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Seeking position papers for the Workshop on Mobile Ajax, 28 September in Santa Clara, CA (USA). Papers are due 15 August. Read more about the Mobile Web Initiative, making Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy, and convenient as Web access from a desktop device. Become an MWI sponsor.
Current job opportunities at W3C are HTML and WebAPI specialist and Web Accessibility Engineer. Current W3C Fellows Program openings are Business and Technology Communications Specialist, Web / Graphic Designer, and Software Engineer.
2007-07-12: W3C has
named Dominique Hazaël-Massieux to the
position of Mobile Web Initiative Activity Lead. The W3C Mobile Web Initiative is a joint effort by vendors,
providers, manufacturers and mobile operators to make Web access from a
mobile device as simple, easy, and convenient as Web access from a
desktop device. Dominique first joined W3C as Webmaster, did early work
on GRDDL,
contributed to QA at W3C, served
as Team Contact for the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group, serves
as co-Chair of the MWI Test
Suites Working Group, and works on mobileOK. W3C wishes to
thank Philipp Hoschka who previously led the Activity and continues his
roles as W3C Deputy Director for Europe and Ubiquitous Web Domain
Leader. Read more about W3C. (Permalink)
2007-07-13: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XHTML™ Basic 1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. The specification adds four new features for small devices which are the language's primary users. Version 1.1 is intended to be the convergence of the XHTML Basic 1.0 W3C Recommendation for mobile devices, released in coordination with the WAP Forum in 2000, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) XHTML Mobile profile. Implementation feedback is welcome through 31 August. Visit the HTML home page. (Permalink)
2007-07-13: The SYMM Working Group has published the Last Call 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. Comments are welcome through 14 September. Learn more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity. (Permalink)
2007-07-10: The W3C Emotion Incubator Group, which includes representatives from sixteen institutions in eleven countries on three continents, published its final report. The report contains scope, requirements and use cases for a general-purpose Emotion Markup Language. This publication is part of the W3C experimental Incubator Activity that develops new, potentially foundational technologies and Web-based applications in a rapid time frame. (Permalink)
2007-07-10: W3C is pleased to participate in Web標準の日々 (The Days of Web Standards 2007), one of the largest Web-related events in Japan. Web developers and designers will gather on 15 July in Tokyo to discuss the usefulness and pleasure in using Web standards and how they are popular. Members of the W3C staff, Karl Dubost, Tatsuya Hagino, Olivier Thereaux present and Yasuyuki Hirakawa runs a booth. Browse W3C presentations and events also available as an RSS channel. (Permalink)
2007-07-09: The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has
published a Last Call Working Draft of Delivery Context: Client Interfaces (DCCI)
1.0. DCCI (formerly DCI) provides access to device properties
including capabilities, configuration, user preferences and
environmental conditions such as remaining battery life, signal
strength, ambient brightness, location, and display orientation.
Comments are welcome through 27 July. This draft has one normative
change to show DCCI inheriting from the DOM Element
interface. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web
Applications Activity. (Permalink)
2007-07-09: The POWDER Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Grouping of Resources. POWDER is a way to attach small, easily-produced annotations to large collections of Web content. Web resources can then be retrieved, personalized and delivered in a variety of delivery contexts to meet both social needs for content labels and commercial requirements for content adaptation. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (Permalink)
2007-07-07: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Policy 1.5 to Proposed Recommendation. The Policy Framework model expresses the nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their interaction. Attachment defines how to associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with subjects to which they apply. Comments are welcome through 17 August. Read about the Web Services Policy Working Group and Web services. (Permalink)
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