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Issue 61: January 2003

W3C Moves European Host to ERCIM

As W3C announced in December, the W3C European host changed on 1 January 2003 from INRIA to the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM). Comprised of sixteen research institutes in sixteen countries, ERCIM aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase cooperation with European industry. Read the press release in eighteen languages and the testimonials.

All Working Group Meeting/Technical Plenary Registration Is Open

Registration is open through 26 February for the All Working Group Meeting/Technical Plenary to be held 3-7 March 2003 in Cambridge, MA, USA. The discount rate (USD 140 plus taxes) for hotel rooms at the Royal Sonesta expires on Saturday 1 February. For more information about the meeting please refer to the meeting overview. Should you have questions please feel free to contact the meeting planners at w3t-tpregister@w3.org.

W3C Team Presents at PAGE2003 in Tokyo, Japan

W3C Team members will speak at PAGE2003 (in Japanese) to be held 5-7 February in Tokyo, Japan. On 5 February, Yasuyuki Hirakawa, W3C Communications Team, presents an Introduction to W3C; Kazuhiro Kitagawa, W3C Device Independence Activity Lead, presents Device Independence Authoring Techniques and its standardization; and Masayasu Ishikawa, W3C HTML Activity Lead, presents XHTML 2.0. Registration is open.

Offices' Home Page Redesign

Following the initiative of the W3C home page design, the Offices' central home page has also been redesigned for newer, standards-compliant user agents. The design features table-less columns using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), better accessibility, and uses XHTML 1.0 strict. The home pages of the various Offices will be redesigned accordingly in the first half of 2003.

DOM Level 2 HTML Is a W3C Recommendation

W3C released the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification as a Recommendation. DOM Level 2 HTML is a platform- and language-neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content and structure of HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents. Read the press release, the testimonials and more about the DOM Activity.

Jigsaw 2.2.2 Released

Jigsaw version 2.2.2 is available for download. The new version fixes bugs, adds performance enhancements and HTTP compliance fixes and features SSL support contributed by Thomas Kopp. Jigsaw is W3C's leading-edge Web server platform implemented in Java. Learn more about Jigsaw.

Call for Implementations: SOAP Version 1.2 Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SOAP Version 1.2 to Candidate Recommendation. The specification is in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework and Part 2: Adjuncts. Publicly developed, SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. Comments are welcome through 24 January. Read about the Web Services Activity and more in the call for implementations.

Call for Implementations: Namespaces 1.1 Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Namespaces in XML 1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. Identified by IRI references, namespaces qualify element and attribute names in XML documents. Version 1.1 incorporates errata corrections and provides a mechanism to undeclare prefixes. Comments are welcome through 14 February. Read about the XML Activity and more in the call for implementations.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Are W3C Recommendations

W3C released Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic as Recommendations. SVG delivers vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. SVG 1.1 separates the SVG language into reusable building blocks. Mobile SVG re-combines them optimized for cellphones and pocket computers. Read the press release and the testimonials.

User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Become a W3C Recommendation

W3C released User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 as a Recommendation. Written for software developers as part of the Web Accessibility Initiative, the guidelines explain how to design browsers and media players that lower barriers to the Web for people with disabilities (visual, hearing, physical, cognitive, and neurological) and improve usability for all users. Companion techniques are updated. Read the press release, FAQ and twenty-three testimonials.

Upcoming W3C Team Talks in October

Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events.

Rigo Wenning participated in a panel on Sécurité et liberté sur les réseaux: des objectifs contradictoires? at the Septièmes rencontres de la société française en réseau at Autrans 2003 held 9-11 January in Autrans, France. On 18 January, Sandro Hawke speaks about the Semantic Web on the panels So What's New in Your Lab, Intelligent Machines, and Memes, Networks, and Epidemics at Arisia '03 in Boston, MA, USA. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events.

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