Australian W3C Office
Australian W3C Office Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on regional activities, XML Conformance Test Suite, LibWWW and COM Level 2.
We are pleased to advise that the conference program (sessions and tracks) for full papers and short papers (poster presentations) as well the full text of the papers is now available online. Delegates are reminded the traditional AusWeb conference presentation format involves grouping papers around themes, having the authors make short overview presentations then making the remaining session time available for a substantial number of questions and discussion. To gain the maximum benefit from this format delegates are advised to select the papers in which they are interested, to read them prior to the conference, and come along with questions and issues to discuss.
Don't forget the associated tutorials and workshop - these events can be undertaken as a one day or a half day event by people not attending the full conference.
Conference Program: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw02/conf/index.html
Full Details: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au
The Australian W3C Office, in conjunction with a number of W3C Members, presents a free seminar - W3C and Web Services. Web services is a hot topic today, because it promises to be the foundation of the Web tomorrow. We have all seen the impact and benefits of the Web. Web services will enable the Web to be even more powerful and useful. The W3C is developing the specifications for Web Services. It is a vendor neutral organisation and it is committed to keeping the Web open and interoperable - vital ingredients for the success of the Web. Building on the success of HTML, XML and other W3C technologies, Web Services will help us realise the full potential of the Web.
Locations:
Seminar: W3C and Web Services
Melbourne, POSTPONED until later in 2002.
Brisbane in conjunction with DSTC Pty Ltd
Venue: TBA, Date: August
Adelaide in conjunction with education.au
Venue: TBA, Date: August
The following free seminar is different to the one above, it is an overview of W3C and XML.
GOLD COAST, in conjunction with Dialog Institute and DSTC Pty Ltd
Venue: Dialog Institute,
7 High Street, Robina Town Shopping Centre,
Robina Town Centre Drive
Date: 27th June, 10am - 11am and again at 2pm – 3pm
To register for any of the above seminars please complete the following and email to: w3c-australia@w3.org
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Further information: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/eventsOz.html
The Australian W3C Office invites you to attend our forthcoming W3C Day. The day will provide overviews and information on the topical activities in W3C domains and is open to all with an interest in the W3C and its technologies.
This year’s programme covers: TAG, XML Protocol, XML Encryption, Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), Accessibility and the Semantic Web. Presenters will include a number of high-profile W3C Activity and Team members and the day will be chaired by Ms Janet Daly, W3C Head of Communications. (Some presentations will be complemented by appropriate tutorials). A full programme will be available in due course.
W3C Day: http://evolve.dstc.edu.au/w3c.html
The Australian W3C Office is pleased to sponsor OZeWAI 2002
There are a number of people who are concerned about the content on web pages being accessible only to those who have the 'right' browser, the 'right' model computer or whatever - and realise that most content on the web is not accessible to people who have alternative devices, especially people who are dependent upon alternative devices because they have a disability. Aussie web content accessibility information is for Australians concerned with this problem. The law is different in Australia from other countries, the needs of Australians are our major concern - so OZeWAI 2002 is about how to make sure that all Australians have equal access to Australian web content of interest to them. We also want to ensure that as Australians, we put content on the web in ways that will make it accessible to everyone, everywhere.
OZeWAI 2002: http://ozewai.org/2002/
W3C is pleased to release the XML 1.0 (Second Edition) Conformance Test Suite, built in cooperation with NIST and formerly hosted by OASIS. The suite contains over 2000 test files that any developer can download free of cost and use to test the conformance of an XML processor to the XML Recommendation.
XML 1.0 (Second Edition) Conformance Test Suite: http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/
NIST: http://www.nist.gov/
OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/
XML Recommendation: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006
Media Release: http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xml-ts-pressrelease
Libwww version 5.4.0 has been released for download on the Web and by FTP. Libwww is a free, highly modular client side Web API written in C for Unix and Windows. The new version features support for WebDAV protocols, RDF parser bug fixes, and updated auto-tool files scripts. Thanks to Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, Richard Atterer, and many others for their contributions. To carry on this work, a project coordinator, a documentation maintainer, and other volunteers are needed. Please write to the www-lib@w3.org mailing list.
Libwww: http://www.w3.org/Library/
Web download: http://www.w3.org/Library/Distribution/
FTP download: ftp://ftp.w3.org/pub/libwww/
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification to Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 1 July. The sixth component of DOM Level 2, DOM2 HTML is a set of interfaces used to manipulate the structure and contents of HTML and XHTML documents. Read more about the DOM Activity.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20020605/
DOM Level 2: http://www.w3.org/DOM/DOMTR
DOM Activity: http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity
The Web Services Description Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Web Service Description Usage Scenarios. The document is part of W3C development of a language used to describe interfaces to Web services and how to interact with them. Comments are welcome.
Web Services Description Working Group: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/desc/
Web Service Description Usage Scenarios:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-ws-desc-usecases-20020604/
Web Services Activity: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/Activity
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. Produced by the joint IETF/W3C XML Signature Working Group on digital signatures, the specification provides a method to exclude ancestor context from a canonicalized subset of an XML document.
Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/PR-xml-exc-c14n-20020524/
Proposed Recommendation: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/tr
Canonicalized: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315
XML Signature Activity: http://www.w3.org/Signature/
Joseph Reagle, W3C Policy Analyst, has been chosen as one of Technology Review's "2002 TR100," a group of one hundred young innovators in technology from around the world. The magazine has recognized Joseph's contributions to developing open Web technologies related to privacy, security, and digital signatures.
Joseph will be a key presenter at this year’s Australian W3C Day to be held in Sydney on the 8th October.
Joseph Reagle: http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/
Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/
2002 TR100: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/tr100_0602.asp
Privacy Activity: http://www.w3.org/P3P/
XML Signature Activity: http://www.w3.org/Signature/
XML Encryption Activity: http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/
XML Key Management Activity: http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/
The World Wide Web Consoritum’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr Steve Bratt, recently announced a number of new administrative measures to help the organisation meet the huge demands made upon it by its continual successes in leading the Web to its full potential.
In brief these new measures include a 15% increase in fees for Membership (this is the first increase in membership fees since the W3C began!), new financial management and savings mechanisms within the Team, and new financial arrangements with the Hosts (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, INRIA - Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique and Keio University). Dr Bratt said that, "even during what are, for many, uncertain economic times, I remain confident that Members will continue to view the value of their investments of effort and money in the W3C as a sound, strategic investment in their future. The increasing number of W3C Recommendations, the growing volume of proposals for new work, the expanding use of Web technology throughout the world -- these all attest to the real value of our collective work."
For more information see: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining
The W3C Team presented over 25 talks at the Eleventh International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2002) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, during May. Slides are available for the W3C Track chaired by Marie-Claire Forgue and the keynote speech given by Tim Berners-Lee.
WWW2002: http://www2002.org/
Slides: http://www.w3.org/Talks/y2002
Keynote from Tim Berners-Lee: http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/www2002-tbl/
The CSS Working Group has released four Working Drafts:
CSS3 module: line
CSS TV Profile 1.0
CSS3 module: text
Syntax of CSS rules in HTML's "style" attribute
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper, and in speech. Read about CSS level 3 and visit the CSS home page.
CSS3 module: line: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-linebox-20020515/
CSS TV Profile 1.0: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-css-tv-20020515
CSS3 module: text: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-text-20020515/
Syntax of CSS rules in HTML’s “style” attribute: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-css-style-attr-20020515
CSS level 3: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-roadmap/
CSS hompage: http://www.w3c.org/Style/CSS/
The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released four Working Drafts.
QA Framework: Introduction
QA Framework: Operational Guidelines
QA Framework: Specification Guidelines
QA Framework: Operational Examples & Techniques
The W3C QA Activity's goals include planning and process; better, more testable specifications; coordination with internal and external groups; and building and acquiring.
Quality Assurance Working Group: http://www.w3c.org/QA/
QA Framework:Introduction: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-qaframe-intro-20020515/
QA Framework: Operational Guidelines: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-qaframe-ops-20020515/
QA Framework: Specification Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-qaframe-spec-20020515/
QA Framework: Operational Examples & Techniques: http://www.w3c.org/TR/2002/WD-qaframe-ops-extech-20020515/
Thanks to the W3C UK Office for contributions to this newsletter.
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