WordCamp Denver
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - Matt
WordCamp Denver at the Art Museum, which was a fantastic venue.
Magazine Theme
Friday, February 27, 2009 - Matt
Check out “Magazeen”: Free Magazine-Look WordPress Theme. Even better: it’s GPL.
Denver Dinner
Friday, February 27, 2009 - Matt
Pre-WordCamp dinner in Denver, where it was very cold.
XML Security Working Group Releases Eight Working Drafts
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-26: The XML Security Working Group has published a set of eight Working Drafts. The XML Signature 1.1 and XML Encryption 1.1 First Public Working Drafts make changes to the default sets of cryptographic algorithms in both specifications. XML Security Use Cases and Requirements and XML Signature Transform Simplification: Requirements and Design are documents that we expect to help guide the group's work on a future version of the XML Security specifications that might make more radical changes than the 1.1 series of these specifications. The Working Group would like to receive early feedback on these four drafts.
Last Call: Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-26: The Web Security Context Working Group has published the second Last Call Working Draft of Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines. This specification deals with the trust decisions that users must make online, and with ways to support them in making safe and informed decisions where possible. In order to achieve that goal, this specification includes recommendations on the presentation of identity information by Web user agents. It also includes recommendations for handling errors in security protocols. This second Last Call Working Draft incorporates feedback gathered during the first Last Call period, both from the public and from implementers participating in the Working Group. Comments are welcome through 19 March 2009. Learn more about the Security Activity. (Permalink)
Web Forms 2.0 Draft Superseded by HTML 5
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-26: The HTML Working Group has announced that Web Forms 2.0 has been superseded by material published in drafts of HTML 5. Learn more about HTML. (Permalink)
W3C Open Meeting: Realizing Government Transparency and Openness
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-25: On 12-13 March, W3C's eGovernment Interest Group will hold a special stakeholder meeting in Washington, DC to address a number of issues of high interest to government policy makers, elected officials, and managers of government information technology. Participants will document progressive solutions for electronic government and develop a road map for developing Web standards related to topics such as participation and citizen engagement, open government data, identification and authentication, and long-term data management. The meeting is open to the public, but advance registration is required and seating is limited. W3C thanks the American Institute of Architects for hosting this meeting. Read the media advisory and learn more about the W3C eGovernment Activity. (Permalink)
Last Call: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA); Best Practices and Implementation Guide Drafts Also Published
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-24: The Protocols and Formats Working Group published the Last Call Working Draft of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA). WAI-ARIA defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.
Ryanair Diss
Monday, February 23, 2009 - Matt
In a relatively bizarre case an employee of Ryanair left disparaging remarks about WordPress on someone’s blog. Someone with the airline should apologize.
Om’s India Posts
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Matt
Om has been doing a bit of blogging from here in India: More Bars in More Places and What the Taj Mahal and Apple Have in Common.
ReadWriteWeb France
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Matt
ReadWriteWeb France Catches Up with Matt Mullenweg. The French version of RWW uses WordPress and is doing really well.
Embedding WP.com Video
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - Matt
Implementing WordPress.com Video on a WordPress.org site. It’s easy, but I agree it would be nice if the video media embed popup made this more seamless.
WordPress Bits
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - Ryan
2.7.1 is out, improving upon a solid 2.7 release.
The next version of the iPhone app is almost out and features comment moderation.
2.8 is well underway. So far there have been lots of script loading and DB performance improvements. The first cut of the theme installer is in, and the redesign of the Widgets admin UI is beginning. Custom tag taxonomies now have some built-in admin UI, and proper timezone and DST support is available if you are running PHP 5.
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0: Updated Working Draft
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-17: The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 that is synchronized with the finalized WCAG 2.0. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. Read the invitation to review the ATAG 2.0 Working Draft and about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (Permalink)
Call for Review: Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1 Proposed Recommendation
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-13: The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published the Proposed Recommendations of Service Modeling Language, Version 1.1 and Service Modeling Language Interchange Format Version 1.1. SML extends the coherence-checking mechanisms of W3C XML Schema from individual documents to collections of documents. SML-IF extends the utility of SML by providing mechanisms for gathering together a set of documents whose coherence is guaranteed by an SML schema, which itself is part of the resulting package. Comments are welcome through 12 March. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
Drafts of HTML 5, Differences from HTML 4 Published
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-12: The HTML Working Group has published Working Drafts of HTML 5 and HTML 5 differences from HTML 4. In this version of HTML5, new features are introduced to help Web application authors, new elements are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention has been given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability. Learn more about the HTML Activity. (Permalink)
Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-10: The Web Applications Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events. This specification defines a set of APIs and events for the Widgets 1.0 Family of Specifications that enable baseline functionality for widgets. The APIs and Events defined by this specification defines, amongst other things, the means to:
Incubator Group Report: RDB2RDF
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-10: The RDB2RDF Incubator Group published their final report. In the report, the group recommends that the W3C initiate a WG to standardize a language for mapping Relational Database schemas into RDF and OWL. This publication is part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can innovate and experiment. This work is not on the W3C standards track. (Permalink)
W3C Multimodal Standard Brings Web to More People, More Ways
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-10: As part of ensuring the Web is available to all people on any device, W3C published a new standard today to enable interactions beyond the familiar keyboard and mouse. EMMA, the EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation Markup Language, promotes the development of rich Web applications that can be adapted to more input modes (such as handwriting, natural language, and gestures) and output modes (such as synthesized speech) at lower cost. The document, published by the Multimodal Interaction Working Group, is part of a set of specifications for multimodal systems, and provides details of an XML markup language for containing and annotating the interpretation of user input. Read the press release and testimonials, and learn more about the Multimodal Interaction Activity. (Permalink)
Joëlle du soir [Flickr]
Monday, February 9, 2009 - michel v — intraordinaire.com
michel v — intraordinaire.com posted a photo:
Joëlle on a calm sunday evening. Paris, february 2009.
Joëlle du matin [Flickr]
Sunday, February 8, 2009 - michel v — intraordinaire.com
michel v — intraordinaire.com posted a photo:
Joëlle on a sunny sunday morning. Clichy, february 2009.
Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web: Workshop Report Published
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-05: W3C published today a report from the W3C Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web. Workshop participants identified a number of challenges as high-priority work items, including:
Tim Berners-Lee Speaks at TED2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
Social Networking Challenges Identified by Industry Leaders in W3C Workshop
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-03: W3C has published a report from the Workshop on the Future of Social Networking. Observations from the fifty-five organizations that participated (and submitted 72 position papers) include:
Working Draft: W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1
Monday, February 2, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-02: The XML Schema Working Group has published a Working Drafts of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures and Part 2: Datatypes. This former specifies the XML Schema Definition Language, which offers facilities for describing the structure and constraining the contents of XML documents, including those which exploit the XML Namespace facility. The schema language, which is itself represented in an XML vocabulary and uses namespaces, substantially reconstructs and considerably extends the capabilities found in XML document type definitions (DTDs). The latter defines facilities for defining datatypes to be used in XML Schemas as well as other XML specifications. The datatype language, which is itself represented in XML, provides a superset of the capabilities found in XML document type definitions (DTDs) for specifying datatypes on elements and attributes. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
first neighbour out [Flickr]
Monday, February 2, 2009 - michel v — intraordinaire.com
michel v — intraordinaire.com posted a photo:
Early morning shot of the parking lot under my bedroom window. I like the narrative told by the traces in the snow…
(Shot with the iPhone.)
HTML 5 Receives Support for Authoring Materials
Sunday, February 1, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-02: Dan Connolly, an active member of the HTML community for many years, has received support from Adobe to work on HTML 5 materials for authors. The HTML Working Group Chairs have requested additional resources to ensure that HTML 5 meets the needs of authors and browser developers alike. As a provider of Web development and authoring tools, W3C Member Adobe is not only participating in the Working Group, they have also provided financial support for the open standards process. Learn more about HTML. (Permalink)
Last Call: W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1
Sunday, February 1, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-02: The XML Schema Working Group has published Last Call Working Drafts of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures and Part 2: Datatypes. This former specifies the XML Schema Definition Language, which offers facilities for describing the structure and constraining the contents of XML documents, including those which exploit the XML Namespace facility. The schema language, which is itself represented in an XML vocabulary and uses namespaces, substantially reconstructs and considerably extends the capabilities found in XML document type definitions (DTDs). The latter defines facilities for defining datatypes to be used in XML Schemas as well as other XML specifications. The datatype language, which is itself represented in XML, provides a superset of the capabilities found in XML document type definitions (DTDs) for specifying datatypes on elements and attributes. Comments are welcome through 20 February. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. (Permalink)
Last Call: WebCGM 2.1
Sunday, February 1, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-02: The WebCGM Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of WebCGM 2.1. Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is an ISO standard, defined by ISO/IEC 8632:1999, for the interchange of 2D vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. WebCGM is a profile of CGM, which adds Web linking and is optimized for Web applications in technical illustration, electronic documentation, geophysical data visualization, and similar fields. First published (1.0) in 1999, WebCGM unifies potentially diverse approaches to CGM utilization in Web document applications. It therefore represents a significant interoperability agreement amongst major users and implementers of the ISO CGM standard. Comments are welcome through 01 March. Learn more about the Graphics Activity. (Permalink)
Working Draft: WebCGM 2.1
Sunday, February 1, 2009 - World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
2009-02-02: The WebCGM Working Group has published a Working Draft of WebCGM 2.1. Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is an ISO standard, defined by ISO/IEC 8632:1999, for the interchange of 2D vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. WebCGM is a profile of CGM, which adds Web linking and is optimized for Web applications in technical illustration, electronic documentation, geophysical data visualization, and similar fields. First published (1.0) in 1999, WebCGM unifies potentially diverse approaches to CGM utilization in Web document applications. It therefore represents a significant interoperability agreement amongst major users and implementers of the ISO CGM standard. Learn more about the Graphics Activity. (Permalink)