Australian W3C Office
Australian W3C Office Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. This edition includes news about the Australian W3C activities, P3P, Amaya, CSS, SVG and TAG. A copy of this newsletter will also be available on the Australian W3C Office site at: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/
# W3C Seminar: Industry Update: W3C and XML– Perth and Auckland
These free events are presented by the Australian Office W3C Office, DSTC
Pty Ltd, the Western Australian Department of Industry and Technology, and
the University of Auckland. The seminar will provide an overview of W3C,
XHTML, XML Schema, and SVG. This Seminar is being offered in Auckland on
the 27 August and in Perth on the 6 September. Seminar and registration
information is available at: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/seminar
# Accessibility Seminar: Perth
The Western Australian Department of Industry and Technology presents a Web Accessibility seminar with Charles McCathieNevile (Web Accessibility Initiative). More details will be available on the following webpage soon: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/events
# XML ODYSSEY
Dr Hoylen Sue will present a talk entitled “The XML Roadmap: an overview
of W3C XML Recommendations” and provide an XML tutorial. The event is scheduled
for the 20th & 21st August 2001 at the JW Marriott, Kuala Lumpur. Registration
information is available by emailing: admin@knowledgegroupco.com
Western Australian Department of Industry and Technology: http://www.commerce.indtech.wa.gov.au/dct/oic/index.htm
University of Auckland: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/
XML: http://www.w3.org/XML/
WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Equal Access Testing Pty Ltd. - Equal Access Testing Pty Ltd has been established to provide a web services test facility focussing on accessibility. The test facility is currently being established under a Commonwealth funded program in Canberra. Once established the facility will be available to clients who wish to have web services tested for accessibility.
http://www.equalaxs.com/main.htm
W3C has published the Technical Architecture Group charter and revised the Process Document. The TAG will document cross-technology Web architecture principles, and resolve architectural issues. Chaired by the W3C Director, the TAG will consist of five elected and three appointed participants. Like other W3C Working Groups, the TAG will use the Recommendation track to build consensus around its documents. The TAG will conduct most of its work on a public mailing list. The nomination period is expected to begin in a few weeks.
Technical Architecture Group: http://www.w3.org/2001/07/19-tag
Process Document: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 Deployment Guide has been updated. This guide for Web site operators explains how to write a machine-readable privacy policy, and gives step-by-step instructions for deploying your privacy policy on popular Web servers. Read the answers to frequently asked questions about P3P and more about the W3C Privacy Activity.
The CSS Working Group has released the first Working Draft of CSS3 module: the box model. Part of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language Level 3, this module describes the layout of textual documents in visual media. Comments are invited.
CSS3 module: the box model: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-box-20010726/
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language Level 3: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-roadmap/
Comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/
Cascading Style Sheets: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG 1.0) Specification to Proposed Recommendation. SVG delivers two-dimensional vector graphics and mixed vector and raster graphics to the Web in XML, ensuring accessibility, dynamism, reusability, and extensibility.
Scalable Vector Graphics 1.0 Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/PR-SVG-20010719/index.html
Proposed Recommendation: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/tr
SVG Overview: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Overview.htm8
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SMIL Animation to Proposed Recommendation. This subset of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language 2.0 (SMIL, pronounced "smile") puts animation on a time line, allows composition of multiple animations, and describes animation elements for any XML-based host language. Comments are welcome through 16 August.
SMIL Animation: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/PR-smil-animation-20010719/
Proposed Recommendation: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/tr
Synchronised Multimedia: http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
The CSS Working Group has published a first Working Draft of CSS3 module: Cascading and inheritance. Part of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Level 2 rewritten as a module for CSS Level 3, the draft describes how values are assigned to properties using the cascade mechanism, inheritance, and initial values. Comments are welcome.
Working Draft CSS3 module: Cascading and inheritance:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-cascade-20010713/
Comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/
Cascading Style
Sheets: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
The CSS Working Group has released a first Working Draft of CSS3 module: Values and Units. A module for CSS Level 3, the draft describes the values and units that CSS properties accept. It explains specified, computed, and actual values. Comments are invited.
CSS3 module: Values and Units: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-values-20010713/
Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 5.1 is a bug fix release, adding flat style to the button bar, a Portuguese translation of Amaya dialogues, and an online documentation index developed by WinWriters. Download Amaya binaries for Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000/NT, and Windows 95/98. Source code is available. If you are interested in annotations, visit the Annotea home page.
Amaya: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
WinWriters: http://www.winwriters.com/
Download Amaya: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist
Source code: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/SourceDist
Annotea: http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/
Bertelsmann Foundation - The Bertelsmann Foundation take up societal problems, develop model solutions with scientific experts and practitioners alike and, implement these models in selected areas of society.
Covigo, Inc. - Covigo simplifies the complexities of wireless. It provides IT organizations, system integrators and enterprise software vendors with a highly scalable and flexible software platform for building, deploying and analyzing mobile applications - for both voice and data.
CrossWeave, Inc. - CrossWeave was founded in 2000 to help customers meet the challenges imposed on them by changing business and technical environment. CrossWeave has developed a next-generation Composite Application Platform, designed explicitly for the Internet and web-accessible applications. CrossWeave provides a non-intrusive, dynamic, application-oriented solution that enables companies to unlock the value of their extended enterprise. Using CrossWeave companies can create customized application suites combining modules from applications residing anywhere in their extended enterprise.
Cyclone Commerce, Inc. - Cyclone Commerce® is the leading provider of Trading Community Management solutions for Internet eCommerce. By connecting more than 200 hub customers to thousands of partners and forming 25 strategic alliances, Cyclone has established a strong early foothold in the emerging $20 billion collaborative commerce marketplace.
Electronic Data System (EDS) - Founded in 1962, EDS is the leading global services company. EDS serves more than 9,000 accounts in 55 countries.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) - Creation and dissemination of innovative technology and knowledge in the fields of information, telecommunications and electronics. Research on standardisation and security of technical information in the above-mentioned fields. Technical guidance in the fields of information and telecommunications contributing to the social and economic development of Korea.
Equal Access Testing Pty Ltd. - Equal Access Testing Pty Ltd has been established to provide a web services test facility focussing on accessibility. The test facility is currently being established under a Commonwealth funded program in Canberra. Once established the facility will be available to clients who wish to have web services tested for accessibility.
Internet Technology Research Committee (ITRC) - We are organizing a meeting place (ITRC) where Internet user communities, academic researchers on Internet technology, industry's network engineers, governmental Internet managers, regional Internet organizers, commercial Internet service providers, online businesses, and others interested in the Internet can exchange information and discuss on issues related to the Internet.
Kirusa, Inc. – Kirusa is championing the push towards multimodality of mobile data applications across a wide variety of wireless handhelds including wireless phones and PDAs.
Maporama SA – Maporama is a leading European provider of online mapping and itineraries, guides online visitors straight to brick-and-mortar locations increasing their satisfaction and website profitability.
MathSoft Engineering and Education, Inc. - MathSoft is the leading provider of math, science and engineering software solutions for business, academia, research and government.
Omnitel-Vodafone – Italy
POSTECOM SpA – Italy
Progeny Systems - providing innovative Engineering Solutions in support of complex information technology systems, submarine and avionics systems, and for telecommunications and commercial markets.
WebSoft International, Inc. – Japan
Zolera Systems - Zolera Systems develops solutions addressing the need to ensure information integrity as organizations move critical business processes online.
W3C List of all members: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
How to Join: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining
Many thanks to Charles McCathieNevile (WAI, W3C) for his contribution.
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