W3C INDIA OFFICE

Welcome to the December newsletter from the Indian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on Canonical XML 1.1, XML Base, SMIL 3.0, HTTP Vocabulary in RDF, Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0, Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment, SOAP 1.2, SOAP 1.2 Part 3, Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.1, W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0, XForms 1.1, Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces, CC/PP Version 2.0, CSS Mobile Profile, ATAG, XSL-FO 1.1. A copy of this newsletter is available on the Indian W3C Office site at: http://w3cindia.in/

1. Last Call: Canonical XML 1.1
2. XML Base Proposed Edited Recommendation: Call for Review
3. Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)
4. HTTP Vocabulary in RDF
5. Group Note: Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)
6. Group Note: Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment
7. SOAP 1.2 Proposed Edited Recommendations: Call for Review
8. SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP
9. Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.1 Requirements
10. Working Draft: W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0
11. XForms 1.1: Working Draft
12. Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces: Working Draft
13. CC/PP Version 2.0: Working Draft
14. CSS Mobile Profile: Working Draft
15. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Working Draft
16. XSL-FO 1.1 Standard Enhances High Quality XML Formatting
17. About this newsletter

1. Last Call: Canonical XML 1.1

2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Canonical XML 1.1, describes a method for generating a physical representation, the canonical form, of an XML document that accounts for permissible syntactic changes permitted by XML 1.0. Comments are welcome through 30 April 2007. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xml-c14n11-20061220
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/

2. XML Base Proposed Edited Recommendation: Call for Review

2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group has published a Proposed Edited Recommendation for XML Base (Second Edition). XML Base describes a facility, similar to that of HTML BASE, for defining base URIs for parts of XML documents. Comments are welcome through 31 January 2007. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PER-xmlbase-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/

3. Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)

2006-12-20: The Synchronized Multimedia (SYMM) Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0). This the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"), an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. This version will extend the functionality of SMIL 2.1, facilitate the reuse of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, and define new SMIL profiles. Read more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-SMIL3-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/

4. HTTP Vocabulary in RDF

2006-12-20: The WAI Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) has released the First Public Working Draft of HTTP Vocabulary in RDF, which describes a representation of HTTP vocabulary in RDF. The terms defined by the document allow HTTP headers that have been exchanged between a client and a server to be recorded in RDF format. Visit the WAI ERT home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-HTTP-in-RDF-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/

5. Group Note: Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)

2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0), which addresses some of the issues related to inheritance of the XML attributes xml:base and xml:id and the W3C Recommendation for Canonical XML Version 1.0. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-C14N-issues-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n

6. Group Note: Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment

2006-12-20: The XML Core Working Group updated the Working Group Note Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment, describes how to use the XML Digital Signature Recommendation in a way consistent with the present (fall 2006) XML environment. Visit the XML Core home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-DSig-usage-20061220/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/

7. SOAP 1.2 Proposed Edited Recommendations: Call for Review

2006-12-19: The XML Protocol Working Group has published four Proposed Edited Recommendations of SOAP 1.2, all Second Editions: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts, and Specification Assertions and Test Collection. SOAP Version 1.2 provides the definition of the XML-based information that can be used for exchanging structured and typed information between peers in a decentralized, distributed environment. Comments are welcome through 2 February 2007. Visit the XML Protocol home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PER-soap12-part0-20061219/
http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/

8. SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP

2006-12-19: The XML Protocol Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of SOAP 1.2 Part 3: One-Way MEP. Where SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2 provides a request-response Message Exchange Pattern (MEP) and a response-only MEP, the new Part 3 Working Draft provides a one-way MEP. Visit the XML Protocol home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-soap12-part3-20061219/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/soap12-part2/

9. Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.1 Requirements

2006-12-19: The Voice Browser Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.1 Requirements, which proposes a prioritized list of requirements for extending SSML 1.0 to accommodate a wider range of Asian, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern languages. This document follows discussions pursuant to W3C Workshops (first, second) on extending SSML; see the August 2006 press release and visit the Voice home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ssml11reqs-20061219/
http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/

10. Working Draft: W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0

2006-12-19: The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released the second Working Draft of W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. This document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim to be W3C mobileOK Basic compliant and are based upon W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices. Read about the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-mobileOK-basic10-tests-20061219/
http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/

11. XForms 1.1: Working Draft

2006-12-12: The XForms Working Group has updated XForms 1.1, a foundation for the next generation of forms for the Web. XForms 1.1 adds to version 1.0: several new submission capabilities, action handlers, utility functions, user interface improvements, and helpful datatypes as well as a more powerful action processing facility, including conditional, iterated and background execution, the ability to manipulate data arbitrarily and to access event context information. Visit the XForms home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xforms-20061212/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/

12. Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces: Working Draft

2006-12-11: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released the third Working Draft of Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces. In multimodal interaction users choose the way or "mode" of access that suits their current needs. With this framework, developers can provide user interfaces allowing multiple ways to interact with the Web and output for each mode, including displays, tactile mechanisms, speech and audio. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-mmi-arch-20061211/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/

13. CC/PP Version 2.0: Working Draft

2006-12-08: The Device Independence Working Group released the First Public Working Draft of Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 2.0. A CC/PP profile describes a device's capabilities and user preferences and is used to guide content adaptation. Version 2.0 is an update to the CC/PP 1.0 Recommendation for alignment with the Resource Description Framework (RDF). Visit the device independence home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-CCPP-struct-vocab2-20061208/
http://www.w3.org/2001/di/

14. CSS Mobile Profile: Working Draft

2006-12-08: The CSS Working Group released a Working Draft of CSS Mobile Profile 2.0. This subset of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 2.1 is a baseline for implementations of CSS on constrained devices like mobile phones, written to ensure interoperability and for alignment with OMA's Wireless CSS Specification 1.1. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-css-mobile-20061208/
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

15. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Working Draft

2006-12-07: The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and requests comments prior to a second Last Call. ATAG helps developers design tools that are accessible to users, and that produce accessible Web content. The result is that more people, including those with disabilities, can create Web content that is accessible for more users including people with disabilities. Find out more from the Web Accessibility Initiative home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ATAG20-20061207/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

16. XSL-FO 1.1 Standard Enhances High Quality XML Formatting

2006-12-05: Today the World Web Consortium released Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1 as a W3C Recommendation. Version 1.1 adds new functionality to the XSL 1.0 Recommendation for change marks, indexes, multiple flows, and bookmarks, and extends support for graphics scaling, markers and page numbers. A change list is available. Read the press release and testimonials and about the XML Activity. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xsl11-20061205/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xsl-20011015/

17. About this newsletter

To unsubscribe:

1. send an email to: slata@mit.gov.in , schandra@mit.gov.in
2. in the body of the email type "unsubscribe w3c-news <insert your email address>"
3. send

If you know of others who would like to receive this newsletter please direct them to http://w3cindia.in/