Australian W3C Office
Australian W3C Office Welcome to the June 2004 newsletter from the Australian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on regional events, SOAP, RDF, and Multimodal Interaction.
# Semantic Web Services, Presenter: Dr Jane Hunter
Web services are transforming the Internet from a collection of information into a distributed computational device. They enable software applications to be distributed, accessed and executed via the Web. But current web service technologies (UDDI, WSDL, and SOAP) provide limited support for automating service discovery, service configuration and service composition (i.e., realising complex workflows with Web services). In order to fully employ the potential of web services, they need to be appropriately described. Semantic Web Services combines Semantic Web technology with Web Service technology to enable automated and dynamic Web service discovery, execution and composition through new technologies such as OWL-S (Ontology Web Language for Services). This presentation will provide an overview of the Semantic Web Services vision, describe recent technological developments (such as OWL-S), and demonstrate potential applications of Semantic Web services through a number of case studies.
This project is funded under the Commonwealth Government's Innovation Access Program. An initiative of Backing Australia's Ability, the Commonwealth Government's commitment to Innovation.
# New Generation of Web Forms: experience with XForms trials, Presenters: Drs Zoran Milosevic or Hoylen Sue (depending upon city)
Electronic forms on the Web provide user interface to data and services offered on the Web. By using Web forms users can interact with the enterprise applications and back-end systems linked to these forms. Web applications, e-government and e-commerce solutions have sparked the demand for better Web forms – supporting richer and more dynamic interactions than what is possible with existing HTML forms. XForms is a new W3C specification that provides more intelligent support for Web forms to meet this demand. This is achieved by separating the data model of the form from their presentation format. Both the data and presentation models are described using XML. This design enables more efficient integration with backend systems and facilitates efficient exchange of XML data. The separation also makes it possible to have multiple presentation formats for the same data model, which enables repurposing, reuse and accessibility across different types of devices. This presentation provides an introduction to the XForms recommendation, and compares XForms to other approaches. It also describes DSTC’s XForms pilot project and highlights DSTC’s initial experience of using XForms in various business environments as part of a pilot project.
This project is funded by the Department of Communication Information Technology and the Arts, Information Technology OnLine Program and DSTC, SpeedLegal, Vision Australia Foundation, and Victorian Society for Computers and the Law Inc.
These events are supported by: DSTC, ACS NT Branch; AEEMA; Australian Telecommunications User Group; Charles Darwin University; Department of Economic Development, Tasmania; Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmania; Information Industries Bureau, Queensland Government; Monash University; Multi-Media Victoria; National Library of Australia; Office of E-Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Western Australian Government; Department of Urban Services, ACT Government; The Distillery; The Government of South Australia; The Training Consortium, Tasmania; University of South Australia; University of Tasmania; The University of Technology, Sydney; Web Standards Group; Women in Information Technology.
Event Registration: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/eventsOz.html
Semanatic Web Services Interest Group: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/swsig/
XForms: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
AusIndustry: http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/
DCITA: http://www.dcita.gov.au/
# Web Essentials '04
University of Technology, Sydney, September 30 - October 1
W3C Team member, Dean Jackson will join international experts in web development and accessibility - Joe Clark, Dave Shea and Doug Bowman - on the program for this conference. This event aims to break new ground in inspiring web developers, designers and decision-makers to embrace web standards. The two-day conference also features Australian pioneers in web accessibility, design and coding Russ Weakley, John Allsopp, Bruce Macguire (the man who sued SOCOG over website accessibility), Roger Hudson, David Woodbridge and more. Over 300 delegates are expected from Australia and around the world.
Conference: http://we04.com/banner.cfm
# AusWeb04 Conference – 3rd – 7th July
The AusWeb04 Conference consists of keynote addresses by national and international speakers, referred paper tracks, a poster session and pre and post conference tutorial and workshop sessions on a wide range of topics. Join delegates from all over and Australia and overseas for a special 10th anniversary conference. ** Early Bird Registration EXTENDED Until May 28th**
Conference Home Page: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au
Online Registration and Payment: https://www.scupayments.com/conf/ausweb04/
The XML Protocol Working Group has released SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism and XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) as Last Call Working Drafts. The drafts improve SOAP Version 1.2 performance. Comments are welcome through 29 June. Also published are XOP Frequently Asked Questions, the Attachment Feature which is superseded, and the completed Use Cases and Requirements.
SOAP Message: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-soap12-mtom-20040608/
XOP: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xop10-20040608/
SOAP V 1.2: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/
XOP FAQ: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-xopinc-FAQ-20040608/
Attachment Feature: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-soap12-af-20040608/
Use Cases and Requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-soap12-os-ucr-20040608/
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
The XML Protocol Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the SOAP Resource Representation Header. Comments are welcome through 29 June. The document describes a SOAP header block that allows applications to carry a representation of a Web resource in a SOAP message. SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment.
SOAP Resource Representation Header: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-soap12-rep-20040608/
SOAP V 1.2: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
The XML Protocol Working Group and the Web Services Description Working Group jointly released the First Public Working Draft of Assigning Media Types to Binary Data in XML. The draft describes how to indicate the media type of XML element content and the way to specify that type in XML Schema.
Assigning Media Types to Bindary Data: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xml-media-types-20040608/
XML Schema: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/
Web Services Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
The RDF Data Access Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements. The document outlines use cases for RDF query languages and access protocols and their requirements, and examines design objectives.
RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-rdf-dawg-uc-20040602/
RDF: http://www.w3.org/RDF/
Semantic Web Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released QA Specification Guidelines as a Working Draft. The document is designed to help W3C Working Groups write technical reports. Reflecting major changes in the W3C QA Framework, these newly rewritten guidelines are lightweight and more user-friendly. Comments are welcome. Learn more about Quality Assurance (QA) at W3C.
QA Specification Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20040602/
Quality Assurance: http://www.w3.org/QA/
Position papers are due 11 June for the W3C Workshop on Multimodal Interaction to be held in Sophia Antipolis, France on 19-20 July. Attendees from user and research communities will discuss current plans, and provide feedback and suggestions for future multimodal work.
Workshop on Multimodal Interaction: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/mmi-workshop-cfp.html
Multimodal Interaction Homepage: http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
To provide a basis for enhancing cooperation between the W3C and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organizations has been drafted. Areas of cooperation include, but are not limited to, MMS (multimedia messaging service, including SMIL and SVG), mobile browsing and multimodal interaction. The MoU was developed with advice from the W3C Advisory Board, has the support of W3C management and Hosts, and has been informally approved by the External Liaison Committee of the OMA Board. Section 10 of the W3C Process Document gives W3C Members a three week period in which to appeal the signing. OMA presented this document to the OMA Board for formal approval on 24 May.
OMA: http://www.openmobilealliance.org/
MOU: http://www.w3c.org/2004/05/W3C-OMA-Agreement-FINAL.html
Section 10: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/liaisons.html
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