Australian W3C Office

Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we profile some of our Australian W3C Members and what they do. Australian companies and organisations have considerable talent and expertise – Australian W3C members are truly helping to lead Web to its full potential. Other news items include information on regional activities, Patent Policy, CCXML, XML Encryption and local W3C members.

1. Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft Published
   
2. Regional Events
   
3. WWW2002 - Early Bird Rate Cut off Friday!
   
4. W3C Offices Expand to Korea
   
5. Requirements for a Web Ontology Language Published
6. XML Encryption, Decryption Become W3C Candidate Recommendations
7. XML Inclusions Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation
8. CCXML Working Draft Published
9. New W3C Members
10. Australian Members
11. About this newsletter
    
    

1. Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft Published

Responding to comments from the public, W3C Members, the W3C Advisory Committee, the Open Source/Free Software community, and the Patent Policy Working Group has released a Royalty-Free Patent Policy interim Working Draft. Its goal is to produce W3C Recommendations that can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. Comments are welcome. Read more in the press release and backgrounder.

URLs:

Royalty-Free Patent Policy: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-patent-policy-20020226/
Comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/
Press Release: http://www.w3.org/2002/02/pp-update-pressrelease
Backgrounder: http://www.w3.org/2002/02/25-pwd-summary

2. Regional Events

# AusWeb02 Conference

The date for submission of full papers has been extended to 25th March.

Key dates:
25 March - Extended date for receipt of full papers
15 April - Authors advised
13 May - Revised versions of papers due & Early Bird Registration closes
13 May - Last day for Poster Proposals
3 June - Papers and full program posted to Web site
6 & 7 July - Workshops and Tutorials (all day)
7 July - Conference Opening
10 July - Workshops and Special Interest Group meetings (all day)

URLs:

Conference Homepage: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au
Call for papers/posters: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw02/papers/cfp.html
Venue: http://www.twinwatersresort.com.au/
Register now: https://secure.inspired.net.au/ntech/cgi-bin/ausweb/register.cgi

# W3C Day 2002

This year’s annual Australian W3C Day will be held in Sydney on the 8th October. The W3C Day programme covers: TAG, XML Protocol, XML Encryption, Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), Accessibility and the Semantic Web. The event will be chaired by Janet Daly, W3C Head of Communications. The W3C Day is sponsored by the World Wide Web Consortium. For more information contact Kelli Shanahan on kellis@dstc.edu.au.

# Training

Training in Web Technologies Overview and Inside HTML is scheduled for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast. Web Technologies Overview introduces the web technologies and techniques and outlines W3C recommendations XML, HTML, CSS and Accessibility. Inside HTML is a hands-on course that covers W3C recommendations HTML, CSS and Accessibility and Validation as recommended by the W3C. Discount registrations are available upon request to Australian W3C Members.

URLs:

Web Technologies: http://www.dstc.edu.au/Tech_Transfer/Training/Courses/wto.html
Inside HTML: http://www.dstc.edu.au/Tech_Transfer/Training/Courses/ihtml.html

3. WWW2002 - Early Bird Rate Cut off Friday!

For friends of the International WWW Conference Series, we want to let you know that early bird registration rates have been extended until this Friday, March 15. So there's still time to get the best price for WWW2002 registration!

For more in depth information about specific topics don’t forget about the Tutorials/Workshops being held on 7th May. Tutorials include: Web Service Composition and Web Services Security, SVG, XML and Data Management, XMIL 2.0, XTM – XML Topic Maps. Full-Day Workshops include: Semantic Web, Mobile Search, Web Dynamics, E-Learning, RDF and Web Content Accessibility

URL:

WWW2002: http://www2002.org
Tutorials and Workshops: http://www2002.org/tueschedule.html#WF7

4. W3C Offices Expand to Korea

W3C is pleased to announce the opening of the W3C Korean Office (in Korean). The Office is hosted by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Daejeon, Korea. W3C Offices assist with promotion efforts in local languages, broaden W3C's geographical base, and encourage international participation in W3C Activities.

URLs:

W3C Korean Office: http://www.w3c.or.kr/
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI): http://www.etri.re.kr/eindex.html
W3C Offices: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/

5. Requirements for a Web Ontology Language Published

The Web Ontology Working Group has released a Working Draft of requirements for the Ontology Web Language (OWL) 1.0. Automated tools can use common sets of terms called ontologies to power services such as more accurate Web search, intelligent software agents, and knowledge management. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity.

URL:

Requirements for a Web Ontology Language: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-webont-req-20020307/
Semantic Web: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

6. XML Encryption, Decryption Become W3C Candidate Recommendations

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML Encryption Syntax and Processing and Decryption Transform to Candidate Recommendations. A companion document, XML Encryption Requirements has been released as a W3C Note. Encryption makes sensitive data confidential for storage or transmission. Comments are welcome through 25 April.

URL:

XML Encryption Syntax and Processing: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xmlenc-core-20020304/
Decryption Transform: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xmlenc-decrypt-20020304
XML Encryption Requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-xml-encryption-req-20020304
XML Encryption Activity: http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/Activity

7. XML Inclusions Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 to Candidate Recommendation. Produced by the XML Core Working Group, XInclude introduces a generic mechanism for merging XML documents using elements, attributes, and URI references. Comments are invited through 30 April. Read about the XML Activity.

URL:

Xinclude Version 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xinclude-20020221/
XML Core Working Group: http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity#core-wg
XML Activity: http://www.w3.org/XML/

8. CCXML Working Draft Published

The Voice Browser Working Group has published the first public Working Draft of Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0. CCXML, the Call Control eXtensible Markup Language, provides telephony call control support for VoiceXML and other dialog systems. Comments are welcome.

URL:

Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-ccxml-20020221/
Voice Browser homepage: http://www.w3.org/Voice/
Comments: http://www.w3.org/Voice/

9. New W3C Members

Digital Media Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere,
Finland Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA,
USA Research In Motion, Ltd. (RIM), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

URL:

W3C List of all members: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
How to Join: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining

10. Australian W3C Members

W3C has over 500 member organisations world-wide. These organisations include large multinational such as IBM, Microsoft, Compaq, Boeing, Nokia, Ericsson, Lucent and Intel. However, there are also many smaller organisations and government departments Members who play an equally important role in W3C activities. Australian examples of such involvement include:

• IPR Systems Limited's, Chief Scientist, Dr Renato Iannella, is a member of W3C's prestigious Advisory Board. He was also involved in the establishment of the RDF working groups, and has participated in the XML Schema and URI working groups.
• Equal Access Testing is involved in the activities of the Web Accessibility Interest Group and the Education and Outreach Working Group. This group develops strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of the need for Web accessibility and to educate the Web community regarding solutions to Web accessibility.
• RMIT's Liddy Nevile has been an active member of W3C's working groups for a number of years. Currently she is working with Web Accessibility Initiative's Authoring Tools Working Group that develops the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines. In this group, Ms Nevile contributes to the development of guidelines and techniques to assist authoring tool software developers to make their tools, and the content that their tools generate, more accessible to people with disabilities.
• Equal Access Testing is involved in the activities of the Web Accessibility Interest Group and the Education and Outreach Working Group. This group develops strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of the need for Web accessibility and to educate the Web community regarding solutions to Web accessibility.
• In its long association with the W3C, DSTC, a software research Co-operative Research Centre, has participated in many W3C Working Groups: including RDF, CC/PP, XML Schema and XML Query.

URL:

Australian W3C Members ……
CSIRO - http://www.csiro.au/
DSTC Pty Ltd – http://www.dstc.edu.au
National Office for the Information Economy - http://www.govonline.gov.au/
IPR Systems Limited - http://www.iprsystems.com/
Melbourne IT - http://www.melbourneit.com.au/
National Library of Australia - http://www.nla.gov.au/
Department of Industry & Technology, WA Government - http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - http://www.rmit.edu.au/
ManageSoft - http://www.managesoft.com/
Equal Access Testing Pty Ltd - http://www.equalaxs.com/
Plugged In Software Ltd - http://www.pisoftware.com/
Education.au Ltd. - http://www.educationau.edu.au/

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