The W3C Linked Data Platform (LDP) candidate recommendation defines a standard HTTP-based protocol for read/write Linked Data. The W3C R2RML recommendation defines a language to map relational databases (RDBs) and RDF. This paper presents morph-LDP, a novel system that combines these two W3C standardization initiatives to expose relational data as read/write Linked Data for LDP-aware applicatio...

This talk will introduce the W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity, whose goal is to design a framework of specifications to enable access to the Web using multi-modal interaction. In particular we will introduce the Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) language specification. EMMA is an XML language for describing the interpretation of user input, combining transcriptions of raw signals into ...

Google Chrome has implemented a number of “HTML5” APIs, including the Geolocation API and various storage APIs. In this paper we discuss some of our experiences on the Google Chrome team in implementing these APIs, as well as our thoughts around privacy for new APIs we are considering implementing. Specifically, we discuss our ideas of how providing access to things such as speech, web cameras,...

Web Accessibility means that websites, tools, and all technologies are designed in an accessible way for people regardless of any disability other physical limitations. The number disabled is far greater than anyone could estimate. importance online education cannot be ignored as it can provide access to a range educational material available over the internet. There now much discussion about i...