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W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0
News The web-standards body W3C has published Sparql, a query language designed to gather data from multiple sources and speed the development of Web 2.0 applications — creating a standard web service for anything that asks a question.
[January 18, 2008, 14:25]
W3C sums it all up
News The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) last week published its first complete description of how the Web works, including details on its protocols and data formats. The document, entitled Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One is meant to...
[December 21, 2004, 14:50]
W3C examines the next generation of speech technology
News The W3C on Tuesday said the next generation of VoiceXML will include specifications for speaker verification. The W3C said it will draft specifications for VoiceXML 3.0, a technology enabling voice identification verification for users transacting...
[December 7, 2005, 15:05]
W3C unveils outlook on Web services
News Five months after reorganising its Web services work, an influential standards body has released a trio of drafts related to the much-hyped trend. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week issued the first working draft of the Web Service...
[June 7, 2002, 11:16]
W3C outlines XML speed boosting plan
News The W3C, the standards body in charge of developing XML, said on Tuesday that it has issued three recommendations designed to make handling XML-formatted data more efficient. The specifications have the backing of large industry software providers...
[January 27, 2005, 8:05]
W3C approves mobile graphics standard
News The Web's leading standards group put its seal of approval on a new specification for graphics technology tailored for use by mobile phones and other small networked devices. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Tuesday recommended Scalable...
[January 15, 2003, 8:37]
W3C and WAP Forum team up on wireless Web specs
News The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the WAP Forum have announced a formal partnership to define next-generation specifications to support wireless devices. The two organisations will work together to develop a common process of producing the...
[December 10, 1999, 10:53]
W3C challenges developers on mobile Web
News p>The next challenge facing Web developers is to make their sites accessible to mobile users, according to the W3C. At an event to promote its Mobile Web Initiative (MWI), held on Tuesday in London, members of the consortium outlined their vision...
[November 16, 2005, 17:20]
W3C celebrates tenth birthday
News The body that sets standards for the Web -- the World Wide Web Consortium -- plans to celebrate its tenth birthday in Boston, Massachusetts, on the first of December. The W3C was founded in 1994 to develop technical specifications for the Web's...
[October 15, 2004, 17:20]
W3C to hold London mobile standards event
News The W3C is holding an event in London to promote its Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) to promote the idea of 'the Web on the move' to UK developers. The half-day event on the 15th November will be open to the public and free to attend.
[November 3, 2005, 11:15]
W3C shows why innovation needs standards
Leader The World Wide Web consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have announced the release of some new standards which look set to widen what we can do with the Internet and its technologies.
[January 27, 2005, 12:25]
W3C patent plan draws protests
News A new and controversial proposal under consideration by the World Wide Web Consortium could open the way for companies to claim patent rights -- and demand royalties -- on standards authorized by that body.
[October 2, 2001, 9:01]
W3C's latest standard: Scripting's swansong?
News The Web's leading standards body released a long-delayed recommendation for using scripts in Web pages but urged coders not to rely too heavily on scripting. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommended on Thursday its Document Object Model (DOM...
[January 10, 2003, 10:53]
W3C issues handicap guidelines for the Web
News The W3C guidelines, which officials said are suggestions for developers, not mandatory steps, consist of 14 points of accessible Web design. They include the dictum that sites should contain text that corresponds to audio and images, and offer...
[May 7, 1999, 8:19]
W3C sees graphics on mobile phones
News In a development that could help Adobe erode some of Macromedia's vector graphics lead, the Web's most influential standards group issued a draft designed to make its vector graphics standard work more easily on cell phones.
[November 18, 2002, 8:47]
W3C retreats from royalty policy
News An Internet standards body has retreated from a proposal that would have allowed companies to claim patent rights and demand royalties for technologies used in its standards. The World Wide Web Consortium works with developers, software makers and...
[February 26, 2002, 14:17]
W3C finalises disability guidelines
News Bringing a five-year project to a significant milestone, the World Wide Web Consortium finalised guidelines for building browsers and media players that work better for people with disabilities. The W3C's recommendation of its User Agent...
[December 19, 2002, 8:37]
W3C marks 'milestone' in DOM protocol
News The Web's leading standards body revised a key recommendation for manipulating elements of a Web page. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Wednesday recommended the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3, ironing out problems with the Level 2...
[April 8, 2004, 9:05]
W3C readies computer-interaction specs
News The World Wide Web Consortium said on Tuesday that two specifications related to computer-voice interaction are ready to become industry standards. As previously reported, the W3C had been building its recommendation through a series of reviews by...
[March 17, 2004, 10:20]
W3C recommends online forms standard
News The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has reached a critical stage in a new standard that governs how developers use forms on the Internet. The W3C, a standards body that governs some Internet protocols, said on Tuesday that it was publishing the...
[November 13, 2002, 15:50]
