W3C INDIA OFFICE

Welcome to the February newsletter from the Indian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on XML Schema 1.1 Datatypes, WSDL, XHTML, P3P 1.1, 3GSM World Congress, RDF/Topic, Device Description Landscape, Incubator Activity, REX, Internationalization. A copy of this newsletter is available on the Indian W3C Office site at: http://w3cindia.in/

1. Last Call: XML Schema 1.1 Datatypes
2. Last Call: Web Services Addressing WSDL Binding
3. XHTML™ Modularization 1.1 Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation
4. Last Call: Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 1.1
5. W3C Presents at 3GSM World Congress
6. Note: RDF/Topic Maps Interoperability
7. Working Draft: Device Description Landscape
8. W3C Launches Incubator Activity
9. Working Drafts: Remote Events for XML (REX)
10.Internationalization Articles Published
11.About this newsletter

1. Last Call: XML Schema 1.1 Datatypes

2006-02-17: The XML Schema Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of XML Schema 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes. Comments are welcome through 31 March. XML schemas define shared markup vocabularies, the structure of XML documents which use those vocabularies, and provide hooks to associate semantics with them. With XML Schema Part 2, datatypes may be defined for use in XML schemas as well as other contexts. Visit the XML home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xmlschema11-2-20060217/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

2. Last Call: Web Services Addressing WSDL Binding

2006-02-16: The Web Services Addressing Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Web Services Addressing 1.0 - WSDL Binding. Comments are welcome through 31 March. The document defines how the properties in Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core are described in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Web Services Addressing provides transport-neutral mechanisms and is designed to work with both WSDL versions 1.1 and 2.0. Read about Web services at W3C. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ws-addr-wsdl-20060216/
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

3. XHTML™ Modularization 1.1 Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

2006-02-13: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XHTML™ Modularization 1.1 to Proposed Recommendation. This modularization allows the subsets and extensions to XHTML needed for emerging platforms. This document is based on Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema and the Modularization of XHTML W3C Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 6 March. Visit the HTML home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PR-xhtml-modularization-20060213/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xhtml-m12n-schema-20031003/

4. Last Call: Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 1.1

2006-02-13: The P3P Specification Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.1 (P3P 1.1). P3P simplifies and automates the process of reading Web site privacy policies, promoting trust and confidence in the Web. Version 1.1 has new extension and binding mechanisms based on suggestions from W3C workshops and the privacy community. The draft completes the transition to XML Schema for P3P data schemas. Comments are welcome through 31 March. Read about privacy and P3P. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-P3P11-20060210/
http://www.w3.org/P3P/

5. W3C Presents at 3GSM World Congress

2006-02-13: Please join W3C at the 3GSM World Congress in Hall 2 stand G78 on 13-16 February in Barcelona, Spain. Marie-Claire Forgue, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, Philipp Hoschka and Cédric Kiss present. "At 3GSM 2006, W3C will show recent work on best practices for mobile content authors. With authors' help, mobile telephones and computers can offer usable and interoperable Web browsing worldwide," said Philipp Hoschka. Read about W3C at 3GSM and the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/
http://www.w3.org/2006/02/3GSM.html

6. Note: RDF/Topic Maps Interoperability

2006-02-10: The Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group has published A Survey of RDF/Topic Maps Interoperability Proposals as a Working Group Note. The Note records existing proposals for integrating data represented in W3C's RDF/OWL family of languages with data represented in ISO's Topic Maps. It is a starting point for establishing guidelines for combined usage of these standards, assuring interoperability. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-rdftm-survey-20060210/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

7. Working Draft: Device Description Landscape

2006-02-10: The Device Description Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Device Description Landscape, a companion to Device Description Ecosystem. This draft describes the current state of the various options that exist for providing Device Descriptions to enable device-aware applications. Read about the W3C Mobile Web Initiative, a joint effort by authoring tool vendors, content providers, handset manufacturers, browser vendors and mobile operators. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-dd-landscape-20060210/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-dd-ecosystem-20051121/

8. W3C Launches Incubator Activity

2006-02-08: W3C announces the launch of its Incubator Activity, a new initiative to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies. "With the Incubator Activity, W3C Members and Invited Experts can now combine Web technology discovery with the outstanding technical resources of W3C and see what develops," said Steve Bratt, W3C Chief Executive Officer. The first Incubator Group (XG) to be launched addresses the issue of content labels. Read the press release and the new XG charter. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/
http://www.w3.org/2006/02/incubator-pressrelease

9. Working Drafts: Remote Events for XML (REX)

2006-02-08: A joint effort of the SVG and Web API Working Groups, the REX Task Force has released the First Public Working Draft of Remote Events for XML (REX) 1.0 and their Requirements. Using the REX grammar, endpoints can interact with DOM Events remotely as if they were at the same location. Read more about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Web APIs. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-rex-20060202/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

10. Internationalization Articles Published

2006-02-02: The Internationalization GEO (Guidelines, Education & Outreach) Working Group publishes information to help people understand and use international aspects of W3C technologies. Recently the group published Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8, xml:lang in XML document schemas and Localization vs. Internationalization, as well as numerous updates and translations. For details and I18n news and RSS feeds, visit the Internationalization home page. (News archive)

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/International/geo/
http://www.w3.org/International/

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