Australian W3C Office

Welcome to the May '03 newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on CSS, Web Services, Multimodal Interaction and SOAP.

1. Events
2. W3C Translation Index Based on RDF
3. CSS3 Modules Become W3C Candidate Recommendations
4. W3C/WAI Participates in EuroAccessibility Launch
5. Web Services Architecture Working Drafts Published
6. Core Presentation Characteristics Working Draft Published
7. Multimodal Interaction Framework Note Updated
8. SOAP Version 1.2 Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation
9. About this newsletter

1. Events

# Ausweb

AusWeb Conference Program is now available a http://ausweb.scu.edu.au

2. W3C Translation Index Based on RDF

W3C thanks the volunteers who contributed thousands of hours translating W3C publications into more than 30 languages. Showcasing W3C Semantic Web, XML and internationalization technologies, data for volunteer translations of W3C technical reports and related documents is now maintained in RDF encoded in XML. Combining this metadata with other RDF, the translation index makes extensive use of Unicode, links to official versions, and can be viewed according to language or technology.

URL:

Semantic Web: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
XML: http://www.w3.org/XML/
Internationalisation: http://www.w3.org/International/
W3C Technical Reports: http://www.w3.org/TR/
RDF: http://www.w3.org/RDF/
Metadata: http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/trans.rdf
Project description: http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/Overview.html
Translations at W3C: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/

3. CSS3 Modules Become W3C Candidate Recommendations

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of three CSS3 modules to Candidate Recommendation: Color, Ruby, and Text. A second Candidate Recommendation of the CSS TV Profile 1.0 incorporates editorial suggestions. The CSS Working Group also released first public Working Drafts of the CSS3 Generated and Replaced Content and Speech modules. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper and in speech. Comments are welcome.

URLs:

Colour module: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-color-20030514/
Ruby module: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-ruby-20030514/
Text module: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-text-20030514/
CSS TV Profile 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css-tv-20030514
Generated and Replaced Content module: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-content-20030514/
Speech module: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-speech-20030514/
Comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/
CSS hompage: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

4. W3C/WAI Participates in EuroAccessibility Launch

W3C/WAI has joined in a Memorandum of Understanding with twenty-four European organizations to establish a harmonized set of support services throughout Europe, which would include a common evaluation methodology, technical assistance, and a European certification authority for Web accessibility based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

URLs

Memorandum of Understanding: http://www.euroaccessibility.org/press.php
WAI Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/

5. Web Services Architecture Working Drafts Published

The Web Services Architecture Working Group has updated three Working Drafts: Web Services Architecture, Usage Scenarios and the Web Services Glossary. Software applications can communicate using Web services to present dynamic context-driven information to the user. The reference architecture identifies Web services components, defines their relationships, and establishes constraints.

URLs

Web Services Architecture: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-ws-arch-20030514/
Usage Scenarios: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-ws-arch-scenarios-20030514/
Web Services Glossary: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-ws-gloss-20030514/
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

6. Core Presentation Characteristics Working Draft Published

The Device Independence Working Group has released the first public Working Draft of Core Presentation Characteristics: Requirements and Use Cases. The group is building a basis for adapting content to device presentation capabilities. This draft provides a common set of property or attribute definitions that may be reused in future vocabularies.

URLs

Requirements and Use Cases: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-cpc-req-20030510/
Device Independence homepage: http://www.w3.org/2001/di/

7. Multimodal Interaction Framework Note Updated

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group released an update to the W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework W3C Note. The framework identifies the major components for multimodal systems. The group is writing specifications to extend the Web user interface to offer input and output choices "anywhere, on any device, anytime."

URLs

Multimodal Interactin Framework: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-mmi-framework-20030506/
Multimodal Interaction homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

8. SOAP Version 1.2 Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SOAP Version 1.2 to Proposed Recommendation. The specification is four parts: Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts, the Primer and the Assertions and Test Collection. Comments are welcome through 7 June. Developed by the W3C XML Protocol Working Group, SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment.

URLs:

Part 1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part1-20030507/
Part 2: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part2-20030507/
Primer: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-part0-20030507/
Assertions and Test Collection: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-soap12-testcollection-20030507/
Press Release: http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap12-pressrelease
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

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