http://www.lesliesikos.com/sikos.xml 2012-02-06T08:30:00Z http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20120131/ 2012-02-06T08:30:00Z 2012-02-06T08:30:00Z

Support for RDFa via XHTML Modularization

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of XHTML+RDFa 1.1 has recently been updated by the W3C. XHTML+RDFa 1.1 specifies the usage of RDFa in the XHTML markup language. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-rdfa-lite-20120131/ 2012-02-05T08:03:00Z 2012-02-05T08:03:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of the minimal subset of RDFa

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of RDFa Lite 1.1 has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-rdfa-core-20120131/ 2012-02-04T08:15:00Z 2012-02-04T08:15:00Z

Syntax and processing rules for embedding RDF through attributes

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of RDFa Core 1.1 has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-vibration-20120202/ 2012-02-03T07:27:00Z 2012-02-03T07:27:00Z

A new W3C Last Call Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the Vibration API has been published by the W3C. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Web-standards/327383150626202 2012-02-02T13:31:00Z 2012-02-02T13:31:00Z

A new fan page on Facebook for web designers and developers

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new page has recently been created on Facebook for all web designers and developers interested in web standards. The page features up-to-date information on the latest specifications, new book releases, and events related to web standards such as workhops and conferences, as well as the finalization and standardization of Candidate Recommendations. http://w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/ 2012-02-01T08:00:00Z 2012-02-01T08:00:00Z

Before and After Demonstration

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Before and After Demonstration for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 has been updated by the World Wide Web Consortium. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Linked-Open-Data/133183943467104 2012-01-31T08:19:00Z 2012-01-31T08:19:00Z

A new FB page for Semantic Web fans

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new page has recently been created on Facebook for the fans of Linked Open Data. If you are an enthusiast or expert in publishing structured data in a machine-processable format on the Semantic Web, like the page and share your experiences. http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/library_data/#registration 2012-01-30T08:00:00Z 2012-01-30T08:00:00Z

Taking Library Data from Here to There

Dr. Leslie Sikos Registration is open for the NISO/DCMI Webinar “Taking Library Data from Here to There” to be held online at 13:00 Eastern Time on 22 February 2012. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xml-proc-profiles-20120124/ 2012-01-29T11:43:00Z 2012-01-29T11:43:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of XML processor profiles

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the XML processor profiles has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-xmldsig-core2-20120124/ 2012-01-28T07:54:00Z 2012-01-28T07:54:00Z

A new W3C Candidate Recommendation on XML

Dr. Leslie Sikos The sepcification “XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0” is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xslfo20-20120117/ 2012-01-27T14:12:00Z 2012-01-27T14:12:00Z

New working draft of the second version of Extensible Stylesheet Language

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 2.0 has recently been updated by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-text-20120119/ 2012-01-26T08:34:00Z 2012-01-26T08:34:00Z

A new working draft of CSS Text Level 3

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new working draft of CSS Text Level 3 has been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3/ 2012-01-25T07:30:00Z 2012-01-25T07:30:00Z

Working Group will be created to define a “Linked Data Platform”

Dr. Leslie Sikos The final report of the Linked Enterprise Data Workshop, hosted by the W3C on the 6–7 December in Cambridge, MA, USA, has been published. http://facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3/ 2012-01-24T18:31:00Z 2012-01-24T18:31:00Z

The fans of web standards, web developers, and the readers of the book all together

Dr. Leslie Sikos The number of fans of the book “Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” is increasing. The book is a comprehensive review of web standards such as UTF-8, MIME types, HTML5, CSS3, SVG, MathML, RDF, XML, Semantic Web technologies and machine-readable metadata, accessibility standards, and more. The website, news feed, and Facebook fan page of the book provides up-to-date information about the latest web standards, HTML5 APIs, CSS3 modules, XML, SVG, RDFa, web conferences, workshops, and other events, as well as W3C working drafts, calls for implementation, etc. http://www.amazon.com/Web-Standards-Mastering-HTML5-CSS3/dp/1430240415/ 2012-01-23T07:44:00Z 2012-01-23T07:44:00Z

The popularity of the fundamental textbook on web standards is increasing

Dr. Leslie Sikos “Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML”, also known as “the Bible of web standardization”, is a bestseller in two categories on Amazon: #14 in XML and #70 in network programming. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-navigation-timing-20120117/ 2012-01-22T19:35:00Z 2012-01-22T19:35:00Z

Candidate Recommendation of Navigation Timing released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of Navigation Timing is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-ui-20120117 2012-01-21T07:45:00Z 2012-01-21T07:45:00Z

CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the Basic User Interface Module of CSS3 has been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20120117/ 2012-01-20T07:44:00Z 2012-01-20T07:44:00Z

An API to provide scripted client functionality for transferring data between client and server

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Web Applications Working Group at the W3C has published a Working Draft of XMLHttpRequest Level 2. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/LinkedData/Report 2012-01-19T08:48:00Z 2012-01-19T08:48:00Z

Data-driven Applications on the Web

Dr. Leslie Sikos The report of the Linked Enterprise Data Patterns Workshop has been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4052/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last 2012-01-18T14:52:00Z 2012-01-18T14:52:00Z

A book amongst the Top 100 most popular books in two categories on Amazon

Dr. Leslie Sikos The book “Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” is amongst the Top 100 bestsellers in two categories on Amazon: #12 in XML and #97 in network programming. This fundamental textbook is vital for anyone involved in front-end web development, because it covers standards and finalized specifications such as UTF-8, MIME types, HTML5 APIs, CSS3 modules, SVG, MathML, RDF, XML, Semantic Web and machine-readable metadata, accessibility, etc. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-html-data-guide-20120112/ 2012-01-17T15:01:00Z 2012-01-17T15:01:00Z

Ways to extract data from HTML pages

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft “HTML Data Guide” has been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-microdata-rdf-20120112/ 2012-01-16T10:12:00Z 2012-01-16T10:12:00Z

Transformation from HTML+Microdata to RDF

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “Microdata to RDF” has been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-images-20120112/ 2012-01-15T12:55:00Z 2012-01-15T12:55:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of CSS3 Module “Image Values and Replaced Content”

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3 has been released by the W3C. http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4052/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last#3 2012-01-14T08:03:00Z 2012-01-14T08:03:00Z

A book among the Top 100 most popular XML books on Amazon

Dr. Leslie Sikos The book “Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” is #53 in XML programming on Amazon. Covering all major web standards and standards-based techniques, this fundamental textbook is a must have for all web designers! UTF-8, MIME types, HTML5, CSS3, SVG, MathML, RDF, XML, Semantic Web and machine-readable metadata, accessibility, and more—all in one book. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-mmi-arch-20120112/ 2012-01-13T08:54:00Z 2012-01-13T08:54:00Z

A new W3C Candidate Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-aq-20120110/ 2012-01-12T08:24:00Z 2012-01-12T08:24:00Z

First Public Working Draft of Provenance Access and Query

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of “PROV-AQ: Provenance Access and Query” has been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-wai-aria-implementation-20120110/ 2012-01-11T07:51:00Z 2012-01-11T07:51:00Z

A user agent developer's guide to understanding and implementing Accessible Rich Internet Applications

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide has been released by the W3C. http://www.amazon.com/Web-Standards-Mastering-HTML5-ebook/dp/B006C9EN3S/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A3DMKJ0F07UVW3 2012-01-10T10:15:00Z 2012-01-10T10:15:00Z

A fundamental textbook in three ebook formats

Dr. Leslie Sikos paperback, but also in three e-book formats: ePub, Kindle (MOBI), and PDF. After ordering from Amazon, you can start reading immediately (auto-delivered wirelessly). Note that even after ordering the Kindle edition, one can always move it to a different device later with Whispersync. You do not have to limit yourself to one format. If you purchase the print edition directly from the publisher, Apress offers you a discount on the eBook edition. Both the website of the book (http://www.masteringhtml5css3.com/) and the fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3) provide comprehensive information on web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, machine-readable metadata, and XML, and are updated daily. Join the community and “Like” the page! This book is a must have for all web designers and developers! ]]> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-dom-20120105/ 2012-01-09T08:01:00Z 2012-01-09T08:01:00Z

Working Draft published

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft of DOM4, the fourth major version of the language- and platform neutral interface to dynamically access and update the content and structure of web documents, has recently been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-xmlenc-core1-20120105/ 2012-01-08T11:13:00Z 2012-01-08T11:13:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of XML Encryption 1.1

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new Last Call Working Draft of the specification “XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1” has recently been released by the W3C. http://www.w3devcampus.com/mobile-web-and-application-best-practices-training/ 2012-01-07T08:27:00Z 2012-01-07T08:27:00Z

Course registration open

Dr. Leslie Sikos Registation for the W3C Mobile Web and Application Best Practices (MWABP) course is open. This is the third edition of this online course, which will be held from 30 January for 8 weeks. http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-sparql11-update-20120105/ 2012-01-06T09:51:00Z 2012-01-06T09:51:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Update released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Update, an update language for RDF graphs, has been released by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.w3.org/TR/media-accessibility-reqs/ 2012-01-05T14:15:00Z 2012-01-05T14:15:00Z

First Public Working Draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements has recently been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. The document describes the accessibility requirements of media for people with disabilities with respect to audio and video on the Web, particularly in the context of HTML5. http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/01/wcag_techniques_learn_more.html 2012-01-04T08:02:00Z 2012-01-04T08:02:00Z

New versions of the “Techniques for WCAG 2.0” and “Understanding WCAG 2.0” documents

Dr. Leslie Sikos The “Techniques for WCAG 2.0” and “Understanding WCAG 2.0” documents have been updated by the W3C. Note that this is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document. http://icdcn2012.comp.polyu.edu.hk/ 2012-01-03T10:21:00Z 2012-01-03T10:21:00Z

13th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 13th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking takes place at the The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China on 3–6 January 2012. http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4052/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last#5 2012-01-02T07:38:00Z 2012-01-02T07:38:00Z

A book amongst the Top 100 best selling books in XML programming

Dr. Leslie Sikos Both the paperback and the Kindle edition of the book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” is on the list of the Top 100 best selling books in XML programming on Amazon. http://semais.org/ 2012-01-01T16:54:00Z 2012-01-01T16:54:00Z

3rd IUI Workshop on Semantic Models for Adaptive Interactive Systems

Dr. Leslie Sikos The submission deadline for the 3rd IUI Workshop on Semantic Models for Adaptive Interactive Systems is approaching (06 Jan 2012). http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4052/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last#4 2011-12-31T08:11:00Z 2011-12-31T08:11:00Z

One of the Top 100 best selling books in XML programming

Dr. Leslie Sikos The book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” is amongst the Top 100 best selling books in XML programming on Amazon. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-rdfa-core-20111215/ 2011-12-30T08:01:00Z 2011-12-30T08:01:00Z

Embedding rich semantic markup

Dr. Leslie Sikos A Working Draft of RDFa Core 1.1, a specification for attributes to express structured data in any markup language, has recently been released, along with an update to XHTML+RDFa 1.1, a host language for RDFa Core 1.1. https://www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3 2011-12-29T08:07:00Z 2011-12-29T08:07:00Z

The book has now 100 fans on Facebook

Dr. Leslie Sikos Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” has reached 100 Likes. If you like the book but haven’t joined yet, don’t forget to “Like” the Facebook page at facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3. All readers, fans, and enthusiasts are welcome! ]]> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leslie-Sikos/156614691107747 2011-12-28T08:24:00Z 2011-12-28T08:24:00Z

Facebook page created for the readers and fans of Dr. Sikos

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Facebook page of IT book writer Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., the author of 13 technical books, has been created. All readers and fans are welcome to “Like” the page! http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-audioproc-20111215/ 2011-12-27T08:21:00Z 2011-12-27T08:21:00Z

First Public Working Draft of the Audio Processing API

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of the Audio Processing API has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-streamproc-20111215/ 2011-12-26T08:08:00Z 2011-12-26T08:08:00Z

First Public Working Draft of the MediaStream Processing API

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of the MediaStream Processing API has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webaudio-20111215/ 2011-12-25T11:50:00Z 2011-12-25T11:50:00Z

First Public Working Draft of the Web Audio API

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of the Web Audio API has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-2d-transforms-20111215/ 2011-12-24T07:48:00Z 2011-12-24T07:48:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of the CSS3 module “2D Transforms” has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-xpath-full-text-30-20111213/ 2011-12-23T07:40:00Z 2011-12-23T07:40:00Z

First Public Working Draft of XQuery and XPath Full Text 3.0

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of XQuery and XPath Full Text 3.0 has been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-xpath-30-20111213/ 2011-12-22T08:00:00Z 2011-12-22T08:00:00Z

New version of the XML Path Language 3.0 specification

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of XML Path Language 3.0 has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-touch-events-20111215/ 2011-12-21T08:53:00Z 2011-12-21T08:53:00Z

A new Candidate Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of Touch Events version 1 is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-widgets-access-20111213/ 2011-12-20T09:26:00Z 2011-12-20T09:26:00Z

Document status changed

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of the Widget Access Request Policy is now a W3C Proposed Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-widgets-apis-20111213/ 2011-12-19T17:38:00Z 2011-12-19T17:38:00Z

Document status changed

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of the Widget Interface is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-exclusions-20111213/ 2011-12-18T11:29:00Z 2011-12-18T11:29:00Z

A new CSS3 module

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of the Exclusions and Shapes Module of CSS3 has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-prov-o-20111213/ 2011-12-17T08:56:00Z 2011-12-17T08:56:00Z

The First Public Working Draft of PROV published

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of the PROV ontology has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-lite/ 2011-12-16T09:10:00Z 2011-12-16T09:10:00Z

A minimalist version of RDFa

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of RDFa Lite 1.1 has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.isoc.org/isoc/internetsociety.org.shtml 2011-12-15T08:34:00Z 2011-12-15T08:34:00Z

New ISOC website launched

Dr. Leslie Sikos The website of the Internet Society has been redesigned with new sections, new ways to get involved, multilingual content, and more. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-websockets-20111208/ 2011-12-14T08:40:00Z 2011-12-14T08:40:00Z

Document status changed

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “The WebSocket API” is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-soapjms-20111208/ 2011-12-13T07:36:00Z 2011-12-13T07:36:00Z

Document status changed

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “SOAP over Java Message Service 1.0” is now a W3C Proposed Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/2011/11/mobile-web-app-state.html 2011-12-12T07:20:00Z 2011-12-12T07:20:00Z

Current state and W3C roadmap

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new edition of Standards for Web Applications on Mobile has recently been released by the W3C. The document is an overview of the various technologies developed by the W3C to increase the power of Web applications, particularly in the mobile context. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-images-20111206/ 2011-12-11T12:01:00Z 2011-12-11T12:01:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3” has recently been updated by the W3C. The specification defines the syntax for image values in CSS and properties used to control the interaction of replaced content and the CSS layout algorithms. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-IndexedDB-20111206/ 2011-12-10T07:37:00Z 2011-12-10T07:37:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Indexed Database API has recently been updated by the W3C. The specification provides an Application Programming Interface to perform advanced key-value data management for query processors of web applications. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-geolocation-API-v2-20111201/ 2011-12-09T08:05:00Z 2011-12-09T08:05:00Z

The Last Call Working Draft of the Geolocation API

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the Geolocation API Level 2 has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-CSP-20111129/ 2011-12-08T08:57:00Z 2011-12-08T08:57:00Z

The First Public Working Draft of Content Security Policy

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of Content Security Policy has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-hnreq-20111201/ 2011-12-07T09:34:00Z 2011-12-07T09:34:00Z

A new W3C Interest Group Note

Dr. Leslie Sikos An Interest Group Note of Requirements for Home Networking Scenarios has recently been published by the Web and TV Interest Group at W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-mediaont-10-20111129/ 2011-12-06T09:30:00Z 2011-12-06T09:30:00Z

A new W3C Proposed Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “Ontology for Media Resources 1.0” is now a W3C Proposed Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-gcpm-20111129/ 2011-12-05T07:30:00Z 2011-12-05T07:30:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The CSS Generated Content for Paged Media Module, which describes features often used in printed publications, has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-layout-20111129/ 2011-12-04T13:26:00Z 2011-12-04T13:26:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The CSS3 Template Layout Module, which contains CSS features to describe layouts at a high level, has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20111129/ 2011-12-03T09:10:00Z 2011-12-03T09:10:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The CSS Flexible Box Layout Module, which describes a CSS box model optimized for user interface design, has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-jlreq-20111129/ 2011-12-02T07:54:00Z 2011-12-02T07:54:00Z

New version of the W3C specification

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-battery-status-20111129/ 2011-12-01T10:30:00Z 2011-12-01T10:30:00Z

Last Call Working Draft released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of the Battery Status API has recently been updated by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.masteringhtml5css3.com/ 2011-11-30T10:00:00Z 2011-11-30T10:00:00Z

The book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” was published by Apress, the professional imprint of Science+Business Media

Dr. Leslie Sikos Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., was published by Apress, the professional imprint of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the largest academic publishers in the world. The book is a comprehensive guide to current and future standards for the World Wide Web. It reveals techniques to obtain standards compliance in development and redesign through step-by-step guides, along with the most common web standards problems and their solutions. It is now available as print book as well as eBook (EPUB, MOBI (Kindle), and PDF). The book can be ordered from Amazon, Apress, Barnes & Noble, and Springer, or directly from the Author. The contents can be checked on the companion website of the book at masteringhtml5css3.com or as a Google Preview. Fans can like the book on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3. ]]> http://www.lesliesikos.com/shop/ 2011-11-30T08:19:00Z 2011-11-30T08:19:00Z

Google Preview is available for the book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML”

Dr. Leslie Sikos already available on Amazon. ]]> http://www.ozchi.org/ 2011-11-29T08:45:00Z 2011-11-29T08:45:00Z

The Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction takes place in Canberra, Australia between 28 November and 2 December 2011. http://www.acmmm11.org/ 2011-11-28T07:58:00Z 2011-11-28T07:58:00Z

ACM Multimedia 2011

Dr. Leslie Sikos The ACM Multimedia 2011 conference takes place in Scottsdale, AZ, USA between 28 November and 1 December 2011. http://www.masteringhtml5css3.com/shop/ 2011-11-27T14:55:00Z 2011-11-27T14:55:00Z

The website of the book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” has been updated

Dr. Leslie Sikos The website of the book “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML” has recently been updated with the details of the available eBook formats and the option for ordering the book as an Apress Alpha book. The print book is available for pre-orders and will be released on the 30 November 2011. http://www.iccen.org/ 2011-11-26T09:03:00Z 2011-11-26T09:03:00Z

2011 International Conference on Communication Engineering and Networks

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 2011 International Conference on Communication Engineering and Networks takes place in Hong Kong on 25–26 November 2011. http://www.apress.com/9781430240419 2011-11-25T09:14:00Z 2011-11-25T09:14:00Z

The book is available as part of the Apress Alpha Program

Dr. Leslie Sikos will be published on 30 November 2011, but is already available in PDF as part of the Apress Alpha Program. For more information about the book, please visit the website www.masteringhtml5css3.com. ]]> http://www.webdevelopmentadelaide.com/ 2011-11-24T08:19:00Z 2011-11-24T08:19:00Z

A web consultancy powered by web standards

Dr. Leslie Sikos www.webdevelopmentadelaide.com. Beyond the detailed description of the services of SWC, the website provides HTML5 tutorials, SEO best practices, smartphone buying guides, up-to-date news on web standards and technologies, and more! ]]> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-mediaont-api-1.0-20111122/ 2011-11-23T08:39:00Z 2011-11-23T08:39:00Z

A new W3C Candidate Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “API for Media Resources 1.0” is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-sparql11-federated-query-20111117/ 2011-11-22T09:09:00Z 2011-11-22T09:09:00Z

Last Call Working Draft released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Federated Query has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-sparql11-overview-20111117/ 2011-11-21T06:59:00Z 2011-11-21T06:59:00Z

First Public Working Draft published

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Overview has recently been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-vibration-20111117/ 2011-11-20T07:40:00Z 2011-11-20T07:40:00Z

First Public Working Draft published

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of Vibration API has been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.aphci.org/3ca/ 2011-11-19T08:10:00Z 2011-11-19T08:10:00Z

International Conference on Computer, Communication, Control and Automation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The International Conference on Computer, Communication, Control and Automation takes place in Zhuhai, China on 19–20 November 2011. http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2011/metrics/#register 2011-11-18T07:30:00Z 2011-11-18T07:30:00Z

Registration is now open for the online symposium

Dr. Leslie Sikos Registration is now open for the online W3C symposium on website accessibility metrics to be held on 5 December 2011. http://www.sinconf.org/SIN2011/index.htm 2011-11-17T08:23:00Z 2011-11-17T08:23:00Z

4th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 4th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks takes place in Sydney, Australia on 14–19 November 2011. http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/ 2011-11-16T08:00:00Z 2011-11-16T08:00:00Z

A new web accessibility project at W3C

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at W3C has launched WAI-ACT – Cooperation Framework for Guidance on Advanced Technologies, Evaluation Methodologies, and Research Agenda Setting to Support eAccessibility, a European Commission (EC)-funded project. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-tracking-compliance-20111114/ 2011-11-15T08:00:00Z 2011-11-15T08:00:00Z

First draft released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The first draft of Tracking Compliance and Scope has been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-tracking-dnt-20111114/ 2011-11-14T08:00:00Z 2011-11-14T08:00:00Z

First draft released

Dr. Leslie Sikos The first draft of Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) has been released by the W3C. http://www.lesliesikos.com/books/webstandards/cover.pdf 2011-11-13T07:28:00Z 2011-11-13T07:28:00Z

Final cover revealed

Dr. Leslie Sikos masteringhtml5css3.com. The book can now be pre-ordered from Amazon, Apress, Barnes & Noble, and Springer. You can even “like” the book on Facebook. For more information about the author, please visit www.lesliesikos.com. ]]> http://www.siguccs.org/Conference/Fall2011/ 2011-11-12T08:15:00Z 2011-11-12T08:15:00Z

ACM SIGUCCS Annual Conference

Dr. Leslie Sikos The annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services takes place in San Diego, CA, USA on 12–17 November 2011. http://www.interlab.ait.ac.th/aintec2011/ 2011-11-11T09:25:00Z 2011-11-11T09:25:00Z

Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2011

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Asian Internet Engineering Conference takes place in Bangkok, Thailand on 9–11 November 2011. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/webtv/summary 2011-11-10T07:08:00Z 2011-11-10T07:08:00Z

A spotlight on significant gaps between the entertainment industry’s and the Web community’s experiences, perspectives and expectations

Dr. Leslie Sikos The final report of the Third W3C Web and TV Workshop, hosted by Comcast Cable on 19–20 September in Hollywood, CA, USA, has been published. http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc3782-bis/ 2011-11-09T07:19:00Z 2011-11-09T07:19:00Z

The NewReno Modification to TCP’s Fast Recovery Algorithm to Proposed Standard

Dr. Leslie Sikos The NewReno Modification to TCP’s Fast Recovery Algorithm is now in the last call state. RFC 5681 describes four TCP congestion control algorithms: slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and fast recovery. The document obsoletes RFC 3782. http://www.ace2011.org/ 2011-11-08T08:32:00Z 2011-11-08T08:32:00Z

8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology takes place in Lisbon, Portugal on 8–11 November 2011. https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/ 2011-11-07T08:30:00Z 2011-11-07T08:30:00Z

Meeting of Minds

Dr. Leslie Sikos The international conference CASCON takes place in Toronto, ON, Canada on 8–10 November 2011. http://www.computing-conf.org/ 2011-11-06T07:21:00Z 2011-11-06T07:21:00Z

IADIS International Conference Applied Computing 2011

Dr. Leslie Sikos The ADIS International Conference on Applied Computing takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6–8 November 2011. http://sensys.acm.org/2011/ 2011-11-05T09:05:00Z 2011-11-05T09:05:00Z

The 9th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 9th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems takes place in Seattle, WA, USA on 1–4 November 2011. The program covers interesting topics such as everyday location monitoring, performance of sensor network IP stacks, mobile sensing, real-time phone-to-phone 3D localization, and smartphone-based body sensor networks. http://www.ah-ici.org/ah-ici2011/ 2011-11-04T09:16:00Z 2011-11-04T09:16:00Z

Asian Himalayas International Conference on Internet

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Asian Himalayas International Conference on Internet takes place at the Soaltee Crowne Plaza Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal on 4–6 November 2011. http://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2011/ 2011-11-03T07:24:00Z 2011-11-03T07:24:00Z

Internet Measurement Conference 2011

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 2011 Internet Measurement Conference takes place in Berlin, Germany on 2–4 November 2011. http://acmgis2011.cs.umn.edu/ 2011-11-02T11:12:00Z 2011-11-02T11:12:00Z

19th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems takes place in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 1–4 November 2011. http://mswimconf.com/2011/ 2011-11-01T08:00:00Z 2011-11-01T08:00:00Z

The 14th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 14th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems takes place in Miami, FL, USA between 31 October and 04 November 2011. http://www.inf.ufes.br/~gguizzardi/ontocom-2011/ 2011-10-31T07:48:00Z 2011-10-31T07:48:00Z

International Workshop on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling

Dr. Leslie Sikos The International Workshop on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling takes place in Brussels, Belgium between 31 October and 03 November 2011. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webrtc-20111027/ 2011-10-30T08:12:00Z 2011-10-30T08:12:00Z

Real-time Communication Between Browsers

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft “WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers” has been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-touch-events-20111027/ 2011-10-29T07:43:00Z 2011-10-29T07:43:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of Touch Events version 1

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of Touch Events version 1 has been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webstorage-20111025/ 2011-10-28T07:03:00Z 2011-10-28T07:03:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of the Web Storage specification

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of Web Storage has been released by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webmessaging-20111020/ 2011-10-27T08:23:00Z 2011-10-27T08:23:00Z

New version of the W3C Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of HTML5 Web Messaging has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-FileAPI-20111020/ 2011-10-26T06:44:00Z 2011-10-26T06:44:00Z

New version of the W3C Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The File API has recently been updated by the W3C. The File API can be used to represent file objects in web applications, programmatically select them and access their data. http://research.ict.csiro.au/conferences/ssn/ssn11 2011-10-25T09:15:00Z 2011-10-25T09:15:00Z

The 4th International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks 2011

Dr. Leslie Sikos The workshop of the 10th International Semantic Web Conference takes place in Bonn, Germany on 23–27 October 2011. http://www.sikoswebconsulting.com/ 2011-10-24T17:39:00Z 2011-10-24T17:39:00Z

A web consultancy powered by web standards

Dr. Leslie Sikos The ICT consultancy “Sikos Web Consulting”, founded by Computer Scientist Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., now works in Adelaide, South Australia. The consultancy provides professional services including, but not limited to, ICT consulting, web design, standards-compliant web development, PSD to (X)HTML5 + CSS3, semantic annotations, accessible websites, and SVG graphics. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/sponsor-pr.html.en 2011-10-20T08:44:00Z 2011-10-20T08:44:00Z

A Gold and a Silver organization sponsor of the World Wide Web Consortium

Dr. Leslie Sikos Google and Adobe have been announced as the first W3C organization sponsors. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-prov-dm-20111018/ 2011-10-19T14:47:00Z 2011-10-19T14:47:00Z

A core data model for provenance for building representations of the entities, people and processes

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of The PROV Data Model and Abstract Syntax Notation has been published by the W3C. http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2011/ 2011-10-18T09:20:00Z 2011-10-18T09:20:00Z

The 18th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 18th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security takes place in Chicago, IL, USA on 17–21 October. http://www.cs.utah.edu/~mprobst/ICNP2011/ 2011-10-17T11:48:00Z 2011-10-17T11:48:00Z

The 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols takes place in Vancouver, BC, Canada on 17–20 October. http://www.acm.org/uist/uist2011/ 2011-10-16T08:45:00Z 2011-10-16T08:45:00Z

The 24th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 24th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology takes place in Santa Barbara, CA, USA on 16–19 October. The program covers wearable multitouch interaction, handheld projectors, imaginary phones, accessibility, a tongue input device, a 2.5D shape display, and more. http://www.w3.org/testing/ 2011-10-15T08:21:00Z 2011-10-15T08:21:00Z

Two new W3C groups launched

Dr. Leslie Sikos Browser Testing and Tools Working Group and the Web Testing Interest Group. ]]> http://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/ 2011-10-14T07:55:00Z 2011-10-14T07:55:00Z

BAD to Good: Demo to show web accessibility barriers fixed

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Before and After Demonstration (BAD) has recently been updated by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at W3C. The demo shows an inaccessible website and its updated versions after fixing the accessibility barriers. http://soict.hut.edu.vn/~soict2011/ 2011-10-13T08:39:00Z 2011-10-13T08:39:00Z

2nd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 2nd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technology takes place at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam on 13–14 October. http://aict.info/2011/ 2011-10-12T08:48:00Z 2011-10-12T08:48:00Z

The 5th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 5th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12–14 October. http://openmediaweb.eu/2011/10/06/html5-games-course/ 2011-10-11T08:55:00Z 2011-10-11T08:55:00Z

An HTML5 course organized by W3C

Dr. Leslie Sikos Registration is open for the new W3C training course on game development in HTML5. https://www.svgopen.org/2011/registration.shtml 2011-10-10T09:55:00Z 2011-10-10T09:55:00Z

The 9th International Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics

Dr. Leslie Sikos Registration is coming to a close for the 9th International Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, which will take place 17–20 October 2011. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-fonts-20111004/ 2011-10-09T08:33:00Z 2011-10-09T08:33:00Z

New version of CSS Fonts Module Level 3

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft of the CSS Fonts Module Level 3 has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-css3-selectors-20110929/ 2011-10-08T13:18:00Z 2011-10-08T13:18:00Z

CSS Selectors Level 3 is now a W3C Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of the CSS3 selectors has recently been standardized by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-websockets-20110929/ 2011-10-07T08:19:00Z 2011-10-07T08:19:00Z

The Last Call Working Draft of The WebSocket API published

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the WebSocket API has recently been published by the W3C. http://youtu.be/JzMNDfy4jcg 2011-10-06T07:25:00Z 2011-10-06T07:25:00Z

The first Protégé 4.2 alpha build with new a plugin

Dr. Leslie Sikos The first Protégé 4.2 alpha build has recently been released. It comes with the new plugin “OWL Diff” that can be used to calculate the differences between two versions of the same ontology. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/PR-ws-metadata-exchange-20110927/ 2011-10-05T08:35:00Z 2011-10-05T08:35:00Z

WS-MetadataExchange is now a W3C Proposed Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of Web Services Metadata Exchange has been updated to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 4 November 2011. http://www.masteringhtml5css3.com/book/ 2011-10-04T11:35:00Z 2011-10-04T11:35:00Z

Quick Table of Contents revealed: the most comprehensive book on Web standards

Dr. Leslie Sikos Amazon, Apress, Barnes & Noble, and Springer. The Facebook page of the book is now available at facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3, where you can also “Like” the book. ]]> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-xslfo20-20110927/ 2011-10-03T07:43:00Z 2011-10-03T07:43:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft “Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 2.0” has recently been updated by the W3C. http://www.lesliesikos.com/tutorials/ 2011-10-02T08:32:00Z 2011-10-02T08:32:00Z

New and updated tutorials, sample code, live examples, and download area

Dr. Leslie Sikos Web Fonts Tutorial has been published by Computer Scientist Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D. with free Web Fonts to download, and several tutorials have been updated, including the HTML5 tutorial, the CSS3 modules tutorial, and the RDF tutorial. For the full list of tutorials, please visit the Tutorials section of the Developers corner on lesliesikos.com, where you can also find live examples and sample code files to download. ]]> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-widgets-20110927/ 2011-10-01T08:14:00Z 2011-10-01T08:14:00Z

The widget packaging format and metadata specification is now a W3C Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “Widget Packaging and XML Configuration” is now a W3C Recommendation. This specification standardizes a widget packaging format and metadata. In contrast to traditional UI widgets such as input boxes and toolbars, the widgets covered by this document are client-side web applications, e.g., weather forecasters, clocks, games, stock tickers, and news casters. http://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-5.9.4-release-candidate.html 2011-09-30T08:19:00Z 2011-09-30T08:19:00Z

Project Manager and other features added to the advanced text editor

Dr. Leslie Sikos A new version of Notepad++, a comprehensive text editor also suitable for hand coding, has been released. New features such as a Project Manager and sortable Doc Switcher have been introduced along with some bug fixes. http://openmediaweb.eu/2011/09/27/html5-audio-video-course/ 2011-09-29T07:50:00Z 2011-09-29T07:50:00Z

Registration is open

Dr. Leslie Sikos Taught by Mark Boas, a W3C online course on HTML5 Audio and Video will last 5 weeks, from 17 October to 20 November 2011. This course will cover the use of HTML5 media in web pages and applications. Early bird rate is available until 7 October 2011. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/LinkedData/ 2011-09-28T07:40:00Z 2011-09-28T07:40:00Z

Call For Participation

Dr. Leslie Sikos A workshop on Linked Enterprise Data Patterns is being organized by the W3C. The workshop will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 6–7 December 2011. W3C membership is not required for participants. Position papers should be submitted by 25 October. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-progress-events-20110922/ 2011-09-27T08:01:00Z 2011-09-27T08:01:00Z

A new W3C Candidate Recommendation

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification “Progress Events” is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. The Web Applications Working Group at the W3C invites implementations. http://www.extremecom.org/ 2011-09-26T08:31:00Z 2011-09-26T08:31:00Z

3rd Extreme Conference on Communication – The Amazon Expedition

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 3rd Extreme Conference on Communication takes place in Manaus, Brazil on 26–30 September 2011. The program covers interesting topics such as Twitter in disaster mode, Facebook over DTN, localization and tracking in extreme communications, and telemedicine WiFi networks optimized for long distances. http://www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3 2011-09-25T07:49:00Z 2011-09-25T07:49:00Z

Facebook page of the book “Web standards”

Dr. Leslie Sikos http://www.facebook.com/MasteringHTML5CSS3. ]]> http://coneco2009.com/PDCTA/pdcta.html 2011-09-24T08:12:00Z 2011-09-24T08:12:00Z

International Conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing Technologies and Applications

Dr. Leslie Sikos The International Conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing Technologies and Applications takes place at the Manonmaniam Sundharanar University in Tirunelveli, India on 23–25 September 2011. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-InkML-20110920/ 2011-09-23T07:31:00Z 2011-09-23T07:31:00Z

Ink Markup Language, a new standard for the exchange of “digital ink” on the Web

Dr. Leslie Sikos The specification of Ink Markup Language is now a W3C Recommendation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-r2rml-20110920/ 2011-09-22T08:21:00Z 2011-09-22T08:21:00Z

Last Call Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft “R2RML: RDB to RDF Mapping Language” has been published by the W3C. R2RML is a language for expressing customized mappings from relational databases to RDF datasets. Comments are welcome through 1 November. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-rdb-direct-mapping-20110920/ 2011-09-21T08:21:00Z 2011-09-21T08:21:00Z

Last Call Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft A Direct Mapping of Relational Data to RDF has been published by the W3C. The specification defines a direct mapping from relational data to RDF. Comments are welcome through 1 November. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/webtv/ 2011-09-20T13:30:00Z 2011-09-20T13:30:00Z

The Third W3C Web and TV Workshop

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Third W3C Web and TV Workshop takes place at The Globe Theatre at Universal Studios Hollywood in Hollywood, California, USA on 19–20 September 2011. http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/ 2011-09-19T09:10:00Z 2011-09-19T09:10:00Z

The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking takes places in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on 19–23 September 2011. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css-device-adapt-20110915/ 2011-09-18T08:07:00Z 2011-09-18T08:07:00Z

Specify the size, zoom factor, and orientation of viewports in CSS

Dr. Leslie Sikos The First Public Working Draft of CSS Device Adaptation has recently been published by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-dom-20110915/ 2011-09-17T09:59:00Z 2011-09-17T09:59:00Z

The fourth major version of the document model

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft of DOM4 has been updated by the W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-battery-status-20110915/ 2011-09-16T07:56:00Z 2011-09-16T07:56:00Z

DOM event types to provide information about the battery status of the hosting device

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Device APIs Working Group at the W3C has published a Working Draft of Battery Status Events as part of the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-sparql11-results-json-20110913/ 2011-09-15T07:47:00Z 2011-09-15T07:47:00Z

Last Call Working Draft of the specification

Dr. Leslie Sikos The W3C has published a Last Call Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON Format. Comments are welcome through 26 October. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-touch-events-20110913/ 2011-09-14T07:52:00Z 2011-09-14T07:52:00Z

Working Draft updated

Dr. Leslie Sikos The new version of the Touch Events specification has been released. It defines events to represent one or more points of contact with a touch-sensitive surface, the changes of those points, and any DOM elements displayed on it (typically on touchscreens) or associated with it (such as drawing tablets without displays). http://www.atypi.org/2011-reykjavik 2011-09-13T08:13:00Z 2011-09-13T08:13:00Z

WebFonts WG meeting

Dr. Leslie Sikos The ATypI conference takes place at the new Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland from 14 to 18 September 2011. The conference features practical workshops on calligraphy, lettering, typeface design, the latest developments in type technology, tablet typography, education, and Web Fonts. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430240415/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=w3geekwebstan-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1430240415 2011-09-12T09:37:00Z 2011-09-12T09:37:00Z

A book on web standards can be pre-ordered

Dr. Leslie Sikos Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., “Web Standards – Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML”, can be pre-ordered from Amazon. The book provides solutions to the most common website problems, and gives a deep understanding of web standards and how they can be applied to improve any kind of website. The readers will learn how to create fully standards-compliant websites and provide search engine-optimized web documents with faster download times, accurate rendering, correct appearance and layout, lower development cost, approved accessibility, backward and forward compatibility, and easy maintenance and content updating. The book covers all major web standards, focusing on syntax, grammar, recommended annotations, and other standardization concerns. ]]> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-images-20110908/ 2011-09-11T07:03:00Z 2011-09-11T07:03:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft “CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3” has recently been updated. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-mmi-arch-20110906/ 2011-09-10T06:53:00Z 2011-09-10T06:53:00Z

Last Call of the specification “Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces”

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of “Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces” has recently been published. Comments are welcome through 27 September. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webstorage-20110901/ 2011-09-09T07:35:00Z 2011-09-09T07:35:00Z

An HTML5 API for persistent data storage of key-value pair data in Web clients

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Last Call Working Draft of the Web Storage API has recently been published. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-values-20110906/ 2011-09-08T08:04:00Z 2011-09-08T08:04:00Z

Values and units for CSS3 properties

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft “CSS Values and Units Module Level 3” has recently been updated. http://www.w3.org/2010/08/ws-pas.html 2011-09-07T08:23:00Z 2011-09-07T08:23:00Z

Formal approval of a package of W3C Web Services technologies announced

Dr. Leslie Sikos The W3C Web Services standards have been approved as ISO/IEC JTC 1 standards, and are recognized internationally. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-conditional-20110901/ 2011-09-06T09:46:00Z 2011-09-06T09:46:00Z

The first Working Draft of CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3

Dr. Leslie Sikos The first public Working Draft of CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 has recently been published. This module is especially useful for websites with multiple style sheets designed for different media, from printers to the increasingly popular smartphones. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-text-20110901/ 2011-09-05T08:22:00Z 2011-09-05T08:22:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft of the CSS3 Text Module has recently been updated. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-writing-modes-20110901/ 2011-09-04T08:03:00Z 2011-09-04T08:03:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft of the CSS Writing Modes Module Level 3 has recently been updated. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-xmlsec-rngschema-20110830/ 2011-09-03T07:17:00Z 2011-09-03T07:17:00Z

New version of the Working Draft

Dr. Leslie Sikos The Working Draft “XML Security RELAX NG Schemas” has recently been updated. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-rdf11-concepts-20110830/ 2011-09-02T07:18:00Z 2011-09-02T07:18:00Z

The first public Working Draft of RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax

Dr. Leslie Sikos The first public Working Draft of RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax has recently been published. http://ceas2011.debii.edu.au/ 2011-09-01T07:17:00Z 2011-09-01T07:17:00Z

The 8th Annual Collaboration, Electronic messaging, Anti-Abuse and Spam Conference

Dr. Leslie Sikos The The 8th Annual Collaboration, Electronic messaging, Anti-Abuse and Spam Conference takes place in Perth, WA, Australia on 1–2 September 2011. http://www.mobilehci2011.org/ 2011-07-31T09:15:00Z 2011-07-31T09:15:00Z

13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Dr. Leslie Sikos The 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services takes place in Stockholm, Sweden between 30 August and 02 September 2011. http://www.lesliesikos.com/contact/ 2011-07-30T09:09:00Z 2011-07-30T09:09:00Z

A new version of the machine-readable RDF/XML description of Dr. Sikos

Dr. Leslie Sikos RDF triples can be extracted from his RDF file with a single click using Sindice Web Data Inspector. Check his latest RDF graph on his contact page at www.lesliesikos.com/contact ]]>