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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>Compound Document Formats (CDF)</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/StyleSheets/base.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="style.css" /> <style type="text/css"> p.discontinued { background: #ff4500; color: white; padding: 0.5em; font-size: 1.25em; } </style> <!-- todo: add handheld, print and alternate styles --> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="header"> <h1>Compound Document Formats</h1> <div id="navigation"> <ul title="Areas within CDF"> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/">CDF Home</a></li> <!--<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/news/">News Archive</a></li>--> <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cdf/">Mailing List</a></li> <li><a title="CDF WG home (W3C Members only)" href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/Group/">Working Group</a></li> <li><a title="WICD implementation report" href="CDR-implementations.html">WICD implementations</a></li> <li><a title="CDF and WICD FAQ" href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/cdf-faq.html">CDF and WICD FAQ</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- navigation --> </div> <!-- header --> <div id="content"> <div id="main"> <p class="discontinued"><strong>Note</strong>: The Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group is closed as of 19 August 2010.</p> <div class="important"> A Compound Document is the W3C term for a document that combines multiple formats, such as <a href="https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/">XHTML</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/">SVG</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/">SMIL</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/">XForms</a>. The W3C Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group will specify the behaviour of some format combinations, addressing the needs for an extensible and interoperable Web. </div> <h2 id="welcome">Welcome</h2> <div class="item"> <h3>Compound Document Framework by Reference and WICD Profile Candidate Recommendation documents are available!</h3> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CDR-20070718/">Compound Document by Reference Framework 1.0</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-WICD-20070718/">WICD Core 1.0</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-WICDMobile-20070718/">WICD Mobile 1.0 Profile</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-WICDFull-20070718/">WICD Full 1.0 Profile </a></p> <p>There is a <a href="https://www.w3.org/News/2007#item156">call for implementations </a> and a <a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/CDR-implementations.html">preliminary implementation report.</a> </p> <p>Please send any comments to the <a href="mailto:public-cdf@w3.org">CDF public mailing list</a> (<a href="https://www.w3.org/Mail/">information on W3C lists</a>).</p> <p class="postinfo"><span class="date">21 July 2007</span> <span class="poster">Posted by Kevin E. Kelly</span> </p> </div> <!-- item --> <div class="item"> <h3>Compound Document by Inclusion (CDI) Specification work has begun.</h3> <p>See the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/specs/CDI/cdi-wicd/Overview.html">Working Draft</a>. </p> <p class="postinfo"><span class="date">9 July 2007</span> <span class="poster">Posted by Kevin E. Kelly</span> </p> </div> <!-- item --> <div class="item"> <h3>Compound Document by Reference (CDR) using WICD Profile early implementation work!</h3> <p> The Compound Document by Reference (CDR) WICD Profile early implementation working on a Nokia and a Sony-Ericsson handset. The WICD (Web Integration Compound Document) profile combines XHTML Mobile Profile and SVG Tiny. </p> <p><img height="100%" width="100%" src="CDF_CDR_Implementation_Aug05.jpg" alt="CDR implementation" /></p> <p class="postinfo"><span class="date">9 April 2007</span> <span class="poster">Posted by Kevin E. Kelly</span> </p> </div> <!-- item --> <div class="item"> <h3>The CDF public page</h3> <p> Welcome to the public page for the W3C Compound Document Formats Working Group. </p> <!-- Activity. Unfortunately, the news system isn't really up and running yet. </p> <p> Once it is available, the plan is to provide fairly regular public updates of the Working Group's progress here, as well as any interested related information (such as a public implementation being available). We expect to add RSS and Atom feeds as soon as possible. </p> --> <p> If you have something you want listed here, use the contact address at the bottom of the page. </p> </div> <!-- item --> </div> <!-- main --> <div id="sidebar"> <h2 id="news">CDF in the news</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/News/2007#item156">CDRF and WICD Call for Implementations</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.axistive.com/how-does-compound-document-framework-benefit-us.html">How Does Compound Document Framework Benefit Us?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.abbra.com/products.html">Abbra Vidualize announces support for WICD</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.torgo.com/blog/2007/03/browser-panel-at-sxsw.html">Opera states they are implementing WICD at Browser Panel at SXSW</a></li> <!-- <li><a href="http://www.bitflash.com/prod_playerSVGT.html">BitFlash SVG Tiny Player brings SVG 1.2 to life!</a></li> --> <li><a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3584316">Sun, Openwave 'Bridge' Java Mobility</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=290">JSR 290: Java™ Language & XML User Interface Markup Integration</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=413465&rl=1">Mobile Web Browsing gets WICD</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/14/38OPstrategic_1.html">Reinventing the office suite</a></li> <li><a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-mdcdd/">Model-driven compound document development: Building compound XML documents in Eclipse</a></li> <li><a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-cxdp1/">Compound XML document profiles for rich content, Part 1: Exploring extensibility alternatives using XML Schema</a></li> <li><a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-cxdp2/">Compound XML document profiles for rich content, Part 2: A pattern for developing compound XML document schemas</a></li> </ul> <!-- <p>CDF news as <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/news/">RSS 1.0</a> or <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/news/">Atom</a>. (Not yet available). </p> --> <h2 id="emaillist">Email List</h2> <p> The public email list for CDF is <a href="mailto:public-cdf@w3.org">public-cdf@w3.org</a>. Web <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cdf/">archives</a> are available, as is <a href="https://www.w3.org/Mail/">documentation</a> on subscribing and policy. </p> <h2 id="workinggroup">Working Group</h2> <p> W3C Members can access the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/Group/">CDF Working Group Home Page</a>, which has information on meetings (telephone and face to face). If you'd like to participate in this Working Group and your company is not a <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">W3C Member</a> then we encourage you to <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining">join W3C</a>. </p> </div> <!-- sidebar --> <div id="footer"> Contact: <a href="https://www.w3.org/People/all#schepers/">Doug Schepers</a> </div> <!-- footer --> </div> <!-- content --> </div> <!-- page --> </body> </html>