Comments Welcome on First Draft of Requirements and Use Cases for XSLT 2.1

The XSL Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Requirements and Use Cases for XSLT 2.1. This document is a characterization of requirements and use cases for XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.1. The relative priorities to be…

W3C Welcomes Comments on First Draft of XML Processor Profiles

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of XML processor profiles. This specification defines several XML processor profiles, each of which fully determines a data model for any given XML document. It is intended…

Last Call for Drafts Related to XML Security: Encryption, SIgnature, Generic Hybrid Ciphers

The XML Security Working Group has published three Last Call Working Drafts: XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1, XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 1.1, and XML Security Generic Hybrid Ciphers. The group also published a Working Draft of…

First Draft of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.1 Draft Published

The XSL Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.1. This specification defines the syntax and semantics of XSLT 2.1, a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents. The main focus…

XProc Standard Defines Way to Organize and Share XML Workflows

Today W3C announced a powerful tool for managing XML-rich processes such as business processes used in enterprise environments. The W3C Recommendation "XProc: An XML Pipeline Language," provides a standard framework for composing XML processes. XProc streamlines the automation, sequencing and…

XProc Standard Defines Way to Organize and Share XML Workflows

Today W3C announced a powerful tool for managing XML-rich processes such as business processes used in enterprise environments. The W3C Recommendation “XProc: An XML Pipeline Language,” provides a standard framework for composing XML processes. XProc streamlines the automation, sequencing and…

XML Linking Language (XLink) 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation

The XML Core Working Group has published a W3C Recommendation of XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. This specification defines the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1, which allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create…

Associating Schemas with XML documents 1.0 (First Edition) Note Published

The XML Core Working Group has published a Group Note of Associating Schemas with XML documents 1.0 (First Edition). There are several document schema definition languages in common use today that can be used to specify one or more validation…

Call for Review: XHTML Modularization 1.1 – Second Edition Proposed Edited Recommendation Published

The XHTML2 Working Group has published a Proposed Edited Recommendation of XHTML Modularization 1.1 – Second Edition. This document is the second edition of version 1.1 of XHTML Modularization, an abstract modularization of XHTML and implementations of the abstraction using…

XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0 Draft Published

The XML Query Working Group has published a Working Draft of XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0. This specification defines an extension to XQuery 1.0 and XQuery Update Facility. Expressions can be evaluated in a specific order, with later expressions seeing the…

Four XML Security Drafts Published

The XML Security Working Group published four Working Drafts today: XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1, which specifies a process for encrypting data and representing the result in XML. XML Security RELAX NG Schemas, which serves to publish RELAX…

Call for Review: XProc – An XML Pipeline Language Proposed Recommendation

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language. This specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be performed on XML…

Security Drafts Update: XML Signature Syntax and Processing 2.0; Canonical XML Version 2.0

The XML Security Working Group has published two Working Drafts: XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0 and Canonical XML Version 2.0. The first specifies XML syntax and processing rules for creating and representing digital signatures. XML Signatures can be…

Call for Review: XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1 Proposed Recommendation

The XML Core Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. This specification defines the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1, which allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create…

Design Notes for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 2.0 Draft Updated

The XSL Working Group has published a Working Draft of Design Notes for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 2.0. This document describes initial design notes for version 2.0 of the Formatting Object (FO) part of the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). Learn…

Last Call for Two XML Signature Drafts; Other Drafts Updated

The XML Security Working Group published two Last Call Working Drafts: XML Signature Syntax and Processing 1.1, which specifies XML syntax and processing rules for creating and representing digital signatures. XML Signatures can be applied to any digital content, including…

XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0; Use Cases Updated

The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group have jointly published an update to the Candidate Recommendation of XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0, and to the companion Use Cases. The former defines the syntax and formal semantics…

W3C Invites Implementations of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators

The XML Schema Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators. XML Schema: Component Designators defines a scheme for identifying XML Schema components as specified by XML Schema Part 1: Structures…

Last Call: XProc: An XML Pipeline Language

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be performed on XML documents. A pipeline consists of steps. Like pipelines, steps take zero…

New Drafts of XQuery 1.1, XPath 2.1 and Supporting Documents Published

As part of work on XSLT 2.1 and XQuery 1.1, the XQuery and XSL Working Groups have published First Public Working Drafts of XQuery and XPath Data Model 1.1, XPath and XQuery Functions and Operators 1.1, XSLT and XQuery Serialization…

New Internationalization Article: Choosing a Language Tag

The Internationalization Core Working Group publishes information to help people understand and use international aspects of W3C technologies. Recently the group published Choosing a Language Tag. The appearance of RFC 5646 earlier this year added a new ‘extended language’ subtag…

Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) is a W3C Recommendation

The XML Core Working Group has published Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) as a W3C Recommendation. XML namespaces provide a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents by associating them with…

W3C Invites Implementations of Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0

The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0. This document is the specification of the Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) format, a very compact representation for the Extensible Markup Language…

Last Call: W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1

The XML Schema Working Group has published Last Call Working Draft of W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures and Part 2: Datatypes. The former specifies the XML Schema Definition Language, which offers facilities for describing the…

SML XLink Reference Scheme Note Published

The Service Modeling Language Working Group has published a Group Note of The SML XLink Reference Scheme. The Service Modeling Language [SML] specification extends the Extensible Mark-up Language and XML Schema with a mechanism for incorporating into XML documents references…

Two Security First Drafts Published: XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0; Canonical XML Version 2.0

The XML Security Working Group has published two First Public Working Drafts: XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0 and Canonical XML Version 2.0. The former provides integrity, message authentication, and/or signer authentication services for data of any type, whether…

Two Security First Drafts Published: XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0; Canonical XML Version 2.0

The XML Security Working Group has published two First Public Working Drafts: XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 2.0 and Canonical XML Version 2.0. The former provides integrity, message authentication, and/or signer authentication services for data of any type, whether…

XForms 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation

The Forms Working Group has published a W3C Recommendation of XForms 1.1. Forms are an important part of the Web, and they continue to be the primary means for enabling interactive Web applications. Web applications and electronic commerce solutions…

XForms 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation

The Forms Working Group has published a W3C Recommendation of XForms 1.1. Forms are an important part of the Web, and they continue to be the primary means for enabling interactive Web applications. Web applications and electronic commerce solutions…