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Issue 56: August 2002

Euroweb 2002 Conference.

The Euroweb 2002 Conference will be held at St Anne's College, Oxford, UK on the 17th and 18th December 2002. EuroWeb 2002 will be a major international forum at which research on the World Wide Web, GRIDs and Web Services is presented. EuroWeb 2002 follows on from the success of the EuroWeb 2001, which was held in Pisa in December, 2001 on the topic of the web in public administration.

eEurope 2002: Accessibility of Public Web Sites and their Content

1 August 2002: The Resolution regarding Accessibility of Public Web Sites was adopted at the sitting of Thursday 13 June 2002 and was the response to the eEurope 2002 Communication of the Commission of Septembre 2001.

Here are some of the important points of the resolution:

Considers that the WAI initiative, which is voluntary in nature, should be strengthened to require, on a mandatory basis, all public websites of the EU institutions and the Member States to be fully accessible to disabled persons by 2003, which is the European Year of Disabled people; furthermore, calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to comply with the authoring tools accessibility guidelines (ATAG) 1.0 by 2003 as well, in order to ensure that disabled people can read webpages and also to enable them to manage the content of the webpages (content management);

Considers that translations authorised by the W3C should be made available in the languages of all Member States as soon as possible (coordinated by W3C, possibly with the help of the translation services of the EU and experts from different Member States);

Agrees with the Commission that regional and local administrations should also follow "the guidelines" for the designing of their web sites;

Asks Member States to set up an "information point" to suggest which actions should and could be taken in case of complaints on the lack of compliance with "the guidelines";

Proposes that both Member States and the Commission request from projects, activities and organisations that receive public funding involving the design of websites, compliance with "the guidelines"; furthermore, calls on the Member States and the Commission to strongly recommend the application of "the guidelines" to projects, activities and organisations that receive public funding and which do not involve the design of web sites;

Stresses the fact that, for websites to be accessible, it is essential that they are double-A compliant, that priority 2 of the WAI guidelines must be fully implemented;

Broad welcome for web guidelines

New draft official guidelines for building user-friendly government web sites have been broadly welcomed by groups representing local authorities and disabled users.

The guidelines, from the UK's Office of the e-Envoy, aim to provide a jargon-free, practical guide for government agencies that may not have strong expertise in technology or a large budget to finance e-government applications. The 'Quality framework for UK government website design' addresses issues such as how to include users' needs into the design process; how to work with web designers; and what types of content and services tend to work best. The draft guidelines are subject to a consultation period, offering the opportunity for feedback until the beginning of September.

According to RNIB campaigns officer Julie Howell, groups representing disabled users were involved in framing the guidelines from an early stage: "There were about 20 of us adding to the discussion of what makes good practice," she said. "My only concern is that guidelines aren't much use if they're not adhered to," she added.

"For willingness and enthusiasm, you can't knock the e-Envoy's Office," said Ernest Wardle of SOCITM, which represents local authority technology managers. "They just need to take the local authorities with them - particularly those starting from a very low point."

XHTML 1.0 Second Edition Is a W3C Recommendation

1 August 2002: 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. Read more on the HTML home page.

Voice Browser Interoperation Requirements Published

9 August 2002: 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. Read more on the Voice Browser home page.

Call for Papers: SMIL Europe 2002

2 August 2002: 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.

W3C Device Independent Authoring Techniques Workshop Announced

1 August 2002: Registration is open through 6 September for the W3C Workshop on Device Independent Authoring Techniques to be held in St. Leon-Rot, near Heidelberg, Germany on 25-26 September 2002. Participants will discuss authoring for multiple devices, how markup languages can be used to achieve greater device independence, and possibly new markup standards. Interest statements are due 4 September. Read about the W3C Device Independence Activity.

OWL Web Ontology Language Working Drafts Published

31 July 2002: 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.

W3C Co-Sponsors Forum on Security Standards for Web Services

30 July 2002: Registration is open for the Forum on Security Standards for Web Services to be held in Boston, MA, USA, on 26 August. Co-sponsored by W3C and OASIS, the forum will explore the relationships between W3C and OASIS Web services and security specifications, and give insights on future directions. Read about W3C's work in encryption, digital signatures, key management, and Web services.

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Receives Roland Wagner Award

20 July 2002: The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) received the Roland Wagner Award at the International Conference on Computers Helping People (ICCHP) on 17 July 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.

W3C Team Talks in August

Browse past W3C Team talks and presentations and upcoming W3C appearances and events.

29 July 2002: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen co-chairs and Liam Quin, Charles McCathieNevile, and Dan Connolly attend Extreme Markup Languages held 4-9 August in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. C. M. Sperberg-McQueen presents the closing talk, What matters?. On 14 August, Charles McCathieNevile lectures on Multimedia Accessibility - Current Work at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events.

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