Welcome to the November 2007 newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. Your link to the latest Consortium news and events... 1. W3C Seeks Community Support for HTML Design Principles (First Public Working Draft) 2. CURIE Syntax 1.0 3. Access Control for Cross-site Requests 4. Three SPARQL Proposed Recommendations: SPARQL Query Language for RDF; Query Results XML Format; Protocol for RDF 5. Web Services Policy 1.5 Notes: Primer; Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors 6. W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 Advances to Candidate Recommendation 7. W3C MobileOK To Help Make Web Sites Mobile Friendly 8. XForms 1.0 Third Edition Is a W3C Recommendation 9. RDFa Primer: Working Draft 10. W3C Names Shadi Abou-Zahra WAI International Program Office Activity Lead 11. XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft 12. Content Transformation Landscape 1.0: Working Draft 13. Progress Events 1.0: Working Draft 14. XML Signature and Encryption Workshop Report 1. W3C Seeks Community Support for HTML Design Principles (First Public Working Draft) The HTML Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of "HTML Design Principles." This document describes the set of guiding principles used by the HTML Working Group for the development of HTML5, expected to define the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web. These design principles are an attempt to capture consensus on design approach in the areas of compatibility, utility, interoperability, and universal access. Learn more about the HTML Activity. http://www.w3.org/html/wg/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-html-design-principles-20071126/ http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity 2. CURIE Syntax 1.0 The XHTML2 Working Group has published a Working Draft of "CURIE Syntax 1.0." The aim of this document is to outline an abbreviated syntax for expressing Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). The proposed technology does not target the XHTML Family Markup Languages exclusively. The target audience for this document is designers of technology (e.g., markup languages), not the users of that technology. Learn more about the HTML Activity. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-curie-20071126/ http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity 3. Access Control for Cross-site Requests The Web Application Formats Working Group has published a Working Draft of "Access Control for Cross-site Requests." This document introduces an "opt-in policy" mechanism whereby people managing a resource can declare whether other sites can retrieve it. The document also defines a mechanism based on the same policy to allow a resource to opt-in to requests using an HTTP method other than GET. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity. http://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-access-control-20071126/ http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/ 4. Three SPARQL Proposed Recommendations: SPARQL Query Language for RDF; Query Results XML Format; Protocol for RDF The RDF Data Access Working Group has published three SPARQL Proposed Recommendations: "SPARQL Query Language for RDF," "SPARQL Query Results XML Format," and "SPARQL Protocol for RDF." The first specification defines the syntax and semantics of the SPARQL query language for RDF. SPARQL can be used to express queries across diverse data sources, whether the data is stored natively as RDF or viewed as RDF via middleware. The results of SPARQL queries can be results sets or RDF graphs; the second specification defines an XML format for the variable binding and boolean results formats. The third specification uses "WSDL 2.0" to describe an HTTP protocol for conveying SPARQL queries to an SPARQL query processing service and returning the query results to the party that made the request. Comments are welcome through 10 December. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-rdf-sparql-query-20071112/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-rdf-sparql-XMLres-20071112/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-rdf-sparql-protocol-20071112/ http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ 5. Web Services Policy 1.5 Notes: Primer; Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors The Web Services Policy Working Group has published two Group Notes: "Web Services Policy 1.5 - Primer" and "Web Services Policy 1.5 - Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors." The former introduces the Web Services Policy language with examples. The latter explains how to use the relevant specifications to maximize interoperability. Learn more about the Web Services Activity. http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/policy/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-ws-policy-primer-20071112 http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-ws-policy-guidelines-20071112 http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ 6. W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 Advances to Candidate Recommendation The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has published the Candidate Recommendation of "W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0." This document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim of W3C mobileOK Basic conformance and are based on W3C "Mobile Web Best Practices." You are invited to use the alpha version of the W3C mobileOK Checker to test your content. Read the press release and learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative Activity. http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-mobileOK-basic10-tests-20071113/ http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/ http://validator.w3.org/mobile/alpha http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mok-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/Mobile/ 7. W3C MobileOK To Help Make Web Sites Mobile Friendly Today, W3C provides new means for people to create and find mobile friendly content. W3C invites Web authors to run the alpha release of the W3C mobileOK checker and make their content work on a broad range of mobile devices. The checker runs the tests defined in the "W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0" Candidate Recommendation. Read the press release and testimonials, and come see W3C at Mobile Internet World in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). (Permalink) http://validator.w3.org/mobile/alpha http://www.w3.org/TR/mobileOK-basic10-tests/ http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mok-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mok-testimonial http://www.w3.org/2007/11/mwi-boston http://www.w3.org/News/2007/News/2007#item244 8. XForms 1.0 Third Edition Is a W3C Recommendation The World Wide Web Consortium today released "XForms 1.0 Third Edition" as a Recommendation. The document responds to implementor feedback, brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second edition errata and reflects clarifications already implemented in XForms processors. XForms separates presentation and content, minimizes the need for scripting and round-trips to the server, and offers device independence. Visit the forms home page. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-xforms-20071029/ http://www.w3.org/2006/03/REC-xforms-20060314-errata-diff-20070719.h tml http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/wiki/XForms_Implementations http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/ 9. RDFa Primer: Working Draft The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and the XHTML2 Working Group jointly published an updated Working Draft of the "RDFa Primer 1.0." The primer is an introduction to "RDFa," a method for embedding structured data in XHTML. Among changes in this draft are the term "chaining," previously called striping, and a new instanceof attribute. Visit the XHTML2 and Semantic Web home pages. http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/ http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-rdfa-primer-20071026/ http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-syntax/ http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ 10. W3C Names Shadi Abou-Zahra WAI International Program Office Activity Lead W3C has named Shadi Abou-Zahra to the position of WAI International Program Office Activity Lead. The Activity's groups are responsible for education and outreach, coordination with research, general discussion on Web accessibility, coordination with the WAI Technical Activity, and WAI liaisons with other organizations including standards organizations. Shadi joined W3C in 2003. He coordinates WAI outreach in Europe, accessibility evaluation techniques, and worked on the WAI-TIES Project, and currently with the WAI-AGE Project. Shadi will continue to lead development of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) and chair the Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG). W3C wishes to thank Judy Brewer who led the Activity, and continues her roles as Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative, and WAI Technical Activity Lead. Read more about WAI. http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/IPO/Activity http://www.w3.org/WAI/Technical/ http://www.w3.org/People/Brewer/ http://www.w3.org/WAI 11. XMLHttpRequest Object for Ajax: Working Draft The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of "The XMLHttpRequest Object." The core component of Ajax, the XMLHttpRequest object is an interface that allows scripts to perform HTTP client functions, such as submitting form data or loading data from a remote Web site. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20071026/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29 http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/ 12. Content Transformation Landscape 1.0: Working Draft The Content Transformation Task Force of the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group released the First Public Working Draft of "Content Transformation Landscape 1.0." This document identifies some issues surrounding the use of transforming proxies in the delivery of Web content. Discussion of these issues is expected to influence the (future) requirements document for Content Transformation Guidelines. Read about the Mobile Web Initiative. http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/TaskForces/CT/ http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ct-landscape-20071025/ http://www.w3.org/Mobile/ 13. Progress Events 1.0: Working Draft The Web API Working Group released an updated Working Draft of "Progress Events 1.0." These five events and their interfaces are used for data transfer in Ajax Web applications as described in "XHR" and for "media access events." When additional data is downloaded on demand, scripts can monitor progress, construct loading bars, and take action once data has been transferred. Read about the Rich Web Clients Activity. http://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-progress-events-20071023/ http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/ http://www.w3.org/TR/MediaAccessEvents/ http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/ 14. XML Signature and Encryption Workshop Report The report of the Workshop on Next Steps for XML Signature and XML Encryption is available. The report shows strong interest in additional work on XML security at W3C. A basic signature profile, the referencing and transform models, updating the set of supported cryptographic algorithms, and revisiting XML canonicalization were seen as highest priority among the several topics identified by the participants. The Workshop was held in September in Mountain View, CA, USA, hosted by VeriSign and chaired by Frederick Hirsch (Nokia) and Thomas Roessler (W3C). Read about W3C Workshops and about the Security Activity. http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/report http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/ws/cfp http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/ http://www.w3.org/Security/Activity.html ________________________________________________________________________ ____ For previous newsletters from the Australian W3C Office please visit http://w3c.org.au/newsletters/ If you are a W3C Member and would like to contribute relevant news please email us at w3c-australia@w3.org If you know of others who would like to receive this newsletter please direct them to http://w3.org.au