Issue 81: September 2004
Call for Participation: XML Query Working Group
2004-08-26: W3C is pleased to announce the
renewal of the XML Query Working Group through June 2006, based on
positive review of the charter by the Advisory
Committee. In order to participate, all participants current and new
must join and commit to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy using the
online form.
SOAP Performance: Three W3C
Candidate Recommendations Published
2004-08-26: W3C is pleased to announce the
advancement of three technical reports to Candidate Recommendations,
offering an optimal way to transfer binary data like images in Web
services messages. Produced by the XML Protocol Working Group, SOAP Version 1.2 is a lightweight protocol for
exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed
environment such as the Web.
SVG's XML Binding Language
(sXBL)
2004-09-01: Through joint efforts, the
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group and the CSS Working Group
have released the First Public Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The
sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of
elements outside the SVG namespace. A future version may extend XBL to
any markup. Visit the SVG and CSS home pages.
Speech Synthesis Markup Language Is
a W3C Recommendation
2004-09-08: The World Wide Web Consortium released the Speech Synthesis Markup
Language (SSML) Version 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. With the
XML-based SSML language, content authors can generate synthetic speech
on the Web, controlling pronunciation, volume, pitch and rate. "SSML
builds on the work of the pioneers in speech synthesis to provide
application developers with a powerful and flexible means to deliver a
high quality mix of synthetic and pre-recorded speech as part of
interactive voice response services," said Dave Raggett (W3C/Canon).
Read the press release,
testimonials and implementation report and visit the Voice Browser home page.
Press Highlights
Browse W3C in the Press. A selection
of articles since the last Newsletter:
- "Berners-Lee
Calls For More Voice Apps," InternetNews.com, 14 September
- "W3C
brings voice-command for the Internet a step closer," PC Pro UK, 9
September
- "W3C OK's
Speech Standard For Mobile Devices," InternetNews.com, 9
September
- "W3C
Pioneer and Eclipse Advocate Now W3C Advisory Board Member," Java
Developer's Journal, 7 September
- "Interview:
Web standards need support," IT Week, 25 August
- "Blind
surfers win concessions from travel sites," ZDNet UK, 23
August
- "Mobile
SVG," XML.com, 18 August
- "Web
Services Need W3C," eWEEK, 16 August
- "W3C : SSML 1.0, nouveau standard de la voix sur le Web" (in
French), Sophianet.com, 10 September
- "Le W3C fait de la voix synthetisee un standard du Web" (in French),
NetEconomie, 8 September
- "Jean Francois Abramatic, Director de Productos de ILOG, nuevo miembro
de la Junta de Consejeros del World Wide Web Consortium" (in
Spanish), Solo Negocios, 30 August
- "Happy
Birthday, Internet!," Mid Day, 2 September
- "35
years of the Internet," Haaretz, 31 August
- "
Internet marks 35th birthday," Associated Press, 30 August
- "Wireless: Dial-up
pornography spurs search for filters," International Herald
Tribune, 23 August
- "A
Conversation with Michael Kay on XML Technologies," Stylus Studio,
11 August
W3C Team Talks
Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events.
- 11, 14-15 October: Device Independence
Working Group
Meeting, hosted by
MobileAware, Dublin, Ireland
- 12-13 October: W3C Workshop on
Web Services Constraints and Capabilities, hosted by Oracle,
Redwood Shores, CA, USA
- 12-13 October: W3C Workshop for
Metadata for Content Adaptation, hosted by MobileAware, Ltd.,
Dublin, Ireland
- 19-24 October: Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, hosted by
AOL, Dublin, Ireland
- 25-26 October: Authoring
Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Meeting, hosted by
Macromedia, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 27-28 October: Protocols and Formats Working
Group Meeting, hosted by Macromedia, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 27-29 October: Quality Assurance Working Group
Meeting, hosted by the Open Group, Reading, UK
- 27-29 October: CSS Working Group
Meeting, hosted by Microsoft, Mountain View, CA, USA
- 27-28 October: W3C Workshop on the
Semantic Web for Life Sciences, host TBD, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 8-10 November: XML Schema Working
Group Meeting, hosted by Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA, USA
- 9-11 November: Web Services Description
Working Group Meeting,
hosted by webMethods, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- 9-12 November: XML Query Working
Group Meeting, hosted by Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA, USA
- 9-12 November: XSL Working Group
Meeting, hosted by Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA, USA
- 29-30 November: TAG Meeting, hosted by W3C, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 30 November: Advisory Board Meeting, hosted by W3C, Cambridge, MA,
USA
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Steven Pemberton presents the
tutorials XForms: Improving the Web Forms Experience on 6
October and Styling the New Web Using CSS on 8 October at
User
Experience 2004 in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
-
Philipp Hoschka presents
Das Mobile Web at W3C-Tag in
Berlin, Germany on 13 October.
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John Wilbanks participates in
live panel chats and presents Semantic Approaches to Aggregating
and Searching Life Sciences Knowledge at the Integrating Knowledge in the Life Sciences
Product Life Cycle virtual conference on 18-25 October.
-
Karl Dubost presents Les technologies du nouveau Web and
Rentabiliser vos liens avec le Web
semantique at Decouvrir et bien choisir vos technologies Web
sponsored by CRIM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 20 October.
Please welcome:
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CrimsonLogic,
Singapore
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DIGITALSCAPE Co., Ltd, Shibuya,
Tokyo, Japan
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Ontopia AS, Oslo, Norway
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Percussion Software,
Woburn, MA, USA
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Transera Communications,
Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA