Australian W3C Office

Public Interest Presentations

"Introduction and Application of Semantic Web"
By Ivan Herman

This presentation will give an introduction to the main ideas behind the Semantic Web, also known as Web of Data. The talk gives motivation and highlights real life problems that have led to this line of research and development. The presentation also includes application examples on how this technology is used by different organisations and institutions.

"HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web"
By Mike(tm) Smith

For several years (up until 2007), the W3C efforts at producing the next major version of a markup language for the Web focused exclusively on work to develop the XHTML2 language. But since 2007, the W3C has once again turned its attention back to HTML -- the original language of the Web (and the language in which all existing Web content is still written) -- as represented by the HTML5 specification. This talk takes a look at both the HTML5 and XHTML2 work, while providing details about the history behind the development of both languages, and insights into where they fit in the future of the Web.

For more information, you can contact:

Amit Parashar
CSIRO ICT Centre
Post: GPO Box 664, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Office: Building 108, North Road, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra
Telephone: +61 2 6216 7062
Fax: +61 2 6126 7111

Email: w3c-australia@w3.org