DOM Level 3 Validation is a W3C Recommendation

2004-01-27: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Document Object Model Level 3 Validation as a W3C Recommendation. DOM Level 3 Validation is a module that provides guidance to programs and scripts to dynamically update the content and the structure of documents while ensuring that the document remains valid, or becomes valid. Learn more about the DOM Activity.

XForms 1.1 Requirements Published

2004-01-27: The XForms Working Group has released XForms 1.1 Requirements as a Working Group Note. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. Version 1.1 has enhancements for the XForms 1.0 framework, embraces SOAP, and facilitates XForms authoring. Visit the XForms home page.

Parsing OWL in RDF/XML Published

2004-01-21: The Web Ontology Working Group has released Parsing OWL in RDF/XML as a Working Group Note. The OWL language is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, supporting advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. This document describes a strategy for OWL-RDF parsers. Read about the Semantic Web.

CC/PP Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 Is a W3C Recommendation

2004-01-15: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. CC/PP 1.0 is a system for expressing device capabilities and user preferences using the Resource Description Framework (RDF). CC/PP guides the adaptation of content, making it easier to deliver Web content to devices. Read the press release and testimonials, and visit the Device Independence home page.

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

2003-12-31: Buckingham Palace today announced that Queen Elizabeth II will make Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). UK Honours are available to all who give service in the United Kingdom. Mr. Berners-Lee, a British citizen, is being knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through the invention of the World Wide Web. Please read the press release. (Photo: LeFebvre Communications.)