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Australian W3C Office Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. This edition includes news about WebCGM, XQuery, XPath, SXL, CC/PP, SOAP, Amaya, RDF/XML Schema, W3C Weekly News and TAG. A copy of this newsletter will also be available on the Australian W3C Office site at: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/
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The World Wide Web Consortium recently published the WebCGM 1.0 Second Release as a W3C Recommendation. The second release is not a new version; it brings WebCGM up to date with the first release errata. A joint effort of W3C and the CGM Open Consortium, WebCGM is an interoperable way to exchange dynamic Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) files over the Web. The WebCGM Profile adds hyperlinking to graphics-rich applications such as interactive electronic manuals for engineering and manufacturing.
WebCGM 1.0 Second Release: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-WebCGM-20011217/
CGM
Open Consortium: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-WebCGM-20011217/
WebCGM: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/
The W3C XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group have released several Working Drafts. XQuery is a computer language designed to return information to users or their agents, and is applicable to many types of XML data sources from documents to databases, search engines, and object repositories. Derived from XPath 1.0 and XQuery, XPath is a language used to address parts of an XML document.
Publications include:
XML Activity: http://www.w3.org/XML/
Style Activity: http://www.w3.org/Style/
XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xquery-20011220/
XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xpath20-20011220/
XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-query-datamodel-20011220/
XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xquery-operators-20011220/
XML Query Use Cases: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xmlquery-use-cases-20011220
As part of the W3C Style Activity, the XSL Working Group has released the first Working Draft of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0. XSLT is a stylesheet language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents. It is often used to produce HTML and XHTML and application-specific message formats.
Style Activity: http://www.w3.org/Style/
XSL Transformations (SXLT) Version 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xslt20-20011220/
XSL: http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/
The Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP) Working Group has released CC/PP Implementors Guides as a W3C Note, Harmonization with Existing Vocabularies and Content Transformation Heuristics, and a Working Draft of Privacy and Protocols for a future Note. CC/PP is a user-side hardware, software, and user preferences profile. Comments are welcome. Read about the W3C Device Independence Activity.
The W3C HTML Working Group has released a Working Draft of Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema. The draft provides a complete set of XML Schema modules for XHTML, and a framework for extending and modifying XHTML. Read about the W3C HTML Activity on the HTML home page.
Working Draft of Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xhtml-m12n-schema-20011219/
XML Schema: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/
HTML homepage: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
The XML Protocol Working Group has released four Working Drafts: SOAP Version 1.2 in three parts, Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework and Part 2: Adjuncts, as well as the first Working Draft of XML Protocol Usage Scenarios. Publicly developed, SOAP is a data transfer protocol designed for information exchange on the Web, using XML as its encapsulation language.
XML Protocol Working Group: http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/
Part 0: Primer: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-part0-20011217/
Part 1 Messaging Framework: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-part1-20011217/
Part 2: Adjuncts: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-part2-20011217/
XML Protocol Usage Scenarios: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xmlp-scenarios-20011217/
XML Protocol homepage: http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/
Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 5.3 supports annotations on annotations and discussion threads, handles multiple profiles, and includes new English documentation by WinWriters and other new features. Download Amaya binaries for Linux and Windows. Source code is available. If you are interested in annotations, visit the Annotea home page.
Amaya: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
New Features: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
Download Amaya: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist
Source code: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/SourceDist
Annotea homepage: http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/
The RDF Core Working Group has released a Working Draft of RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised). The document updates the grammar in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification and is now based on the XML Infoset and RDF Model Theory. Read about the Semantic Web Activity.
RDF Core Working Group: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/
RDF/XML
Syntax Specification (Revised): http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20011218/
Resource Description Framework Model & Syntax Specification:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/
Semantic Web Activity: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
The W3C today announced the creation of the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG), whose mission is to build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary.
The composition of the TAG is balanced between elected and appointed participants, from W3C Members, the W3C Team, and from the larger Web community. The members have all been selected for the strength of their technical backgrounds, their experience with Web technologies, and their ability to put the common good above proprietary considerations.
Those TAG participants nominated and elected by the W3C Membership (in alphabetical order by last name), are:
Those TAG participants appointed by the W3C Director (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
In general, TAG participants other than the Director serve two-year terms. In order to stagger terms, some participants of the initial TAG will serve a one-year term. More information on the Technical Architecture Group is available in the TAG Press Release.
TAG Press Release: http://www.w3.org/2001/12/tag-pressrelease.html.en
The W3C Internationalisation Working Group has released an interim Working Draft of the Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0 recording their progress. This document provides authors of specifications, software developers, and content developers a common reference for interoperable text manipulation. Please hold comments until the second Last Call. Read about W3C work on internationalisation.
Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-charmod-20011220/ Internationalisation Activity: http://www.w3.org/International/
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