nfoWorks: Pursuing Harmony

*nfoWorks*	*Pursuing Harmony* *tools for document interoperability*	privacy attribution
This is the web diary for nfoWorks and realization of the Harmony Principles. Pursuing Harmony tracks nfoWorks research, analysis, specification, and implementation of tools for document interoperability. There is commentary on related activities that address conformance, interoperability, and harmonization of document formats. Blog Feed Recent Items Republishing before Silence The Real Challenge of Achieving and Sustaining Int... Let’s Try This for a While Hooptedoodle: Blog Aversion and Standards Ignoranc... ODF Implementation-Support Toolkits and Libraries Adding Pursuing Harmony to Technorati Office Shots for Confirmed ODF Interchange Fidelit... ODF Interoperability at The Hague ODF and IPR/Licensing Concerns Open Government Data: Simple Principles The nfoCentrale Blog Conclave Millennia Antica: The Kiln Sitter's Diary nfoWorks: Pursuing Harmony Numbering Peano Orcmid's Lair Orcmid's Live Hideout Prof. von Clueless in the Blunder Dome Spanner Wingnut's Muddleware Lab (experimental) nfoCentrale Associated Sites DMA: The Document Management Alliance DMware: Document Management Interoperability Exchange Millennia Antica Pottery The Miser Project nfoCentrale: the Anchor Site nfoWare: Information Processing Technology nfoWorks: Tools for Document Interoperability NuovoDoc: Design for Document System Interoperability ODMA Interoperability Exchange Orcmid's Lair TROST: Open-System Trustworthiness	2008-10-15 Simplifying Speech-Enabled Applications Technorati Tags: text-to-speech, W3C, Harmony Principles, interoperability, document rendering, document accessibility Via the Cover Pages: XML Daily Newslink for 2008-10-14, I learn that the W3C has standards for speech-enabled/-enabling web applications. The addition announced today is the W3C Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Standard. This is an accessibility as well as a convenience feature. PLS is intended to work with Text to Speech (TTS) and VoiceXML applications. The PLS lexicon is an XML document and there is allowance for blended use with other namespaces. This suggests to me that there is prospective use in interchange of office-productivity documents for various purposes. I don’t expect that this will fit into any foreseeable level of harmonized features. I am placing this marker because it may well feature in accessibility provisions at some point, even if accomplished via a public-profile agreement involving foreign elements. The accessibility angle is an important one to keep an eye on for its interoperability, interchange, and preservation potential. Labels: accessibility, document rendering, interoperability ¶ posted by orcmid at 10/15/2008 12:02:00 PM from: