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My Arms Are WAI Too Short
Web Accessibility for Older Users is a report on the needs and the issues that older adults face when using the Web.
- auto
- reading
- wai
SVG + XMPP = whiteboard
There are a few whiteboarding projects (sharing a drawing space) built around SVG and XMPP.
- protocol
- svg
- xmpp
We, Robots Like Music Too
BBC is offering their data under many forms. Their Radio Labs just released a new way to access to their schedule in many formats.
- linked-data
- music
- rdf
- rdfa
- semantic-web
Improving access to Government through better use of the Web
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By: José Manuel Alonso
It’s no secret that just as the web has revolutionized business, the media, and many other parts of our lives, it is also revolutionizing how governments and citizens interact, and how government provide services. But how to do it well is still something of a black art. This post looks at the opportunities the Web provides governments, the challenges, and the role of the W3C in helping to develop underlying, interoperable technologies with which to build these services.
- egov
Syntax for ARIA: Cost-benefit analysis
The ARIA spec. defines roles, states and properties to manage the interface between rich web documents and assistive technologies. The primary expression of roles, states and properties in markup languages is via attributes. ARIA has to specify how its vocabulary of attributes and values can be integrated into both existing and future languages. This analysis assesses alternative approaches to ARIA syntax.
utf-8 Growth On The Web
utf-8 is taking over traditional encodings on the Web.
- html
- html5
- i18n
- implementation
- unicode
- validator
Vertical Layouts for Canvas Text (CJK)
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By: Karl Dubost
How to handle vertical layouts (for example CJK) with Canvas Text API. I give some references to have a snapshot of the constraints and issues.
- api
- cjk
- html
- html5
- i18n
- implementation
- working-group
How to add RDF information to a page using RDFa?
The Semantic Web Activity home page has a number of information that might be of interest for the Semantic Web (eg, for data integration). These should be made these available in RDF, too. How to do that without duplicating information? RDFa is your friend…
- rdf
- rdfa
Web Typography - Your wish list
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By: Karl Dubost
Give your feedback and tell about your wishes list on Web Typography.
- css
- specification
- typography
- working-group
W3C, Process and Perception
W3C Process is often misunderstood. Arnaud Le Hors shared his impressions about it.
- process
- quality
- w3c