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2006-12-19: Ten years ago, on 17 December
1996, W3C published the first standard for style on the Web: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), level 1.
CSS Web designers have since enjoyed fine-grain control of page
appearance (fonts, colors, layout, margins, etc.) and easier page
design and maintenance. CSS can also help make pages more adaptable
to more users, including users with mobile devices and some users with
disabilities. To celebrate this tenth anniversary, W3C invites
developers to propose their favorite CSS designs for the CSS10 Gallery. Learn more
about CSS from the CSS10 pages, the press release, and the CSS home page. (News archive)
2006-12-21: The Web Services Policy Working Group has published two Web Services Policy 1.5 - Working Drafts: an update to the Primer and a First Public Working Draft of Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors. The new Guidelines document provides guidance for assertion authors that will work with the Web Services Policy 1.5 Framework and Attachment specifications to create domain specific assertions. Web Services Policy Framework defines a base set of constructs that can be used and extended by other Web services specifications to describe a broad range of service requirements and capabilities. Visit the Web Services Policy Working Group home page. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Canonical XML 1.1, describes a method for generating a physical representation, the canonical form, of an XML document that accounts for permissible syntactic changes permitted by XML 1.0. Comments are welcome through 30 April 2007. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group has published a Proposed Edited Recommendation for XML Base (Second Edition). XML Base describes a facility, similar to that of HTML BASE, for defining base URIs for parts of XML documents. Comments are welcome through 31 January 2007. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)
2006-12-19: The XML Protocol Working Group has published four Proposed Edited Recommendations of SOAP 1.2, all Second Editions: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts, and Specification Assertions and Test Collection. SOAP Version 1.2 provides the definition of the XML-based information that can be used for exchanging structured and typed information between peers in a decentralized, distributed environment. Comments are welcome through 2 February 2007. Visit the XML Protocol home page. (News archive)
2006-12-22: In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) in response to disclosures related to the Remote Events for XML (REX) specification. The SVG Working Group and Web API Working Group jointly develop this specification. W3C launches a PAG to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements. Public comments regarding these disclosures may be sent to public-rex-pag@w3.org (public archive). See more information about Patent Advisory Groups. (News archive)
2006-12-20: Today the World Web Consortium released the Authorized Catalan Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. This is the first document published following the Policy for W3C Authorized Translations. The Lead Translation Organization for this Authorized Translation was the Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació - Universitat de Barcelona. Visit the Web Accessibility Initiative home page. Learn more about W3C Translations. (Permalink)
2006-12-20: The Synchronized Multimedia (SYMM) Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0). This the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"), an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. This version will extend the functionality of SMIL 2.1, facilitate the reuse of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, and define new SMIL profiles. Read more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The WAI Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) has released the First Public Working Draft of HTTP Vocabulary in RDF, which describes a representation of HTTP vocabulary in RDF. The terms defined by the document allow HTTP headers that have been exchanged between a client and a server to be recorded in RDF format. Visit the WAI ERT home page. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The Protocols and Formats Working Group has published updated Working Drafts of WAI-ARIA Roadmap, Roles, and States and Properties. The suite describes accessibility of rich Web content using interactive technologies such as AJAX and DHTML. These concepts are further introduced in the WAI-ARIA Overview. The PFWG charter has been updated to allow the group to publish Recommendation-track documents. Accordingly, WAI-ARIA Roles and States and Properties are now intended to become W3C Recommendations; the Roadmap remains a draft Working Group Note. Visit the WAI PFWG home page. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0), which addresses some of the issues related to inheritance of the XML attributes xml:base and xml:id and the W3C Recommendation for Canonical XML Version 1.0. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)
2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment, describes how to use the XML Digital Signature Recommendation in a way consistent with the present (fall 2006) XML environment. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)
2006-12-19: The XML Protocol Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP. Where SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2 provides a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) and a response-only MEP, the new Part 3 Working Draft provides a one-way MEP. Visit the XML Protocol home page. (News archive)
2006-12-19: The Voice Browser Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.1 Requirements, which proposes a prioritized list of requirements for extending SSML 1.0 to accommodate a wider range of Asian, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern languages. This document follows discussions pursuant to W3C Workshops (first, second) on extending SSML; see the August 2006 press release and visit the Voice home page. (News archive)
2006-12-19: The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released the second Working Draft of W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. This document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim to be W3C mobileOK Basic compliant and are based upon W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices. Read about the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group. (News archive)
2006-12-14: A W3C Privacy Workshop Report
recommending next steps for keeping privacy promises when exchanging
sensitive information on the Web is now available. In October 2006,
privacy and access control experts from America, Australia, Asia and
Europe met to study Web privacy issues and solutions. Please read the
press release
about the results of the W3C Workshop
on Languages for Privacy Policy Negotiation and Semantics-Driven
Enforcement, hosted by the Joint Research Center of the European
Commission. (News archive)
2006-12-05: Today the World Web Consortium released Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1 as a W3C Recommendation. Version 1.1 adds new functionality to the XSL 1.0 Recommendation for change marks, indexes, multiple flows, and bookmarks, and extends support for graphics scaling, markers and page numbers. A change list is available. Read the press release and testimonials and about the XML Activity. (News archive)
2006-12-06: The Workshop on the Mobile Web in Developing
Countries is underway 5-6 December in Bangalore, India. Jataayu
Software hosts. Participants are discussing mobile Web access within
developing countries in terms of needs, blocking factors and potential
uses. "We must ensure that the Web is designed to meet the needs of
sparser populations and of those whose only access to the Web may be on
their phone," said Tim Berners-Lee (W3C). Read the press release, about W3C Workshops and about the Mobile Web Initiative. (Photo: Ken
Banks, kiwanja.net. News archive)
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