W3C Interop Tour: Event in Brussels 3 June 2002
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 General information
On 3 June 2002 a W3C event will take place in Brussels organised
by the Benelux W3C Office in the context of the
"W3C Interop Tour".
A similar one-day event will also take place in other European cities
on different dates.
The subject of these events is "WWW Interoperability". The Web
is an application built on top of the Internet and, as such, has
inherited its fundamental design principles. Along with evolution (accomodate
future technologies) and decentralization (eliminate dependencies),
interoperability implies that specifications for the Web's languages and
protocols must be compatible with one another and allow (any) hardware and
software used to access the Web to work together.
This concept of "Interoperability" closely relates to the mission of
W3C, that produces and publishes on XML based "Recommendations" ("standards",
specifications) for further Web evolution. XML for instance was a
"Recommendation", that originated from W3C in 1998.
Today the current and future WWW without XML would be unthinkable.
Preliminary Programme
- 09.00 Registration
- 10.00 Welcome - Head of the Benelux W3C Office -
Frank Roos
- 10.00 "W3C and European IST research" - Head Technologies and Engineering for
Software, systems and Services (European Commission, Information
Society DG, Directorate E) - Jacques Bus
- 10.30 "Overview and Future of W3C" - Head of W3C European Operations -
Daniel
Dardailler
- 11.00 Break
- 11.30 "Interoperability of W3C XML Technologies" -
Leader W3C Architecture Domain - Michael Sperberg-McQueen
- 12.15 Discussion
- 12.45 Lunch
- 13.45 "Device Independence" - Head W3C Interaction Domain -
Philipp Hoschka
- 14.30 "Interoperability in Content Management" - Technical Product Manager
BackStream - Vincent Buller
- 15.15 Break
- 15.45 Panel discussion - Chaired by the Head of the
Benelux W3C Office Frank Roos
- 17.00 Close of day
Audience
In random order:
- Those who are interested
- W3C members
- Policy makers and decision makers (in the ICT world)
- Technicians (in the ICT world)
- Representatives of the media
Registration
Registration through an
online registration facility of Congress Bureau of the CWI or
by sending an e-mail to
.
There is no registration fee for the full day.
Lunch and coffee are included.
More information
More information can be provided by
(Frank Roos or Annette Kik).
Press contacts
Press contacts:
(W3C European Communications Officer) and
(Annette Kik or Frank Roos).
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