🚀 go-pugleaf

Tonight (Thursday 24th) a member of the increasingly-exclusive W3C 
HTML Working Group will be speaking at Apple.  This is rather ironic 
because the HTML Working Group has taken several stances detrimental 
to web services on Apple (and most non-wintel) platforms.

Whether you can attend or not, please read and endorse this petition:
  http://www.bovik.org/devup-petition

Your support for interoperability matters; thanks!  :jps

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Silicon Valley Webgrrls (SVW) 

TOPIC: XHTML 

DATE: Thursday, February 24, 2000 

TIME: 7:00-7:30pm Social; 7:30-9:00pm Program 

SPEAKER: Ann Navarro, Chief Operations Officer, HTML Writers Guild,
http://www.hwg.org/, and Founder, WebGeek Communications
http://www.webgeek.com/

DESCRIPTION: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C; http://www.w3.org/)  
recently released XHTML 1.0 as a recommended standard. XHTML 1.0 is a
reformulation of HTML 4 as an XML 1.0 application. With XHTML 1.0, authors
can mix and match known HTML 4 elements with elements from other XML
languages, including those developed by W3C for multimedia (Synchronized
Multimedia Integration Language - SMIL), mathematical expressions
(MathML), two dimensional vector graphics (Scalable Vector Graphics -
SVG), and metadata (Resource Description Framework - RDF). This allows
XHTML 1.0 to provide a foundation for device-independent web access. As a
member of the W3C HTML Working Group, Ann will fill us in on all of the
latest developments, including XHTML 1.1 and Modularization, which is the
specification that will allow the blending of HTML/XHTML with other
XML-based schemas, etc.

LOCATION: Apple Computer, Town Hall Auditorium, 4 Infinite Loop,
Cupertino, CA

COST: Free; open to the public; women and men welcome. 

RSVP: Not necessary. 

SPEAKER BIO: Ann founded WebGeek Communications in January 1996. She
joined and later served as co-leader of the (first) San Francisco chapter
of Webgrrls, before forming a new Central Coast chapter near WebGeek's
original headquarters in Carmel Valley, California. (She is now located in
Florida.) In addition to providing executive direction for WebGeek, she
has recently been named Chief Operations Officer for the HTML Writers
Guild (HWG). Among her many duties, she runs the Online Education program
and manages HWG's involvement as a member organization of the W3C. Her
current activities include participating on the W3C's HTML Working Group,
crafting the XHTML specifications. In her spare time, she's the Silicon
Valley Webgrrls' List Manager. Ann's published works include Effective Web
Design: Master the Essentials, Mastering XML, HTML By Example and the
forthcoming XHTML By Example, which is due this summer.

DOOR PRIZE DONORS (in alphabetical order): 
- Cooper Interaction Design http://www.cooper.com 
- Digiscapes Cyberstore http://www.digiscapes.com 
- RampUp http://www.thinkRampUp.com 
- WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com/ 

SPONSOR: Our ongoing thanks to Apple Computer (http://www.apple.com) for
allowing us to meet in their auditorium.

DIRECTIONS: From I-280 (near I-85), exit De Anza Blvd. and head south.
Turn left at Infinite Loop/Mariani Avenue. Drive to the end of the
cul-de-sac and Mariani Ave. merges with Apple's Infinite Loop, which
circles around its campus. Follow the road around the campus, until you
see "4 Infinite Loop"  on a large black sign. Park nearby. The Town Hall
auditorium is just inside the door to the right.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Call 817-1717 (any area code) or visit
http://www.transitinfo.org 

CONTACTS: Cheryl Downing, 408-257-1049, cdowning@best.com or Lynda Sereno,
SVWpointgrrl@heartsdelights.com 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.svwebgrrls.com/events/