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Issue 8: August 1998

A Tangled Web No More

For those who have a job finding information on the W3C Web site, worry no more. The launch of the new public W3C search engine is a major step towards better visibility of W3C's work. Reliability and speed are key features of this new service. Its indexes are built every night for a better fulfilment of the needs of our increasing audience who are always on the look out for the latest information. Says Pierre Fillault of W3C. It is fast and on our few tries so far has worked very well.

Who is W3C?

Most of our regular readers will have had a copy of the Who Is W3C? brochure that we produce locally. An updated and prettier version called the W3C Folio is now available for downloading in PDF from the W3C site's home page: http://www.w3.org.

Working to Bring Barriers Down

His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew The Duke of York was the guest of honour at a lunch presentation, Working To Bring Down Barriers, in Boston on 22 July, that addressed issues of Web accessibility for people with differing disabilities. His remarks and those of the presentation's two featured speakers were carried live on the Web via REAL AUDIO. This was the first live Web broadcast by the Duke of York and is believed to be the second by a senior member of the Royal Family (Her Majesty The Queen took part in a live Web broadcast last year).

The event was hosted jointly by the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and W3C. The speakers were Judy Brewer, Director of the International Program Office of W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative, and Brian Charlson, First Vice President of the American Council of the Blind, who discussed and demonstrated access barriers for Web users with disabilities.

With the explosive growth of the Web as a tool for communication, education, and information, Web accessibility has become a critical issue. Most recent surveys of Web sites show that only a small minority are barrier-free for Web users with disabilities.

The Duke of York was visiting Boston to take part in the festivities surrounding the 200th birthday of the battleship USS Constitution.

A Workshop on Institutional Web Management

A workshop on Institutional Web Management will be held at Newcastle University from 15-17 September, 1998.

The workshop will cover a range of topics of interest to members of web management teams: including web design, accessibility, metadata, information flow models, publishing policies, database integration, web server management, web tools, new web technologies, etc.

The workshop will consist of a mixture of presentations, discussion groups, demonstrations and some limited hands-on sessions. The majority of the speakers are experienced web practitioners from the higher education community, who are aware of the issues and concerns of this community.

In addition several parallel half-day sessions will cover a number of topics in greater depth. Topics include Web Design, Metadata and Web Server Management.

The workshop is suitable for people involved in running institutional web services, including University webmasters and web editors, web designers, information specialists and policy makers. The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to share common problems, experiences and solutions.

The workshop follows on from the Running an Institutional Web Service workshop held at King's College London in July 1997.

The cost of the workshop is £120 The fee includes workshop handouts, lunches and evening meals. The fee does not cover accommodation. In order to minimise administration costs participants should book their own accommodation. Details of local hotels and guest houses are available.

Priority for booking will be given to members of the UK Higher Education community. However if places are still available nearer the date of the workshop others will be allowed to book. Please contact Brian Kelly (B.Kelly@ukoln.ac.uk) if you wish to placed on the mailing list or require details of the costs for non-profit making and commercial organisations.

New Members

Membership continues to rise and has now reached 273 with a regional break down of:

Full Affiliate
Americas 39 122
Europe 33 47
Asia-Oceania 14 18

Recent new members are:

SMIL Hands-On Tutorial: 4 September, 1998

On 15th June 1998 the World Wide Web Consortium released SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) as a recommendation for synchronising multimedia over the Web. A one-day hands-on tutorial is planned on Friday 4th September 1998 at CLRC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

SMIL

SMIL
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