W3C Tutorial (16): Other W3C Activities

This section provides an overview of some other important and interesting W3C activities.

WAI defines guidelines for how to make web content easier for people with disabilities.

WAI strives for the goal of Web accessibility for all through technology, guidelines, tools, education, research and development projects.

W3C WAI Recommended Standard Mathematical Markup Language - Mathematical Markup Language (MathML)

MathML is an XML standard used to describe mathematical symbols.

MathML's goal is to enable mathematics to be provided, accepted, and processed on the Web, just as HTML can enable text.

W3C MathML Recommended Standard Scalable Vector Graphics - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

SVG is a language used to describe two-bit graphics in XML.

SVG runs three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes, images, and text.

Feature settings include transformation, crop path, alpha mask, filter effects, template objects, and scalability.

W3C SVG 1.1 Recommended Standard

W3C SVG 1.2 Work Draft Ink Markup Language - Ink Markup Language (InkML)

InkML is an XML data format used to express digital ink data, and the input of this data is via an electronic pen or input pen that is part of a multi-path system.

W3C InkML Work Draft Internationalization - Internationalization

The goal of W3C Internationalization Activities is to recommend and adapt any technology, agreements, guidelines and activities within the W3C and along with other organizations to make it easier to use W3C technology globally within different languages, scripts and cultural areas.

W3C International Event Voice Browser Events

The work of W3C's voice browser activity is to enable people to interact through spoken instructions and voice synthesis to extend the scope of the Web.

Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML)

Voice Synthesis Markup Language (VoiceXML)

Speech recognition grammar specification

Voice Browser Call Control (CCXML) W3C Reference

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