W3C INDIA OFFICE

Welcome to the July newsletter from the Indian W3C Office. In this edition we include information on xml:id, EARL,Xlink, SCXML,P3P, the Mobile Web and Web Accessibility. A copy of this newsletter is available on the Indian W3C Office site at: http://w3cindia.in/

1. xml:id Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation
2. Requirements: Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0
3. Last Call: XLink 1.1
4. Working Draft: Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 1.1
5. Working Draft: State Chart XML (SCXML)
6. W3C Welcomes Founding Sponsors of the Mobile Web Initiative
7. Working Draft: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
8. Working Drafts: Checklists for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
9. About this newsletter

1. xml:id Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

2005-07-12: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of xml:id Version 1.0 to Proposed Recommendation. The specification introduces a predefined attribute name that can always be treated as an ID and hence can always be recognized. Comments are invited through 26 August. Visit the XML home page.

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/PR-xml-id-20050712/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

2. Requirements: Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0

2005-07-11: The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Requirements for the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0. EARL expresses test results in a vendor-neutral and platform-independent format and is used to exchange test results between Web accessibility evaluation tools. EARL also provides a reusable vocabulary for Web quality assurance and validation. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

URIs:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-EARL10-Requirements-20050711/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

3. Last Call: XLink 1.1

The XML Core Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. Comments are welcome through 26 August. The XLink 1.1 language allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources. It uses XML syntax to create structures that can describe links similar to the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML, as well as more sophisticated links.

URIs:

Xlink 1.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-xlink11-20050707/
XML Homepage: http://www.w3.org/XML/

4. Working Draft: Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 1.1

The P3P Specification Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.1 (P3P 1.1). P3P simplifies and automates the process of reading Web site privacy policies, promoting trust and confidence in the Web. Version 1.1 has new extension and binding mechanisms based on suggestions from W3C workshops and the privacy community. The draft also includes all errata for P3P 1.0.

URIs:

P3P 1.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-P3P11-20050701/
Privacy and P3P: http://www.w3.org/P3P/

5. Working Draft: State Chart XML (SCXML)

The Voice Browser Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for Control Abstraction 1.0. SCXML is an execution environment based on UML Harel State Tables and CCXML. SCXML is a candidate for the control language within VoiceXML 3.0, CCXML 2.0, and the authoring language under development by the Multimodal Interaction Working Group.

URIs:

SCXML: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-scxml-20050705/
UML: http://www.uml.org/#UML1.5
CCXML: http://www.w3.org/TR/ccxml/
Voice Browser Homepage: http://www.w3.org/Voice/

6. W3C Welcomes Founding Sponsors of the Mobile Web Initiative

W3C is pleased to welcome the Founding Sponsors of the Mobile Web Initiative: Afilias, Bango.net, Drutt Corporation, Ericsson, France Telecom, HP, Jataayu Software, MobileAware, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Opera Software, TIM Italia, Segala M Test, Sevenval, RuleSpace, V-Enable, Vodafone and Volantis. W3C MWI is a concerted effort to make the Web interoperable and usable for users of mobile devices.

URIs:

MWI: http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/
How to Sponsor: http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/Sponsoring.html

7. Working Draft: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The Working Group invites comments on the number of conformance levels, how to address validity, and the resolution of previously raised issues. Following WCAG makes Web content more accessible to the vast majority of users, including people with disabilities and older users, using many different devices including a wide variety of assistive technology.

URIs:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WCAG20-20050630/
WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/

8. Working Drafts: Checklists for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released First Public Working Drafts of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Checklist in both table and linear formats. Serving as an appendix to and quick reference for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, the checklists give all success criteria and their levels, linked to WCAG 2.0 for more information.

URIs:

Table: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WCAG20-20050630/checklist.html
Linear: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WCAG20-20050630/checklist-linear.html
WCAG 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/

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