Australian W3C Office
Australian W3C Office Hello and welcome to the newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on XHTML, SOAP, CSS, Accessibility and OWL.
These full-day workshops will provide participants with a thorough overview of accessibility issues in terms of Australian policy contexts and the W3C internationally recognised guidelines. The workshop covers the whys and wherefores of web accessibility, issues confronting users with particular needs. It also provides an in-depth look at particular accessibility issues, with an emphasis on techniques and assessment tools. Participants will be able to see and hear how different sites appear to people using assistive technology and people facing bandwidth limitations. Relevant international guidelines will be distributed. Please call Vision Australia Foundation (03 9864 9524) if you would like further information.
Dates: Hobart - 24 Sept 2002, Launceston - 26 Sept 2002, Canberra - 22 Oct 2002
Workshop Information: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~webacces/
The Australian W3C Office, in conjunction with DSTC, SEAQ and the IIB, 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.
Location:
Brisbane in conjunction with DSTC Pty Ltd, SEAQ and the Queensland Information
Industries Bureau
Venue: Level 2, Leighton House, 143 Coronation Drive Milton (entrance via
Little Cribb Street)
Date: 27 August 2002
Time: 5.30pm
To register for the above seminar please complete the following and email to: w3c-australia@w3.org
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Further information: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/eventsOz.html
27 November, afternoon introductory session on accessibility
28 November, 8.00-9.00 am registration, 9.00 am OZeWAI Opening, all day
plenary sessions and keynotes
29 November, 9.30 - 5.00 PM streamed sessions offering specialisations for
different audiences such a techies, administrators and managers, designers,
educators, etc
The Australian W3C Office is pleased to sponsor OZeWAI 2002
OZeWAI 2002: http://www.ozewai.org/2002/
The Australian W3C Office invites you to attend our forthcoming W3C Day. The program is:
"Web Services at W3C & the Status of SOAP Version 1.2", Mr Hugo Haas, Web Service Activity Lead, XML Protocol Working Group
"Defining the Web Architecture", Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada, W3C Technical Architecture Group, (TAG)
"Securing the Web with XML Security", Joseph Reagle, Public Policy Analyst & Working Group Chair, W3C
"Developing an Accessible Website", Practical Application of W3C Accessibility Specifications. David Fallon, Equal Access Testing
"Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P)”, Janet Daly, Head of Communications, W3C
“An Overview of the W3C Semantic Web Activity”, Dr Hoylen Sue, Technical Manager, Australian W3C Office
"Semantic Web Overview", Dean Jackson, W3C Fellow, CSIRO
"Using W3C Recommendations in On-Line Educational Services", education.au Limited
W3C Day: http://evolve.dstc.edu.au/w3c.htm
The Semantic Web is the idea of having data on the Web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not solely for display purposes (as with XML), but moreover for automation, integration and reusing data across various applications. People often talk of semantic webs in various disparate scientific disciplines, like a semantc web for organic chemestry, such Webs are intended to ferderate the distributed resources and standards for the community in to single apparent portal.
This one off workshop on The Semantic Web will include a number of practical presentations of technologies associated with the semantic Web such as: TopicMaps, RSS, RDF, DAML+OIL, and Ontology Servers . The purpose of the workshop is to show that many of the technologies for the semantic Web can already be practically applied.
Semantic Web Workshop: http://evolve.dstc.edu.au/semantic.htm
The World Wide Web Consortium today released XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) as a W3C Recommendation. XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML in XML, giving the rigor of XML to Web pages. The second edition is not a new version; it brings the XHTML 1.0 Recommendation up to date with comments from the community, ongoing work within the HTML Working Group, and the first edition errata.
XHTML 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/
HTML Homepage: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
The XML Protocol Working Group has released the first Working Draft of the SOAP 1.2 Attachment Feature. This abstract SOAP 1.2 feature can be used as the basis for defining SOAP bindings that support the transmission of messages with attachments. Comments are welcome.
SOAP 1.2 Attachment Feature: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-soap12-af-20020814/
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
The HTML Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of XML Events
that incorporates comments received during Last Call. The specification
defines a module used to associate behaviours with document-level markup
for XML languages, and supports the DOM Level 2 event model. Comments are
welcome.
XML Events: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xml-events-20020812/
The Voice Browser Working Group has released the first Working Draft of Voice Browser Interoperation: Requirements. The draft describes requirements for how voice browsers and other call sites share user, application, and session data to coordinate user experience. Comments are welcome.
Voice Browser Interoperation: Requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-vbi-reqs-20020808/
Voice Browser Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Voice/
The HTML and SVG Working Groups have published the second Working Draft
of An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile. The draft enables mixing XHTML, MathML
and SVG in the same document using the XML namespaces mechanism while allowing
validation. Comments are welcome.
An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG-20020809/
HTML: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
Graphics: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of CSS TV Profile 1.0 to Candidate
Recommendation. The document is a subset of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Level 2 and the CSS3 module: Colour tailored to the needs and constraints
of TV devices such as interactive television sets that display their output
on a television screen. Comments are welcome through January 2003.
CSS TV Profile 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-css-tv-20020807
CSS: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
CSS3 module: Colour: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/
CSS Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/
The HTML Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of "XHTML 2.0." XHTML 2.0 is a relative of the Web's familiar publishing languages, HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0 and 1.1, and is not intended to be backward compatible with them. The draft contains the XHTML 2.0 markup language in modules for creating rich, portable Web-based applications. Comments are welcome.
XHTML 2.0 Working Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xhtml2-20020805/
HTML Homepage: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
The HTML Working Group has updated the W3C Note "XHTML Media Types." Expressed in RFC compatible terms, the Note summarizes best current practice for serving XHTML Family documents by addressing four media types: 'text/html', 'application/xhtml+xml', and generic XML media types 'application/xml' and 'text/xml'.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-xhtml-media-types-20020801/
The CSS Working Group has released "Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Revision 1" (CSS 2.1) as a Last Call Working Draft. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper, and in speech. The draft brings CSS2 in line with implementations and CSS2 errata, and removes obsolete features. Comments are welcome through 30 August.
Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Revision 1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-CSS21-20020802/
CSS Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
The CSS Working Group has released four modules of Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 as Working Drafts. "Fonts," "Web Fonts," and "Backgrounds" are in Last Call with comments welcome through 30 August. "Basic User Interface" is a first publication, the result of merging relevant parts of CSS2 and the February Working Draft, "User Interface for CSS3." Learn more on the CSS home page.
CSS3 Module: Fonts: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-fonts-20020802/
CSS3 Webfonts: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-webfonts-20020802/
CSS3 Background: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-background-20020802/
CSS3 Basic User Interface: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-ui-20020802/
The XML Encryption Working Group has released two revised Candidate Recommendations,
"XML Encryption Syntax and Processing" and its "Decryption
Transform." Encryption makes sensitive data confidential for storage
or transmission. Please refer to the "Status of This
Document" sections for summaries of changes. Comments are welcome through
13 September.
XML Encryption Syntax and Processing: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xmlenc-core-20020802/
XML Decryption Transform: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xmlenc-decrypt-20020802
XML Encryption Activity Statement: http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/Activity
The Web Ontology Working Group has released three first Working Drafts. The "Feature Synopsis," "Abstract Syntax" and "Language Reference" describe the OWL Web Ontology Language 1.0 and its subset OWL Lite. 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. OWL is used to publish and share ontologies on the Web. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity.
Owl Features: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-owl-features-20020729/
Owl Web Ontology Language 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-owl-absyn-20020729/
Owl Web Ontology Language Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-owl-ref-20020729/
The Web Services Architecture Working Group has released the first Working Draft of "Web Services Architecture Usage Scenarios." The draft is a collection of usage scenarios and use cases used for generating Web services architecture requirements and for evaluating existing technologies. Comments are welcome. Visit the Web Services Activity home page.
Web Services Architecture Working Group: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-ws-arch-scenarios-20020730/
Web Services Activity: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
Paper submissions are due 13 September for SMIL Europe 2002 to be held
in Paris, France on 20-22 November 2002. SMIL, pronounced "smile,"
enables authoring of interactive audiovisual rich media presentations. SMIL
has been adopted as a basis for MMS, and for
adding timing to other markup languages such as SVG. SMIL Europe is a forum
for SMIL research and advanced applications. For more information, visit
the conference Web site.
SMIL Europe 2002: http://aristote1.aristote.asso.fr/SMIL2002/index.htm
The CSS Working Group has revised "CSS Mobile Profile 1.0" to incorporate review suggestions, comments by implementers, and deliberations of the Working Group. The specification defines a subset of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Level 2 tailored for mobile devices such as wireless phones. Comments are welcome through January 2003.
CSS Mobile Profile 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-css-mobile-20020725
CSS Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
The DOM Working Group has split DOM Level 3 "Abstract Schemas and Load and Save" into two Working Drafts, "Validation" and "Load and Save," and a W3C Note "Abstract Schemas" (the Note is no longer a work in progress). The Document Object Model (DOM) allows programs and scripts to update the content and style of documents dynamically. Comments are welcome.
DOM Level 3 Validation Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-Val-20020725/
Load and Save Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-LS-20020725/
Abstract Schemas Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-DOM-Level-3-AS-20020725/
DOM Homepage: http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) received the Roland Wagner Award at the International Conference on Computers Helping People (ICCHP) in Linz, Austria. The award was given by the Austrian Computer Society, in recognition of WAI's international contributions to making Web technologies accessible to the broadest possible audience. Learn more about Web accessibility.
Award: http://www.icchp.at/award.html
WAI Homepage: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of "XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0" to Candidate Recommendation. The Call for Implementations ends 8 August, and comments on implementation experience may be sent to the public comment list. The draft defines a means to digitally sign a document subset using XPath, the language for addressing parts of an XML document.
XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xmldsig-filter2-20020718/
XML Signature Working Group: http://www.w3.org/Signature/
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