The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites implementation of two Candidate Recommendations: CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 and CSS Multi-column Layout Module. CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Media Fragments Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Media Fragments URI 1.0. Audio and video resources on the World Wide Web are currently treated as "foreign" objects, which can only be embedded using a plugin...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Web Services Resource Access Working Group published updates to five Working Drafts: Web Services Enumeration (WS-Enumeration), Web Services Eventing (WS-Eventing), Web Services Resource Transfer (WS-RT), Web Services Transfer (WS-Transfer), and Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange). The first describes a...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has published a Group Note of Use Cases for Possible Future EMMA Features. Since EMMA 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation, a number of new possible use cases for the EMMA language have emerged, e.g., multimodal...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

As part of work on XSLT 2.1 and XQuery 1.1, the XQuery and XSL Working Groups have published First Public Working Drafts of XQuery and XPath Data Model 1.1, XPath and XQuery Functions and Operators 1.1, XSLT and XQuery Serialization...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The W3C China Office supported Webrebuild.org with their first Web Standards Event in Beijing. The theme of the event, attended by over 100 people, was "Thoughts on Web Standards" and it aimed at offering a platform for developers in...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) published an updated Working Draft of WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification for making dynamic, interactive Web content accessible to people with disabilities. PFWG also published Working Drafts of the WAI-ARIA...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Math Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendations Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 and A MathML for CSS Profile. The former defines the Mathematical Markup Language, an XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of Selectors Level 3. Selectors are patterns that match against elements in a tree, and as such form one of several technologies that can be used to select...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

For the third year in a row, good citizens of the web, we ask that you take a few minutes to tell us about your professional skills, educational background, career prospects, job benefits, and more.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group today published a first collection of statistics, case studies, and articles that support the business case for web accessibility, in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization. To learn...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The Internationalization Core Working Group publishes information to help people understand and use international aspects of W3C technologies. Recently the group published Choosing a Language Tag. The appearance of RFC 5646 earlier this year added a new 'extended language' subtag...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

Dem im März 2009 erschienenen Internet Explorer 8 wurde von Anfang an eine bessere Unterstützung von Webstandards bescheinigt. Wer Websites macht, wird das bestätigen können. Wer allerdings Javascript-Bibliotheken entwickelt, die von anderen auf ihren Seiten eingesetzt werden sollen, kann ein anderes Bild bekommen. Mit dem IE6 hat Microsoft die Unterscheidung in “Quirks Mode” und “Standard Mode” [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

In a joint press release today, The Internet Society (ISOC) and W3C announced a donation from ISOC for the purpose of advancing the evolution of W3C as an organization that creates open Web standards. "ISOC and W3C have worked together...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group today published Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility, which provides guidance for project managers, designers, and developers of: websites and web applications browsers, media players, and assistive technologies authoring tools...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

The XML Core Working Group has published Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) as a W3C Recommendation. XML namespaces provide a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents by associating them with...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

W3C today outlines a roadmap for extending the Web to rural and underprivileged communities in developing countries. The Mobile Web for Social Development (MW4D) Roadmap examines the challenges to deploying and accessing development-oriented services and surveys the technology landscape for...[mehr] (Quelle: W3C News)

Because clients expect everything to be faster, better, and simpler, web professionals must take an instant, foolproof, paperless, modern approach to how clients approve proposals and sign contracts. Implementing an instantaneous contract agreement helps to get projects off the ground, attract clients on tight timelines, and prevent potential delays. All it takes is a little PHP and some PDF magic.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

As the digital landscape becomes increasingly complex, and as businesses become ever more comfortable using the web to bring their product and audience closer, the techniques and principles of museum curatorship can inform how we create online experiences—particularly when we approach content. Erin Scime shows us how.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Am 3. Dezember hat die Ecma die Verabschiedung von ECMAScript5 bekanntgegeben. Im Gegensatz zu manch anderem Standardisierungsgremium, bietet die Ecma ihre Standards kostenfrei zum Download auf der Webseite an: Für ECMAScript siehe Ecma-262. ECMAScript ist die standardisierte Form von Javascript und damit ein wichtiger Baustein für die Weiterentwicklung des Web. Über die wichtigsten neuen Features von [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

Einmal mehr dürfen wir uns über Bestnoten für unseren XSLT-Workshop freuen. In der vergangenen Woche haben wir eine XSLT-Schulung für einen neuen Kunden durchgeführt. Die Kundenbewertungen auf den Feedbackbögen zeichnet uns und unsere Leistung aus. In allen Punkten, von “Inhalt” über “Präsentation” und “Übungen” bis zur “Gesamtbewertung” bekommen wir sehr gute Noten. Darüber hinaus sagen unsere [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

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Zum Jahresende wird die Verabschiedung von EcmaScript 5 erwartet. In der aktuellen Ausgabe der iX schreibe ich über die wichtigsten neuen Features. Für alle Leser des Artikels oder diejenigen, die sich selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen möchten, stelle ich im Folgenden die Quellen zusammen. Wikipedia: ECMAScript Allen Wirfs-Brock: Steps Toward Creating Compatible ECMAScript 5 Implementations Allen Wirfs-Brock: ECMAScript 5 [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

Heute habe ich bei der Arbeit mit einer XSLT-Engine an meinem Verstand gezweifelt. Die Aufgabe war einfach: Ein kleines Verarbeitungsskript für eine Webseite. Doch leider brach die Verarbeitung immer ab, weil der XSLT-Interpreter die DTD nicht vom Server des W3C laden konnte. Natürlich sollte man besser eine lokale DTD verwenden, dennoch war es überraschend, dass [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

Die ursprüngliche Idee der Adressen im Web beinhaltet auch, dass man über eine Adressangabe eine Seite finden kann. Schließlich heißt der Fachbegriff nicht umsonst URI &#8212; Uniform Resource Identifier. Es gibt aber zahlreiche Beispiele, bei denen das nicht der Fall ist. Oft sind Session-IDs, Query-Parameter oder andere temporäre Informationen in der Adresse enthalten. Die machen [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

Until now, chances are that if we dropped text onto a web page in a system font at a reasonable size, it was legible. But with many typefaces about to be freed for use on websites, choosing the right ones to complement a site's design will be far more challenging. Many faces to which we’ll soon have access were never meant for screen use, either because they’re aesthetically unsuitable or because they’re just plain illegible. Jason Santa Maria, a force behind improved type on the web, presents qualities and methods to keep in mind as we venture into the widening world of web type.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Web fonts are here. Now that browsers support real fonts in web pages and we can license complete typefaces for such use, it's time to think pragmatically about how to use real fonts in our web projects. Above all, we need to know how our type renders in screens, in web browsers. To that end, Tim Brown has created Web Font Specimen, a handy, free resource web designers and type designers can use to see how typefaces will look on the web.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

If you don't know what the HTML5 ruby element is, you might want to take a minute to first read the section about the ruby element in the HTML5 specification and/or the Wikipedia article on ruby characters. To quote from the HTML5 description of the ruby element: The ruby element allows one or more spans [...][mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

Es ist schön zu sehen, dass Semantic Web Technologien zunehmend zum Thema werden. Jüngster Zuwachs im Bereich der Semantic Web Community ist wohl semanticoverflow.com, eine Seite die sich ganz im stile ihres grossen Bruders stackoverflow.com der Aufgabe widmet Fragen rund um das Thema Semantic Web Community-basiert zu beantworten. Ich wünsche der Seite zumindest vergleichbaren Erfolg [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

It's hard for clients to understand the true value of user experience research. As much as you'd like to tell your clients to go read The Elements of User Experience and call you back when they’re done, that won’t cut it in a professional services environment. David Sherwin creates a cheat sheet to help you pitch UX research using plain, client-friendly language that focuses on the business value of each exercise.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

"Content-rich" is not enough. Most websites are not learner-friendly. As an industry, we haven’t done our best to make our content-rich websites suitable for learning and exploration. Learners require more from us than keywords and killer headlines. They need an environment that is narrative, interactive, and discoverable. Amber Simmons tells how to begin creating rich content sites that invite and repay exploration and discovery.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Na ja, ganz so weit ist es noch nicht. Aber sollte ich mal einen persönlichen, autonomen und wirklich intelligenten Software-Agenten mein Eigen nennen, könnte er ja auch mal Angst haben, sich überlastet oder ausgebrannt fühlen. Das W3C arbeitet jedenfalls schon mal an der passenden Auszeichnungssprache: EmotionML. Wer jetzt glaubt, die Initiative sei genauso sinnvoll wie [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

For a brief period today, there were no outstanding e-mails or bugs on the specs, and so I took that opportunity to transition us here at the WHATWG to the next stage of HTML5's development: Last Call! This affects three specs at the WHATWG: HTML5 Web Workers Microdata vocabularies There's also a version of the spec [...][mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

&#8230;und der ein oder andere mag sich fragen, was ist &#8220;GeoCities&#8221;? In der Frage ist zumindest die Antwort auf die Frage zu finden, weshalb Yahoo die Site dicht macht. &#8220;Wow, eine geschlossene Website, das ist&#8217;n Blogartikel wert!&#8221; &#8212; Die Tatsache ist wohl nicht bemerkenswert, allerdings ist der Artikel der L.A. Times lesenswert für alle, die sich [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

Topics this week include microdata, video and audio, and spec licensing.[mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

&#8220;Und sie bewegt sich doch!&#8221; &#8212; Was Galileo Galilei angeblich über die Erde gesagt hat, kann man auch über die CSS-Weiterentwicklung sagen. In einem Working Draft des W3C vom 15. Oktober sind doch tatsächlich die runden Ecken enthalten. Mit border-radius könnte man Elementen auf einer Webseite &#8220;runde Ecken&#8221; verleihen. Verfolgt man den Entwurf zurück, findet man [...][mehr] (Quelle: blog.linkwerk.com » edition W3.de)

A bad client relationship is like a bad marriage without the benefits. To avoid such relationships, or to fix the one you’re in, learn the five classic signs of trouble. Recognizing the never-ending contract revisionist, the giant project team, the vanishing boss and other warning signs can help you run successful, angst-free projects.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Usability evaluations are good for many things, but determining a team’s priorities is not one of them. The Molich experiment proves a single usability team can’t discover all or even most major problems on a site. But usability testing does have value as a shock treatment, trust builder, and part of a triangulation process. Test for the right reasons and achieve a positive outcome.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Topics this week include microdata, events, and document.head.[mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

Wouldn’t it be a little magical if, when you signed up for a new site, it said something like, “We notice you have a profile photo on Flickr and Twitter, would you like to use one of those or upload a new one?” Glenn Jones created a JavaScript library called Ident Engine that can help you do just that.[mehr] (Quelle: A List Apart)

Over the past few weeks, Google has been preparing and then running a usability study to test the microdata feature of HTML5. Methodology We first created three different variants based on the original microdata proposal: One based on what the spec said (documentation) One trying to put types in an explicit itemtype="" attribute and moving "about" to [...][mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

It is unlikely that we will adopt IE's algorithm, since it seems unnecessarily pathological.[mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

Topics this week include parsing, accessibility, security, semantics, video, and web forms.[mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

Topics this week include keygen, dialog, and the pros and cons of including examples in specs.[mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

What’s the right way to spell “HTML5”? The short answer is: “HTML5” (without a space). People in the WHATWG community have commonly referred to HTML5 as “HTML5” for quite a while. However, when the W3C HTML WG voted on adopting “Web Applications 1.0” the question about the title said “HTML 5”. Thus, the W3C HTML WG [...][mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) is in the process of reviewing HTML 5. Noah Mendelsohn recently posted his initial, personal, not-speaking-on-behalf-of-TAG notes on HTML 5. Here are my initial, personal, not-speaking-on-behalf-of-WHATWG responses. Limitations of the XML serialization This may be old news, but I was surprised to see that document.write() is not supported when parsing the [...][mehr] (Quelle: The WHATWG Blog)