NEWSLETTER W3C Kantoor Benelux - Bureau W3C Benelux - Benelux W3C Office
March - mars - maart 2009
Website: http://www.w3c.nl -- http://www.w3c-benelux.org
Patent Advisory Group Launched for
"Widgets 1.0: Updates"
2009-03-27: In accordance with the W3C Patent Policy, W3C has launched a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) in response to a disclosure related to the Widgets 1.0: Updates specification; see the PAG charter. The WebApps Working Group develops this specification. W3C launches a PAG to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements. Learn more about Patent Advisory Groups.
W3C Welcomes Feedback on Redesigned Web Site
2009-03-20:
W3C invites public feedback on a beta release of a W3C site
redesign. The new site features a harmonized design,
simplified information architecture, new style for technical reports, and new
content, including calendars and aggregated blogs. W3C welcomes feedback on
the usability of the site, links to useful information, contributions of
content to new pages, and bug fixes. Take a 10-minute screencast
tour of the
site, learn more about the redesign,
and find out how you can help.
W3C Invites Implementations of SKOS
(Simple Knowledge Organization System) Reference; Primer Also Published
2009-03-17: The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference. This document defines the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Web. SKOS.Simple Knowledge Organization System.provides a model for expressing the basic structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, folksonomies, and other similar types of controlled vocabulary. As an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF), SKOS allows concepts to be composed and published on the World Wide Web, linked with data on the Web and integrated into other concept schemes. The Working Group also published today a Working Draft of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Primer. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
Video of Tim Berners-Lee's TED Talk
Available
2009-03-13: In February, W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee spoke at TED 2009 about the Semantic Web and linked data (see slides). The video of his TED talk is now available.
W3C Launches Semantic Sensor Network
Incubator Group
2009-03-04: W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Semantic Sensor Network Incubator Group, sponsored by W3C Members CSIRO, Wright State University, and OGC. The group's mission is to begin the formal process of producing ontologies that define the capabilities of sensors and sensor networks, and to develop semantic annotations of a key language used by services based sensor networks. Read more about the Incubator Activity, an initiative to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies. Incubator Activity work is not on the W3C standards track.
Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.0
Target International Deployment
2009-03-03: The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) announced Translations of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, including draft Authorized W3C Translations. W3C's Policy for Authorized W3C Translations provides a process for stakeholder review and designation as an official translation. Learn more about WCAG 2.0 Translations in- progress, WCAG 2.0, and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
