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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
3<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">
4<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2000/08/w3c-synd/#"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
5<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Mac OS X (vers 1st March 2004), see www.w3.org" />
6
7<meta name="keywords" content="W3C, World Wide Web, Web, WWW, Consortium, computer, access, accessibility, semantic, worldwide, W3, HTML, XML, standard, language, technology, link, CSS, RDF, XSL, Berners-Lee, Berners, Lee, style sheet, cascading, schema, XHTML, mobile, SVG, PNG, PICS, DOM, SMIL, MathML, markup, Amaya, Jigsaw, free, open source, software" />
8<meta name="description" content="The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are Members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, Keio University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide." />
9
10<title>World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards</title>
11<link rel="meta" href="/Overview-about.rdf" />
12<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/StyleSheets/home.css" />
13<link rel="bookmark" href="#technologies" title="Technologies |" />
14<link rel="bookmark" href="#news" title="News |" />
15<link rel="bookmark" href="#search" title="Search |" />
16<link rel="contents" href="#contents" title="Contents |" />
17<link rel="bookmark" href="#Offices" title="Offices |" />
18<link rel="bookmark" href="#systems" title="Systems |" />
19<link rel="bookmark" href="#donors" title="Supporters |" />
20<link rel="bookmark" href="#footnotes" title="Footnotes |" />
21<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="W3C Home Page News RSS Channel" href="http://www.w3.org/2000/08/w3c-synd/home.rss" />
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23<style type="text/css">
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30</head>
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32<body>
33<h1 id="logo"><img alt="The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)" height="48" width="315" src="/Icons/w3c_main" /></h1>
34
35<h2 id="slogan">Leading the Web to Its Full Potential...</h2>
36
37<div>
38<map name="introLinks" id="introLinks" title="Introductory Links">
39<div class="banner">
40<span class="invisible"><a class="bannerLink" title="Skip introductory links and the mission statement" href="#technologies">Skip to Technologies</a> |</span> <a class="bannerLink" title="W3C Activities" accesskey="A" href="/Consortium/activities">Activities</a> | <a class="bannerLink" title="Technical Reports and Recommendations" accesskey="T" href="/TR/">Technical Reports</a> | <a class="bannerLink" title="Alphabetical Site Index" accesskey="S" href="/Consortium/siteindex">Site Index</a> | <a class="bannerLink" title="Help for new visitors" accesskey="N" href="/Consortium/new-to-w3c">New
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42<a class="bannerLink" title="Contact W3C" accesskey="C" href="/Consortium/contact">Contact W3C</a>
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46
47<p class="small">The World Wide Web Consortium (<acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>) develops interoperable
48technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead
49the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information,
50commerce, communication, and collective understanding. On this page,
51you'll find <a href="#news">W3C news</a>, links to <a href="#technologies">W3C technologies</a> and ways to <a href="#contents">get involved</a>. New visitors can find help in
52<cite><a href="/Consortium/new-to-w3c">Finding Your Way at
53W3C</a></cite>. We encourage organizations to learn more <a href="/Consortium/">about W3C</a> and <a href="/Consortium/membership">about
54W3C Membership</a>.</p>
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62<img src="/2008/xml10/xml-10.png" width="106" height="48" alt="XML 10" />
63</a>
64</div>
65<p class="spot-block">
66To celebrate
67<a href="/2008/xml10/">ten years of XML</a>,
68W3C invites you to
69<a href="/2008/xml10/card/greeting-form">send a greeting</a>
70and tell us about an XML-related blog or article.
71Many thanks to the FLWOR Foundation for their
72generous sponsorship of XML10.
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75
76<h2 class="spot-head">W3C Supporters</h2>
77<div class="spot">
78<p class="spot-block">Help W3C by making a donation through the
79<a href="/Consortium/sup">W3C Supporters Program</a>.</p>
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84<h2 class="spot-head">Employment</h2>
85
86<div class="spot">
87<p class="spot-block">Current <a href="/Consortium/Recruitment/">job
88opportunities</a> at W3C: <a href="http://www.ercim.org/jobs/wai_consultant.html">Web Accessibility and Ageing Consultant</a>. Current <a href="/Consortium/Recruitment/Fellows#openings">W3C Fellows Program
89openings</a> are <a href="/2007/01/comm-fellow1">Business and
90Technology Communications Specialist</a>, <a href="/2007/01/comm-fellow2">Web / Graphic Designer</a>, and <a href="/2007/01/SysteamFellowsPosition">Software Engineer</a>.</p>
91</div>
92
93<h2 class="navhead"><a name="technologies" id="technologies">W3C A to
94Z</a></h2>
95
96<ul>
97<li class="invisible"><a class="navlink" title="Skip W3C A-Z" href="#news">Skip to News</a></li>
98
99<li><a href="/WAI/" class="navlink">Accessibility</a></li>
100
101<li><a href="/Amaya/" class="navlink">Amaya</a></li>
102
103<li><a href="/Mobile/CCPP/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Composite Capability/Preference Profiles">CC/PP</abbr></a></li>
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105<li><a href="/2004/CDF/" class="navlink">Compound Document Formats
106(CDF)</a></li>
107
108<li><a href="/Style/CSS/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr></a></li>
109
110<li><a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr>
111Validator</a></li>
112
113<li><a href="/2002/ws/databinding/" class="navlink">Databinding</a></li>
114
115<li><a href="/DOM/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Document Object Model">DOM</acronym></a></li>
116
117<li><a href="/XML/EXI" class="navlink">Efficient XML
118Interchange</a></li>
119
120<li><a href="/2007/eGov/" class="navlink">eGovernment</a></li>
121
122<li><a href="/2001/sw/grddl-wg/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages">GRDDL</acronym></a></li>
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124<li><a href="/2001/sw/hcls/" class="navlink">Health Care and Life
125Sciences</a></li>
126
127<li><a href="/html/" class="navlink"><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr></a></li>
128
129<li><a href="/People/Raggett/tidy/" class="navlink"><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> Tidy</a></li>
130
131<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/" class="navlink"><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> Validator</a></li>
132
133<li><a href="/Protocols/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr></a></li>
134
135<li><a href="/2005/Incubator/" class="navlink">Incubator</a></li>
136
137<li><a href="/2002/mmi/ink" class="navlink">InkML</a></li>
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139<li><a href="/International/" class="navlink">Internationalization</a></li>
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141<li><a href="/Jigsaw/" class="navlink">Jigsaw</a></li>
142
143<li><a href="/Library/" class="navlink">Libwww</a></li>
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145<li><a href="/Math/" class="navlink">MathML</a></li>
146
147<li><a href="/Mobile/" class="navlink">Mobile Web Initiative
148(W3C-MWI)</a></li>
149
150<li><a href="/2002/mmi/" class="navlink">Multimodal
151Interaction</a></li>
152
153<li><a href="/2004/OWL/" class="navlink"><acronym title="OWL Web Ontology Language">OWL</acronym></a></li>
154
155<li><a href="/2004/pp/" class="navlink">Patent Policy</a></li>
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157<li><a href="/PICS/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Platform for Internet Content Selection">PICS</acronym></a></li>
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159<li><a href="/Graphics/PNG/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</acronym></a></li>
160
161<li><a href="/2007/powder/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Protocol for Web Description Resources">POWDER</acronym></a></li>
162
163<li><a href="/P3P/" class="navlink">Privacy and <abbr title="Platform for Privacy Preferences">P3P</abbr></a></li>
164
165<li><a href="/RDF/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</abbr></a></li>
166
167<li><a href="/2006/rwc/" class="navlink">Rich Web Clients</a></li>
168
169<li><a href="/2005/rules/" class="navlink">Rules</a></li>
170
171<li><a href="/Security/" class="navlink">Security</a></li>
172
173<li><a href="/2001/sw/" class="navlink">Semantic Web</a></li>
174
175<li><a href="/XML/SML" class="navlink">Service Modeling Language
176(<abbr title="Service Modeling Language">SML</abbr>)</a></li>
177
178<li><a href="/AudioVideo/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language">SMIL</acronym></a></li>
179
180<li><a href="/2000/xp/Group/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Soap">SOAP</acronym>/<abbr title="XML Protocol">XMLP</abbr></a></li>
181
182<li><a href="/2002/ws/soapjms/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Soap">SOAP-JMS</acronym></a></li>
183
184<li><a href="/2001/sw/DataAccess/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language">SPARQL</acronym></a></li>
185
186<li><a href="/Style/" class="navlink">Style</a></li>
187
188<li><a href="/Graphics/SVG/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Scalable Vector Graphics">SVG</abbr></a></li>
189
190<li><a href="/2001/tag/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Technical Architecture Group">TAG</abbr></a></li>
191
192<li><a href="/AudioVideo/TT/" class="navlink">Timed Text</a></li>
193
194<li><a href="/Addressing/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">URI/URL</abbr></a></li>
195
196<li><a href="/QA/Tools/#validators" class="navlink">Validators</a></li>
197
198<li><a href="/Voice/" class="navlink">Voice</a></li>
199
200<li><a href="/2007/uwa/" class="navlink">Ubiquitous Web
201Applications</a></li>
202
203<li><a href="/WAI/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Web Accessibility Initiative">WAI</acronym></a></li>
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205<li><a href="/2006/webapi/" class="navlink">Web API</a></li>
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207<li><a href="/2006/appformats/" class="navlink">Web Application
208Formats</a></li>
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210<li><a href="/2001/tag/" class="navlink">Web Architecture
211(<acronym title="Technical Architecture Group">TAG</acronym>)</a></li>
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213<li><a href="/Graphics/WebCGM/WG/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Web Computer Graphics Metafile">WebCGM</abbr></a></li>
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215<li><a href="/2002/ws/" class="navlink">Web Services</a></li>
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217<li><a href="/2002/ws/addr/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Web Services">WS</abbr>-Addressing</a></li>
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219<li><a href="/2002/ws/chor/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Web Services Choreography Description Language">WS-CDL</abbr></a></li>
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221<li><a href="/2002/ws/desc/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Web Services Description Language">WSDL</acronym></a></li>
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223<li><a href="/2002/ws/policy/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Web Services">WS</abbr>-Policy</a></li>
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225<li><a href="/MarkUp/Forms/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Next Generation Web Forms">XForms</acronym></a></li>
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227<li><a href="/MarkUp/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>
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229<li><a href="/MarkUp/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML2</abbr></a></li>
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231<li><a href="/XML/Linking" class="navlink"><acronym title="XML Link">XLink</acronym></a></li>
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233<li><a href="/XML/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr></a></li>
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235<li><a href="/TR/xmlbase/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Base</a></li>
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237<li><a href="/2001/XKMS/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Key Management</a></li>
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239<li><a href="/XML/Processing/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Processing</a></li>
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241<li><a href="/XML/Query" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Query</a></li>
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243<li><a href="/XML/Schema" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Schema</a></li>
244
245<li><a href="/2008/xmlsec/" class="navlink"><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> Signature
246and Encryption</a></li>
247
248<li><a href="/Style/XSL/" class="navlink">XPath</a></li>
249
250<li><a href="/XML/Linking" class="navlink">XPointer</a></li>
251
252<li><a href="/Style/XSL/" class="navlink"><acronym title="Extensible Stylesheet Language">XSL</acronym> and <acronym title="XSL Transformations">XSLT</acronym></a></li>
253</ul>
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255<p><a href="/Consortium/siteindex" class="navlink">More
256topics...</a></p>
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260<h2 class="newsHeading"><a name="news" id="news">News</a></h2>
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262<p class="invisible"><a title="Skip News" href="#search">Skip to
263Search</a></p>
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265<div id="item103" class="item"><h3 class="headline">New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use of the Web</h3>
266<p><a href="/2007/eGov/"><img class="newsImage" width="300" height="75" src="/2008/06/03-egov" alt="Crowd scene" /></a></p>
267<p><span class="date">2008-06-03:</span> W3C launches today a <a href="/2007/eGov/">new forum</a> for governments, citizens, researchers, and other stakeholders to investigate how best to use Web technology for good governance and citizen participation. "Open Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower the cost of government, make it easier for independent agencies to work together, and increase flexibility in the face of change," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. W3C invites participation in the new <a href="/2007/eGov/IG/">eGovernment Interest Group</a>, which is open to the public. The group will identify best practices and guidelines in this area, document where current technology does not adequately address stakeholder needs, and suggest improvements via the standards process. Read the <a href="/2007/eGov/IG/faq">W3C eGovernment FAQ</a> and <a href="/2008/06/egov-pressrelease">press release</a>, and learn more about the <a href="/2007/eGov/">W3C eGovernment Activity</a>.<span class="archive"> (<a title="New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use of the Web" href="/News/2008#item103" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
268
269<div id="item105" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />Two Group Notes Published About Semantic Web and Life Sciences</h3><p><span class="date">2008-06-05:</span> The <a href="/2001/sw/hcls/">Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group</a> has published two Group Notes: <a href="/TR/2008/NOTE-hcls-kb-20080604/">A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences</a> and <a href="/TR/2008/NOTE-hcls-senselab-20080604/">Experiences with the conversion of SenseLab databases to RDF/OWL</a>. The former describes a prototype of a biomedical knowledge base that integrates 15 distinct data sources using currently available Semantic Web technologies including RDF and OWL. The Note outlines which resources were integrated, how the knowledge base was constructed using free and open source triple store technology, how it can be queried using SPARQL, and what resources and inferences are involved in answering complex queries. While the utility of the knowledge base is illustrated by identifying a set of genes involved in Alzheimer's Disease, the approach described here can be applied to any use case that integrates data from multiple domains. The second document describe the experience of converting SenseLab databases into OWL, an important step towards realizing the benefits of Semantic Web in integrative neuroscience research. Learn more about the <a href="/2001/sw/">Semantic Web Activity</a>.<span class="archive"> (<a title="Two Group Notes Published About Semantic Web and Life Sciences" href="/News/2008#item105" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
270
271<div id="item104" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />Offline Web Applications Published as W3C Note</h3><p><span class="date">2008-06-03:</span> The <a href="/html/wg/">HTML Working Group</a> has published the <a href="/TR/2008/NOTE-offline-webapps-20080530/">Offline Web Applications</a> Group Note. <a href="/TR/html5/">HTML 5</a> contains several features that address the challenge of building Web applications that work while offline. This document highlights these features (SQL, offline application caching APIs as well as online/offline events, status, and the localStorage API) from HTML 5 and provides brief tutorials on how these features might be used to create Web applications that work offline. Learn more about the <a href="/MarkUp/Activity">HTML Activity</a>.<span class="archive"> (<a title="Offline Web Applications Published as W3C Note" href="/News/2008#item104" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
272
273<div id="item102" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board</h3><p><span class="date">2008-06-02:</span> The W3C Advisory Committee has filled six open seats on the <a href="/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a>. Created in 1998, the Advisory Board provides guidance to the Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. Beginning 1 July, the nine Advisory Board participants are Jean-François Abramatic (ILOG), Ann Bassetti (The Boeing Company), Jim Bell (HP), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Eduardo Gutentag (Sun Microsystems), Steve Holbrook (IBM), Ken Laskey (MITRE), Ora Lassila (Nokia), and Arun Ranganathan (Mozilla Foundation). Steve Zilles continues as interim Advisory Board Chair. Read more about the <a href="/2002/ab/">Advisory Board</a>.<span class="archive"> (<a title="W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board" href="/News/2008#item102" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
274
275<div id="item101" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />W3C Talks in June</h3><p><span class="date">2008-06-02:</span> Browse <a href="/Talks/">W3C presentations and events</a> also available as an <abbr title="RDF Site Summary"><a href="/2004/08/TalkFiles/Talks.rss">RSS channel</a></abbr>. <span class="archive"> (<a title="W3C Talks in June" href="/News/2008#item101" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p><ul><li><span class="talkstart">2 June, VÀsterÃ¥s, Sweden: </span><span class="talktitle" lang="sv" xml:lang="sv">FramtidssÀkra eFörvaltningen<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Olle Olsson participates in a panel at <a href="http://www.offentligarummet.se/" lang="sv" xml:lang="sv">Offentliga Rummet 2008</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">4 June, Sao Paulo, Brazil: </span><span class="talktitle">Towards eGovernment 2.0 through better use of the Web<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">José Manuel Alonso presents at <a href="http://www.w3c.br/2008/launch/">W3C Brazil Office Public Launch</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">4 June, Sao Paolo, Brazil: </span><span class="talktitle">W3C - Web Open Standards<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Daniel Dardailler presents at <a href="http://www.w3c.br/2008/lancamento/">W3C Brazil Office Launch event </a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">10 June, Buenos Aires, Argentina: </span><span class="talktitle">Web Accessibility: People with Disabilities and Elderly Citizens<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Shadi Abou-Zahra presents at <a href="http://www.isoc.org.ar/accesibilidad.html" lang="es" xml:lang="es">Web Sin Barreras</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">11 June, Nashville, TN, USA: </span><span class="talktitle">Color for the Global Web<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Molly E Holzschlag presents at <a href="http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008/index.aspx">Voices That Matter</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">12 June, Nashville, TN, USA: </span><span class="talktitle">Designing for Today's Browsers<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Molly E Holzschlag presents at <a href="http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008/index.aspx">Voices That Matter</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">17 June, New York, NY, USA: </span><span class="talktitle">Web of Data<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Tim Berners-Lee presents at <a href="http://www.linkeddataplanet.com/index.php">LinkedData Planet Conference: exploring the new web of linked data</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">19 June, Tokyo, Japan: </span><span class="talktitle">Update on W3C/WAI Guidelines including WCAG 2.0<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Judy Brewer presents at <a>Open Seminar of Information Accessibility</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">19 June, Nancy, France: </span><span class="talktitle" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">États des lieux du Web sémantique<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Ivan Herman gives a keynote at <a href="http://ic2008.loria.fr/" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">19Úmes Journées Francophones d'Ingénierie des Connaissances (IC2008)</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">19 June, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: </span><span class="talktitle">How New Web Accessibility Standards Impact User Experience Design<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Shawn Henry presents at <a href="http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2008/">Usability Professionals' Association International Conference 2008</a>. </span></li><li><span class="talkstart">26 June, Frankfurt, Germany: </span><span class="talktitle">Mobile Internet - the Way Forward<span class="hide noprint">.</span></span><span class="talkdesc">Steve Bratt participates in a panel at <a href="http://www.amiando.com/ngmn-2008">2nd NGMN Industry Conference 2008</a>. </span></li><li class="noprint showuris">View <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&amp;countryListing=yes&amp;submit=Submit">upcoming talks by country</a></li><li class="noprint showuris"><a href="/Talks/">More talks...</a></li></ul></div>
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277<div id="item100" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />W3C Launches Group to Help Bridge the Digital Divide</h3><p><a href="/2008/MW4D/"><img class="newsImage" alt="Phone bikes" src="/2008/05/voiturette-sb.png" /></a><span class="date">2008-05-27:</span> As part of the growing set of W3C initiatives related to social development, W3C invites participation in the new <a href="/2008/MW4D/">Mobile Web for Development (MW4D) interest Group</a>, chartered to explore the potential of mobile technology to help bridge the digital divide. "We need to solve important challenges, such as lack of standards in end-user devices, network constraints, service cost, issues of literacy, and an understanding of the real information needs of rural communities," said Ken Banks, kiwanja.net, who Chairs the group. "To do so requires an multidisciplinary approach, a step we take through the creation of this new group." Read more in the <a href="/2008/05/mw4dig-pressrelease">press release</a>. This launch is part of <a href="/Mobile">W3C's Mobile Web Initiative (MWI)</a>, which aims to identify and resolve challenges and issues of accessing the Web when on the move. This work takes place under the auspices of the <a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/">European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7)</a>, part of the <a href="http://digitalworld.ercim.org/">Digital World Forum</a> project.<span class="archive"> (Photo credit: Stéphane Boyera. <a title="W3C Launches Group to Help Bridge the Digital Divide" href="/News/2008#item100" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
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285<div id="item96" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />XML Security Working Group to Take Next Steps on XML Signature, Encryption</h3><p><span class="date">2008-05-21:</span> W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the <a href="/2008/xmlsec/">XML Security Working Group</a>, whose mission is to evaluate and act on <a href="/2007/xmlsec/ws/report">recommendations</a> from the <a href="/2007/xmlsec/ws/agenda.html">September 2007 Workshop on XML Signature and XML Encryption</a> regarding next steps for XML Security specifications. The group's <a href="/2008/02/xmlsec-charter.html#deliverables">deliverables</a> include new work on XML Signature Syntax and Processing and XML Encryption Syntax and Processing, as well as maintenance of related specifications. Frederick Hirsch (Nokia) will Chair the group, with Thomas Roessler (W3C) as Team Contact. Learn more about the <a href="/Security/">W3C Security Activity</a>. <span class="archive"> (<a title="XML Security Working Group to Take Next Steps on XML Signature, Encryption" href="/News/2008#item96" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
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293<div id="item92" class="item"><h3><img alt="" width="17" height="11" src="/Icons/right" />"Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review"; Comments Welcome on First Public Draft</h3><p><span class="date">2008-05-14:</span> The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) <a href="/WAI/EO/">Education and Outreach Working Group Working Group (EOWG)</a> has published <a href="/TR/2008/WD-wai-age-literature-20080514/">Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review</a> as a First Public Working Draft. The document includes reviews and analysis of guidelines and articles covering the requirements of people with Web accessibility needs related to ageing. This literature review will inform WAI efforts to promote accessibility solutions for older Web users and potentially to develop profiles or extensions to WAI guidelines. The literature review is a deliverable of the <a href="/WAI/WAI-AGE/">WAI-AGE Project</a> (Ageing Education and Harmonisation). See the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008AprJun/0083.html">call for review and participation</a> for an introduction to the project and an invitation to contribute to the literature review and other WAI-AGE work; and about the <a href="/WAI/">Web Accessibility Initiative</a>.<span class="archive"> (<a title="Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review; Comments Welcome on First Public Draft" href="/News/2008#item92" rel="details">Permalink</a>) </span></p></div>
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