Web Technology Update: W3C and Beyond

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Open source technologies continue to grow in popularity. The many standards developed through the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium are now integral components of today's software development. XML, XSLT, CSS, XHTML, WAI, and a host of other acronyms represent technologies that are constantly improving and evolving. This session is designed to brief techical communicators on the latest updates to relevant efforts of the W3C and other standards-setting entities.
You will learn:

What versions of the various W3C technologies are now available
How W3C technologies are currently being implemented
About emerging technologies, like CSS modules, XHTML, AJAX, and VoiceXML, that may soon be of interest to user assistance professionals
Where W3C technologies converge and diverge from proprietary platforms and solutions like IBM WebSphere, WebHelp, mobile devices, Acrobat, and Flash.

Presenter(s): Joe Welinske, WritersUA

Photo of Joe Welinske Joe Welinske is the president of WritersUA, formerly known as WinWriters.
WritersUA is a company devoted to providing training and information for user assistance professionals. Joe has been involved with software documentation development since 1984. Together with Scott Boggan and David Farkas, Joe authored two editions of the popular and pioneering book Developing Online Help for Windows. He has also taught online Help courses at the University of Washington and UC Santa Cruz. Joe is currently the STC liason to the W3C and is serving as President of the Puget Sound Chapter.

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Date	August 15, 2006
Topic	Web Technology Update: W3C and Beyond
Presenter(s)	Joe Welinske, WritersUA
Time	6:00 - 7:00 Networking & Light Snacks 7:00 - 8:30 Program
Location	This is our first attempt in a long while to stage our meeting in the north end of Puget Sound. We hope to offer a convenient location to our members in that area while still being reasonably accessible to our members in other areas. The Embassy Suites is located in Lynnwood, just off the 181a I5 exit. Future meeting locations will be in Seattle, on the East side, and in the South Sound.