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W3C Announces Program, Opens Registration for 20th Anniversary Symposium

18 June 2014 | Archive

W3C20 logo W3C today announced the program and opened registration for W3C20 Anniversary Symposium: The Future of the Web, which takes place 29 October in Santa Clara, California.

Confirmed speakers are:

  • Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web and W3C Director
  • Vinton Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google
  • Fadi Chehadé, Chief Executive Officer of ICANN
  • David-Michel Davies, Executive Director, The Webby Awards & the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences
  • Di-Ann Eisnor, Head of Platforms and Partnerships, Community Geographer at Waze
  • Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, Knight Foundation
  • Jun Murai, Dean and Professor at Keio University
  • Sandy Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT
  • Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
  • Anders Wahlquist, CEO and Founding Partner of B-Reel

Please join Tim Berners-Lee and other global strategists, business leaders and developers for an exciting afternoon of insights and discussion about how to keep the Web strong, followed by a gala dinner. W3C will also live stream the Symposium.

W3C20 is made possible by the generosity of sponsors Intel (Platinum), ICANN (Silver), and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Silver).

Registration is open to the public for a limited number of seats. Read the full media advisory and follow us in social media with #W3C20.

Last Call: Beacon, Resource Timing Candidate Recommendation Updated

24 June 2014 | Archive

The Web Performance Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Beacon. This specification defines an interoperable means for site developers to asynchronously transfer small HTTP data from the User Agent to a web server. Comments are welcome through 29 July 2014.

The Web Performance Working Group also updated the Candidate Recommendation of Resource Timing. This specification defines an interface for web applications to access the complete timing information for resources in a document.

Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

RDF 1.1 Primer Note Published

24 June 2014 | Archive

The RDF Working Group has published a Group Note of RDF 1.1 Primer. This primer is designed to provide the reader with the basic knowledge required to effectively use RDF. It introduces the basic concepts of RDF and shows concrete examples of the use of RDF. Learn more about the Data Activity.

W3C Invites Implementations of Linked Data Platform 1.0

19 June 2014 | Archive

The Linked Data Platform (LDP) Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of Linked Data Platform 1.0. This document describes a set of best practices and simple approach for a read-write Linked Data architecture, based on HTTP access to web resources that describe their state using the RDF data model. Learn more about the Data Activity.

Last Call: Vibration API, Ambient Light Events, HTML Media Capture

19 June 2014 | Archive

The Device APIs Working Group has published three Last Call Working Drafts today:

  • Vibration API. This specification defines an API that provides access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting device. Vibration is a form of tactile feedback.
  • Ambient Light Events. This specification defines a means to receive events that correspond to a light sensor detecting the presence of a light.
  • HTML Media Capture. The HTML Media Capture specification defines an HTML form extension that facilitates user access to a device’s media capture mechanism, such as a camera, or microphone, from within a file upload control.

Comments on these three specifications are welcome through 24 July 2014. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.

W3C Invites Implementations of DOM Parsing and Serialization

17 June 2014 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of DOM Parsing and Serialization. This specification defines various APIs for programmatic access to HTML and generic XML parsers by web applications for use in parsing and serializing DOM nodes.

The group also published a Working Draft of Shadow DOM. This specification describes a method of combining multiple DOM trees into one hierarchy and how these trees interact with each other within a document, thus enabling better composition of the DOM.

Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Last Call: HTML5

17 June 2014 | Archive

The HTML Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of HTML5. This specification defines the 5th major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In this version, new features are introduced to help Web application authors, new elements are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention has been given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability. Comments are welcome through 15 July 2014.

The group also published a Working Draft of HTML 5.1. HTML was primarily designed as a language for semantically describing scientific documents, although its general design and adaptations over the years have enabled it to be used to describe a number of other types of documents. The main area that has not been adequately addressed by HTML is a vague subject referred to as Web Applications. This standard attempts to rectify this, while at the same time updating the HTML language to address issues raised in the past few years.

Learn more about the HTML Activity.

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