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W3C Workshop: Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform

24 October 2012 | Archive

W3C announced today a Workshop on Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform, 11-12 February 2013, in New York (USA). The event is hosted by O'Reilly and collocated with the O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC 2013).Today’s eBook market is dynamic, fast-changing and strong. eBooks compete with printed versions, and there is a wide choice of hardware and software available for eBook readers. Nevertheless, publishers face major business and technical challenges in this market, some of which could be reduced or removed by standardization. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to share their own perspectives, requirements, and ideas to ensure that emerging global technology standards meet the needs of the eBook industry. W3C membership is not required to participate. All participants are required to submit a statement of interest by 10 December 2012.

Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0 Draft Published

23 October 2012 | Archive

The MultilingualWeb-LT Working Group has published a Working Draft of Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0. This document defines data categories and their implementation as a set of elements and attributes called the Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) 2.0. ITS 2.0 is designed to foster the creation of multilingual Web content, focusing on HTML5, XML based formats in general, and to leverage localization workflows based on the XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF), and language technology applications like machine translation or named entity annotation. In addition to HTML5 and XML, algorithms to convert ITS attributes to NIF is provided. Learn more about the Internationalization Activity.

Call for Review: High Resolution Time Proposed Recommendation Published

23 October 2012 | Archive

The Web Performance Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of High Resolution Time. This specification defines a JavaScript interface that provides the current time in sub-millisecond resolution and such that it is not subject to system clock skew or adjustments. Comments are welcome through 20 November. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Last Call: Server-Sent Events

23 October 2012 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Server-Sent Events. This specification defines an API for opening an HTTP connection for receiving push notifications from a server in the form of DOM events. The API is designed such that it can be extended to work with other push notification schemes such as Push SMS. Comments are welcome through 13 November. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Last Call: An organization ontology

23 October 2012 | Archive

The Government Linked Data Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of An organization ontology. This document describes a core ontology for organizational structures, aimed at supporting linked data publishing of organizational information across a number of domains. It is designed to allow domain-specific extensions to add classification of organizations and roles, as well as extensions to support neighbouring information such as organizational activities. Comments are welcome through 25 November. Learn more about the eGovernment Activity.

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