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The Model-Based User Interfaces Working Group has published a Working Draft of MBUI – Abstract User Interface Models. Model-Based User Interface Design facilitates interchange of designs through a layered approach that separates out different levels of abstraction in user interface design. This document covers the specification of Abstract User Interface Models, by defining its semantics through a meta-model, and an interchange syntax (expressed as XML Schema) for exchanging Abstract User Interface Models between different user interface development environments. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

The HTML Working Group has published two Working Drafts today:

• W3C DOM4, which defines a platform-neutral model for events, promises, and document nodes.
• Use Cases and Requirements for Standardizing Responsive Images, which captures the use cases and requirements for standardizing a solution for responsive images. The use cases and requirements were gathered with consultation with the HTML Working Group and WHATWG participants, Responsive Images Community Group members, and the general public.

Learn more about the HTML Activity.

The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) invites implementations of the Candidate Recommendation Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0, and comments on a Working Draft of the Note Implementing ATAG 2.0. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help developers produce accessible web content that conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, and defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. ATAG is introduced in the ATAG Overview and ATAG at a Glance. Authoring tools include content management systems (CMS), learning management systems (LMS), HTML editors, blogs, wikis, social media, and development environments. AUWG invites developers of authoring tools who might be interested in sharing your ATAG implementation experience to contact AUWG by 7 December 2013. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) today published the Last Call Working Draft of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 and a Working Draft of Implementing UAAG 2.0. UAAG defines how browsers, media players, and other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. UAWG particularly requests that developers of browsers, media players, and web applications review and comment on these guidelines by 16 December 2013. Learn more in the UAAG Overview and read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The Model-Based User Interfaces Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of MBUI – Task Models. Task models are useful when designing and developing interactive systems. They describe the logical activities that have to be carried out in order to reach the user’s goals. This document covers the specification of Task Models, with a meta-model expressed in UML, and an XML Schema that can be used as the basis for interchange of Task Models between different user interface development tools. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

The RDF Working Group has published a Group Note of RDF 1.1 JSON Alternate Serialization (RDF/JSON). The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a framework for representing information in the Web. This document defines a textual syntax for RDF called RDF/JSON that allows an RDF graph to be completely written in a form compatible with the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and alternative to the one recommended in JSON-LD. The syntax defined in this document should not be used unless there is a specific reason to do so. Use of JSON-LD is recommended. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.