
• Ivan Herman presents at the Multimedia Community: 2nd Work Meeting on behalf of the W3C Benelux Office on 30 August in Leuven, Belgium.
• Richard Ishida and Felix Sasaki present at the 28th Internationalization & Unicode Conference on 7-8 September in Orlando, Florida, USA.
• Eric Miller gives a keynote at the Primeras Jornadas Científico-Técnicas en Servicios Web on 14 September in Granada, Spain.
• Philipp Hoschka presents at W3C-Tag 2005 - Das Mobile Web on 14 September in Berlin, Germany.
• Eric Miller gives a keynote at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2005) on 15 September in Madrid, Spain.
• Steven Pemberton gives a keynote at Interact 2005 on 16 September in Rome, Italy.

Web Accessibility Business Case Documents Published

2005-08-23: The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has published "Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization." The 5-page resource suite describes social, technical, financial, legal and policy aspects of Web accessibility. It is designed to help organizations develop their own customized business case for Web accessibility. It provides text that can be used as is, as well as guidance on identifying the most relevant factors for a specific organization. Visit the WAI home page for more information on making the Web accessible to people with disabilities. (News archive)

W3C Participates in 28th Internationalization & Unicode Conference

2005-08-23: The 28th Internationalization & Unicode Conference will be held 7-9 September in Orlando, Florida, USA. Team members Richard Ishida and Felix Sasaki will present several papers at this premier technical conference for software and Web internationalization. Read about Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity. (News archive)

Specification Guidelines Are a W3C Recommendation, QA Working Group Completes Its Work

2005-08-17: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Specification Guidelines as a W3C Recommendation. Written for editors of W3C technical reports, the guidelines explain how to define and specify conformance. The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has completed its work and will close. The QA Interest Group will continue W3C's four-year QA effort through mailing lists and online tools. "QA's products will be integral resources that ensure the work of W3C's Working Groups is of high quality," said Steve Bratt, W3C Chief Operating Officer. Read the press release and visit the QA home page. (News archive)

Web Services Addressing Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation

2005-08-17: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Addressing - Core and its SOAP Binding to Candidate Recommendation. The core specification defines properties that allow uniform addressing of Web services and messages, independent of the underlying transport. The binding defines the core properties' association to SOAP messages. Visit the Web services home page. (News archive)

Working Group Note: Schema Languages and Type System Support in WSDL 2.0

2005-08-17: The Web Services Description Working Group has published Discussion of Alternative Schema Languages and Type System Support in WSDL 2.0 as a Working Group Note. The note discusses WSDL 2.0 type system extensibility, defines the use of XML Schema 1.0 as a type system in the WSDL 2.0 core specification, and includes the basics of extensions for DTDs and Relax NG. Read about Web services. (News archive)

Working Draft: SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)

2005-08-15: The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG namespace. The group welcomes comments and seeks feedback on the includes attribute. Visit the SVG home page. (News archive)

XML Query Test Suite Released

2005-08-11: The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group are pleased to release the XML Query Test Suite (XQTS). The groups invite W3C Members and the public to run this suite of approximately 7,000 test cases with any or all of the over 20 implementations of the XML Query draft specification. Your feedback will help the Working Groups judge the implementability of the XML Query language, help to improve interoperability, and help XML Query advance on the W3C Recommendation Track. Contributions of additional test cases are invited. Visit the XML home page. (News archive)