Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 Is a
Recommendation
2007-06-27: The World Wide Web Consortium
today released the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0
as a Recommendation in three parts: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts. "In
addition to the rigorous interoperability testing, we're pleased to
have given developers the HTTP binding, which provides simple
Web-friendly access to a service," said Jonathan Marsh (WSO2), Working
Group co-Chair. WSDL models and describes modular Web services and is
used to document distributed systems and to automate communication
between applications. WSDL SOAP 1.1 Binding,
Additional
MEPs and
RDF Mapping have been
published as Working Group Notes. Read the testimonials and press release and about Web services.
Fundamentos Web 2007: Registration Open
2007-06-27: The W3C Spain Office is pleased
to present Tantek
Çelik, Jeffrey Veen, Tim Berners-Lee (by video link), and other
noted Web
standards experts at the third edition of Fundamentos Web 2007 (Web Foundations 2007) on 3-5
October in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. Well-known representatives from
Microsoft, Opera, Mozilla, Nokia, Konqueror, Flickr, Last FM, and W3C
will present at the event. Registration for
the conference, which sold out for the second time last year, is open
and offers discounts for unemployed people as well as for W3C
Members.
Canonical
XML 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation
2007-06-21: W3C is pleased to announce the
advancement of Canonical XML
1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. The canonical XML method is used
to determine whether an application has changed a document and whether
two XML documents are identical, allowing for low-level changes in
syntax permitted by XML 1.0. When the canonical forms are identical the
originals are logically equivalent within the application's context.
Version 1.1 addresses inheritance of attributes when canonicalizing
document subsets, to not inherit xml:id, and to treat
xml:base URI path processing properly. Implementation
feedback and comments are welcome through 30 September. Visit the
XML Core home page.
Workshop on
XML Signature and Encryption: Call for Participation
2007-06-20: Position papers are due 14
August for the Workshop on Next Steps for
XML Signature and XML Encryption to be held 25-26 September in
Mountain View, California, USA, hosted by VeriSign. Attendees will
discuss next steps for the XML Signature and
XML Encryption specifications and share their experiences
implementing and developing these standards. Topics may include
interoperability and robustness, performance, legal requirements for
digital signature formats, and the impact of the evolving XML
environment. The Workshop is expected to give its recommendations to
the XML Security Specifications Maintenance
Working Group. The Workshop is free free and open to all, however,
submission of position papers is required of all participants. Visit
the Security home page and read about W3C
Workshops.
Canonical
XML 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation
2007-06-21: W3C is pleased to announce the
advancement of Canonical XML
1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. The canonical XML method is used
to determine whether an application has changed a document and whether
two XML documents are identical, allowing for low-level changes in
syntax permitted by XML 1.0. When the canonical forms are identical the
originals are logically equivalent within the application's context.
Version 1.1 addresses inheritance of attributes when canonicalizing
document subsets, to not inherit xml:id, and to treat
xml:base URI path processing properly. Implementation
feedback and comments are welcome through 30 September. Visit the
XML Core home page.
Workshop on
XML Signature and Encryption: Call for Participation
2007-06-20: Position papers are due 14
August for the Workshop on Next Steps for
XML Signature and XML Encryption to be held 25-26 September in
Mountain View, California, USA, hosted by VeriSign. Attendees will
discuss next steps for the XML Signature and
XML Encryption specifications and share their experiences
implementing and developing these standards. Topics may include
interoperability and robustness, performance, legal requirements for
digital signature formats, and the impact of the evolving XML
environment. The Workshop is expected to give its recommendations to
the XML Security Specifications Maintenance
Working Group. The Workshop is free free and open to all, however,
submission of position papers is required of all participants. Visit
the Security home page and read about W3C
Workshops.
Canonical
XML 1.1 Is a Candidate Recommendation
2007-06-21: W3C is pleased to announce the
advancement of Canonical XML
1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. The canonical XML method is used
to determine whether an application has changed a document and whether
two XML documents are identical, allowing for low-level changes in
syntax permitted by XML 1.0. When the canonical forms are identical the
originals are logically equivalent within the application's context.
Version 1.1 addresses inheritance of attributes when canonicalizing
document subsets, to not inherit xml:id, and to treat
xml:base URI path processing properly. Implementation
feedback and comments are welcome through 30 September. Visit the
XML Core home page.
Workshop on
XML Signature and Encryption: Call for Participation
2007-06-20: Position papers are due 14
August for the Workshop on Next Steps for
XML Signature and XML Encryption to be held 25-26 September in
Mountain View, California, USA, hosted by VeriSign. Attendees will
discuss next steps for the XML Signature and
XML Encryption specifications and share their experiences
implementing and developing these standards. Topics may include
interoperability and robustness, performance, legal requirements for
digital signature formats, and the impact of the evolving XML
environment. The Workshop is expected to give its recommendations to
the XML Security Specifications Maintenance
Working Group. The Workshop is free free and open to all, however,
submission of position papers is required of all participants. Visit
the Security home page and read about W3C
Workshops.
W3C Names
Daniel Dardailler Director of International Relations and Offices
2007-06-18: W3C has named Daniel Dardailler
to the new position of
Director of International Relations and Offices. Daniel oversees
W3C Offices and liaisons for
international bodies such as
UN organizations, the Internet
Governance Forum, ISOC,
ISO, and
ICANN.
Daniel will continue his role as Associate Chair for Europe. W3C named
Klaus Birkenbihl to the new position of
Offices Coordinator. Visit the Offices
home page and read about International
Relations and the W3C
management team.
SPARQL
Query Language for RDF Is a Candidate Recommendation
2007-06-14: W3C is pleased to announce the
advancement of SPARQL
Query Language for RDF to Candidate Recommendation. With SPARQL
(pronounced "sparkle"), developers and end users can consume search
results across a wide range of information such as personal, technical,
business or scientific data, social networks, or data about digital
artifacts like music and images. SPARQL supports extensible value
testing and constrained queries, both when data is stored as RDF
natively or viewed as RDF via middleware. Results can be displayed in
results sets or as RDF graphs. Implementation feedback is invited
through 12 August. SPARQL Query Results XML
Format is a Last Call Working Draft with comments welcome through 5
July. Visit the Semantic Web home page.
Tim Berners-Lee Appointed Member of the Order
of
Merit by Queen Elizabeth II
2007-06-13: Queen Elizabeth
II,
Head of State of the United Kingdom, appointed Sir Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director
and
inventor of the World Wide Web, to be a member of the Order of
Merit.
Founded in 1902, the Order of Merit is an honor conferred by the
sovereign of the United Kingdom to individuals for "exceptionally
meritorious service," usually in the arts, learning, literature and
sciences. Twenty four individuals plus foreign recipients may hold
the
honor at one time. "Awards such as this are for public service, a
service which in this case has been largely carried out by the W3C.
All
those involved in Consortium activity should feel recognized by
this
acknowledgment of the importance of W3C's work," said Berners-Lee.
Read
the
announcement, about Tim
Berners-Lee and about W3C.
W3C
Advisory Committee Elects New Advisory Board
2007-06-12: The W3C Advisory Committee
has
filled four open seats on the W3C Advisory
Board. Created in 1998, the Advisory Board provides guidance to
the
Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and
conflict resolution. Beginning 1 July, the nine Advisory Board
participants are Jean-François Abramatic (ILOG), Ann Bassetti
(The
Boeing Company), Jim Bell (HP), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Eduardo
Gutentag
(Sun Microsystems), Steve Holbrook (IBM), Ken Laskey (MITRE), Ora
Lassila (Nokia) and Arun Ranganathan (AOL). Steve Zilles continues
as
interim Advisory Board Chair. Read more about the Advisory Board.
CSS3
Media Queries: Candidate Recommendation
2007-06-06: The CSS Working Group
released
an updated Candidate Recommendation for editorial changes to Media Queries, a
module
of Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 (CSS3). Built on the mechanism
outlined in HTML, a registry of media types is proposed to describe
to
what type of devices a style sheet applies, and expressions to
limit a
style sheet's scope. Presentations can then be tailored to a
specific
range of output devices without changing the content. Visit the
CSS home page.
Web
Services Policy 1.5: Updated Candidate Recommendations
2007-06-05: The Web Services Policy
Working Group published updated Candidate Recommendations for Web
Services Policy 1.5 documenting their progress. The Policy Framework model
expresses the
nature of Web services in order to convey conditions for their
interaction. Attachment
defines how to
associate policies, for example within WSDL or UDDI, with
subjects to which they apply. The Primer is an
updated
Working Draft. Candidate Recommendation feedback is welcome through
30
June. Read about Web services. (Permalink)
Semantic
Web Case Studies and Use Cases Published
2007-06-05: The SWEO Interest Group is
pleased to announce the first set of Case Studies and Use
Cases giving
some examples of how the Semantic Web of machine readable data is
used
today. Applications are presented in areas ranging from automotive
to
health care, and from B2B systems to geographical information
systems.
The SWEO Interest Group will continue to publish new Case Studies
and
Use Cases in the future; an RSS feed for
new
submissions is available. A short overview is also available in
Open
Document
Format, PDF, and
HTML
formats. Read about the Semantic Web.
Gartner
Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit,
11-13
June
2007-06-01: W3C is pleased to
participate
as a partner in the Gartner
Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit
to
be held 11-13 June in Nashville, TN, USA. Steve Bratt, W3C CEO,
will
speak on increasing interoperability through Web standards at
16:30-17:30 on 12 June, and W3C will participate in the summit
Standards Corner running throughout show floor hours. A W3C
Members-only discount is available. The conference features 6
tracks and over 60 sessions on SOA, Web services, application
development and integration. Read about W3C Member benefits and more
about
Web services.
