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W3C Web Services Standards Approved as ISO/IEC International Standards

06 September 2011 | Archive

Today W3C and JTC1, a joint technical committee of ISO and IEC, announced formal approval of a package of W3C Web Services technologies as ISO/IEC International Standards. As ISO/IEC JTC 1 Standards, these widely deployed technologies now benefit from formal recognition from national bodies, which will promote interoperability and reduce market fragmentation, thus benefiting all users. "This is good news for ensuring that people can use the Web anywhere, on any device," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. The package included eight specifications, including SOAP 1.2, MTOM, Addressing 1.0 and Policy 1.5, which are foundation specifications for message-based service technology that has been adopted by industry worldwide. Read the full press release and testimonials, and learn more about W3C's PAS Submitter status in the W3C PAS FAQ.

Last Call: Performance Timeline; User Timing

01 September 2011 | Archive

The Web Performance Working Group has published Last Call Working Drafts of Performance Timeline and User Timing. The former defines an interface for web applications to access timing information related to navigation and elements. The latter defines an interface to help web developers measure the performance of their applications by giving them access to high precision timestamps. Comments are welcome through 22 September. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

Three CSS Drafts Published; First Draft of Conditional Rules Module Level 3

01 September 2011 | Archive

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group published three drafts today:

  • a First Public Working Draft of CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3, which describes the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. This module contains the features of CSS for conditional processing of parts of style sheets, conditioned on capabilities of the processor or the document the style sheet is being applied to.
  • a draft of CSS Text Level 3, which defines properties for text manipulation and specifies their processing model. It covers line breaking, justification and alignment, white space handling, text decoration and text transformation.
  • a draft of CSS Writing Modes Module Level 3, which defines CSS features to support for various international writing modes, such as left-to-right (e.g. Latin or Indic), right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew or Arabic), bidirectional (e.g. mixed Latin and Arabic) and vertical (e.g. Asian scripts).

Learn more about the Style Activity.

Report Published from Identity in the Browser Workshop; Charter in Development

30 August 2011 | Archive

W3C today published the final report of the W3C Identity in the Browser workshop, hosted by Mozilla 24-25 May in Mountain View, California. More than 80 representatives from various organizations participated, including major browser developers such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla, and Netflix as well as companies wanting a more secure identity mechanism for the Web, such as Workshop sponsors RSA, Paypal, and Yahoo!. The report suggests opportunities for standardization to make the Web a more secure platform, in particular by enabling identity to be built on top of reliable cryptography in the browser. W3C is now developing a draft Working Group charter; contact Harry Halpin if interested.

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