2 October 2001: W3C has published a response to public comments
received on the W3C
Patent Policy Framework. Prepared by the Patent Policy Working
Group, the draft proposes a patent policy for W3C Working Groups and
Members. Thanks to requests from the Web community, the W3C Team has
extended a public and Member review period through 11 October. Your comments
are welcome. (News archive)
Character
Model Working Draft Published
30 September 2001: The W3C
Internationalization Working Group has released a Working Draft of the
Character Model for the World
Wide Web 1.0 recording changes made since the first Last Call. This
document provides authors of specifications, software developers, and
content developers a common reference for interoperable text
manipulation. Read about W3C's work on internationalization. (News
archive)
Platform for
Privacy Preferences 1.0 Last Call Working Draft Published
30 September 2001: The P3P Specification
Working Group has released The
Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P 1.0) Last Call Working
Draft with an amendment (an embedded DATASCHEMA is now
child of POLICIES rather than of POLICY ). Comments
are welcome through 15 October. P3P simplifies and automates the
process of reading Web site privacy policies, promoting trust and
confidence in the Web. Read the answers to frequently asked questions about P3P and more on
the W3C Privacy Activity. (News
archive)
XML Schema:
Formal Description Working Draft Published
25 September 2001: The XML Schema Working
Group has released an updated Working Draft of XML Schema: Formal
Description. Based on the syntax in XML
Schema Part 1: Structures, the formalization is a declarative
system for describing and naming XML Schema information, specifying XML
instance type information, and validating instances against schemas.
Read about the W3C XML Activity. (News
archive)
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