W3C Invites Implementations of Emotion Markup Language (EmotionML) 1.0

The Multimodal Interaction Working Group. has published a Candidate Recommendation of Emotion Markup Language (EmotionML) 1.0. As the web is becoming ubiquitous, interactive, and multimodal, technology needs to deal increasingly with human factors, including emotions. The specification of Emotion Markup Language 1.0 aims to strike a balance between practical applicability and scientific well-foundedness. The language is conceived as a "plug-in" language suitable for use in three different areas: (1) manual annotation of data; (2) automatic recognition of emotion-related states from user behavior; and (3) generation of emotion-related system behavior.
The group also published Vocabularies for EmotionML, a Working Group Note.
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Registration for W3C Online Course on Programming Mobile Web Apps; Early Bird Rate through 25 May

W3C is pleased to announce that registration is open for a new edition of the W3C online course "Mobile Web 2: Programming Web Applications". Developed by the W3C/MobiWebApp team and taught by Marcos Caceres, this course gives developers all the tools and knowledge necessary to write mobile Web applications that can ship both online and in application stores, using today's advanced technologies. The 6-week course begins 11 June. An early bird rate of 195 Euros is available until 25 May; after that date the full price is 225 Euros so register now.

Call for Review: Geolocation API Specification Proposed Recommendation Published

The Geolocation Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of Geolocation API Specification. This specification defines an API that provides scripted access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device. Comments are welcome through 10 June. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.