XSL-FO 2.0 Requirements Workshop: Call for Participation2006-08-22: W3C announces the Workshop on Gathering Requirements for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 2.0 to be held 18 October in Heidelberg, Germany, hosted by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.TheWorkshop will be held in conjunction with a symposium on Web printingat the same location. Participants will discuss the requirements, features and design of a future version of the formatting part of the Extensible Stylesheet Language also called XSL-FO. Read about W3C Workshops and the XML Activity. (News archive)
Web Forms 2.0: Working Draft2006-08-21: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Web Forms 2.0. Extending HTML 4, XHTML 1.1 and the DOM, Web Forms 2.0 features include new strongly-typed input fields, attributes, declarative repeating of form sections, DOM interfaces, DOM events, and XML submission and initialization of forms. Web Forms 2.0 leverages the knowledge authors have gained with their experience with HTML. Read about Rich Web Clients. (News archive)
Web Applications Packaging: Working Draft2006-08-21: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Web Applications Packaging Format Requirements. The document specifies design goals and requirementsfor packaging small client-side Web applications known as “widgets”, “gadgets” or “modules,” used to display and update remote data. Applications such as clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games andweather forecasters are packaged to allow a single download and installation on a client machine. Read about Rich Web Clients. (News archive)