W3C Celebrates Ten Years Leading the Web

2004-10-07: This year, W3C celebrates its tenth anniversary. During a symposium for Members and invited guests in Boston, USA on 1 December, W3C will reflect on the progress of the Web, W3C's central role in its growth, and risks and opportunities facing the Web during W3C's second decade. Please sign the greeting card and read about the W3C Tenth Anniversary Celebration. (News archive)

Compound Document Formats Activity Launched

2004-10-07: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Compound Document Formats Activity. The Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group, chartered through 6 October 2006, is chaired by Vincent Hardy (Sun). The group's specifications will combine selected existing document formats (such as XHTML, SVG and SMIL) with other technologies (such as CSS and DOM) and specify their runtime behavior. Participation is open to W3C Members. Visit the Compound Document Formats home page. (News archive)

Web Services Addressing Working Group Launched

2004-10-07: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Web Services Addressing Working Group. Chartered through February 2006 and chaired by Mark Nottingham (BEA), the group will build on WS-Addressing to define how message headers direct messages, to provide an XML format for exchanging endpoint references, and to define mechanisms to direct replies or faults. Participation is open to W3C Members. Visit the Web Services home page. (News archive)

Working Draft: XML Binary Characterization Properties

2004-10-05: The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of XML Binary Characterization Properties. Derived from use cases, this first draft in a series describes properties identified as desirable for any serialization of an XML data model. Comments are welcome. Visit the XML home page. (News archive)

Upcoming W3C Talks

2004-10-05: Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel. (News archive)

• C. M. Sperberg-McQueen presented at the W3C Office in Germany and Austria on 1 October.
• Karl Dubost presented at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada on 5 October.
• Yasuyuki Hirakawa presented at the 9th Workshop: Overview of Web Standardization Organizations in Tokyo, Japan on 5 October.
• Steven Pemberton presents tutorials at User Experience 2004 in Las Vegas, NV, USA on 6 and 8 October.
• Shawn Lawton Henry gives a keynote at HighEdWebDev 2004, eMergingVisions in Rochester, NY, USA on 11 October.
• Carine Bournez and Philipp Hoschka present at W3C-Tag in Berlin, Germany on 13 October.
• Eric Miller gives a keynote at the 2nd Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF) and the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2004 (DC2004) in Shanghai, China on 13 October.
• Bert Bos and Marie-Claire Forgue run a booth at Fête de la Science 2004 in Sophia Antipolis, France on 16 October.
• John Wilbanks participates in the Integrating Knowledge in the Life Sciences Product Life Cycle virtual conference held 18-29 October.
• Karl Dubost presents at Découvrir et bien choisir vos technologies Web in Montréal, Québec, Canada on 20 October.
• Massimo Marchiori gives a keynote at the Symposium of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) in Tokyo, Japan on 20 October.

XInclude Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

2004-09-30: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. XInclude introduces a generic mechanism for merging XML documents (information sets) using existing XML constructs—elements, attributes and URI references. Comments are welcome through 29 October. Visit the XML home page. (News archive)

Call for Participation: W3C "Mobile Web Initiative" Workshop

2004-09-29: Position papers are due 15 October for the W3C "Mobile Web Initiative" Workshop to be held in Barcelona, Spain on 18-19 November. Attendees will discuss how a W3C initiative could help to make Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy and convenient as Web access from a desktop device. Read about workshops and W3C's mobile Web work. (News archive)

Ink Markup Language Working Draft Updated

2004-09-28: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released a third Working Draft of the Ink Markup Language (InkML). The InkML data format is used to represent ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page. (News archive)