Print Symposium to Focus on Web Standards

2006-09-01: The W3C Germany and Austria Office is pleased to present the W3C Print Symposium 2006 on 17 October at the Heidelberg Print Media Academy in Heidelberg, Germany. Klaas Bals, Bert Bos, Håkon Wium Lie, Chris Lilley, Liam Quin, Thomas Tikwinski, Andrew Shellshear, and a representative of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG will present on W3C print technologies including XSL, XSLT, SVG Print, CSS Paged Media and XHTML Print. The event is colocated with the XSL-FO Workshop on 18 October and there will be an opportunity to meet the XSL Working Group. A student discount is offered. Symposium registration is open, and is free for W3C Members. (Photo credit: Thomas Tikwinski. News archive)

Working Draft: XML Schema 1.1 Structures

2006-08-31: The XML Schema Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of XML Schema 1.1 Part 1: Structures. XML schemas define shared markup vocabularies, the structure of XML documents which use those vocabularies, and provide hooks to associate semantics with them. Simplifications and changes in this draft are to sections on rules for checking validity, "all" groups, the PSVI, conformance, fallback for lax validation, particles and wildcards, among other revisions. Visit the XML home page. (News archive)

W3C Talks in September

2006-08-31: Browse W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel. (News archive)

• Kazuyuki Ashimura participates in a panel at FIT2006 on 6 September in Fukuoka, Japan.
• Philipp Hoschka presents at MapOS on 7 September in London, UK.
• Olle Olsson presents at the DFS-ITvet möte on 18 September in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Ivan Herman presents at the Miniseminar om semantisk web on 20 September in Oslo, Norway.
• Karl Dubost presents at Paris Web on 22 September in Paris, France.
• Molly E. Holzschlag and Andy Clarke give a tutorial at Web Directions on 26 September in Sydney, Australia.
• On behalf of the W3C Germany and Austria Office, Ivan Herman presents at XML-Tage on 27 September in Berlin, Germany.

CSS Module for Namespaces Updated

2006-08-28: The CSS Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of CSS Module: Namespaces. The @namespace rule is used for declaring the default namespace and for binding namespaces to namespace prefixes. A syntax is defined that other specifications can adopt for using those prefixes in namespace-qualified names. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive)

XSL-FO 2.0 Requirements Workshop: Call for Participation

2006-08-22: W3C announces the Workshop on Gathering Requirements for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 2.0 to be held 18 October in Heidelberg, Germany, hosted by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Print Symposium at the same location. Participants will discuss the requirements, features and design of a future version of the formatting part of the Extensible Stylesheet Language also called XSL-FO. Read about W3C Workshops and the XML Activity. (News archive)

Web Forms 2.0: Working Draft

2006-08-21: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Web Forms 2.0. Extending HTML 4, XHTML 1.1 and the DOM, Web Forms 2.0 features include new strongly-typed input fields, attributes, declarative repeating of form sections, DOM interfaces, DOM events, and XML submission and initialization of forms. Web Forms 2.0 leverages the knowledge authors have gained with their experience with HTML. Read about Rich Web Clients. (News archive)

Web Applications Packaging: Working Draft

2006-08-21: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Web Applications Packaging Format Requirements. The document specifies design goals and requirements for packaging small client-side Web applications known as "widgets", "gadgets" or "modules," used to display and update remote data. Applications such as clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters are packaged to allow a single download and installation on a client machine. Read about Rich Web Clients. (News archive)

Mobile Web in Developing Countries: Advance Notice of Workshop

2006-08-21: W3C plans a Workshop on the Mobile Web in Developing Countries on 4-5 December in New Delhi, India, hosted by C-DAC, the site of the W3C India Office. Participants will discuss mobile Web access within developing countries, in terms of needs, blocking factors and potential uses. A Call for Participation for this Workshop is expected in September. Scholarships to cover travel costs will be available. Read about W3C Workshops and the Mobile Web Initiative. (News archive)