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The SVG Working Group has published a Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2. This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Version 2, a language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. Changes in this working draft include introduction of a new ‘hatch’ element as a refinement on patterns, improved accessibility and integration with HTML through the addition of the ‘tabindex’ attribute and changes to the ‘foreignObject’ element, addition of a new 'auto-start-reverse' attribute value for markers, clarification of CSS transforms on SVG content, and various updates to bring SVG closer in line with CSS best practices. See the full list of modifications in the SVG changes appendix. Learn more about the Graphics Activity.

The XML Security Working Group has published a Group Note of Test cases for Canonical XML 2.0. This document outlines test cases for Canonical XML 2.0. Learn more about the Security Activity.

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Pinterest API continues to be elusive. Ringadoc API streamlines out of office communication between doctors and patients. Plus: SlickText.com readies for an API launch next week and 10 new APIs. Will We See the Pinterest API? Pinterest is one of the most viewed API profiles in our directory and it might make you guess that the API is already released. The Pinterest API continues to be awaited by developers and a report from ReadWriteWeb asks Pinterest about why it is taking so long to release the API. Earlier we had reported about the Pinterest Documentation site becoming available and that raised hopes too. But ReadWriteWeb reports that it has been replaced with a 404. In the absence of an official API, Developers are resorting to scraping the site and that does not make for a sound integration. Given that we are in an API economy, the absence of a Pinterest API is a mystery. Ringadoc API provides Patient-Provider Communication Platform Ringadoc, a leader provider of systems for doctor-patient communication has released the Ringadoc API that aims to funnel all after hours two-way communication into an easily accessible platform. Given our current lives, an increasing amount of patient-doctor communication happens after hours and to respond effectively, doctors need access to this valuable information and respond to it via various devices. The Ringadoc API allows for capturing every call, conference or consultation that happens outside the office in addition to being able to respond to messages that need follow up. This information can also be imported into other applications for analysis purposes. If you are interested in the API, submit an API Request Form. API News You Shouldn’t Miss SMS Marketing Service Provider SlickText.com Announces Launch Date Of API Indonesian Photo App Shares Shares User Breakdown and Will Soon Launch API APIs for Image-Capture Applications ecobee Advances Connected Home Opportunities Through Partners and Public API 10 New APIs Today we had 10 new APIs added to our API directory including a website quality management service, a virtual computing service, a social polling and voting platform, a european city transportation and geographic information service and a major european city travel information service. Below are more details on each of these new APIs. ActiveStandards API: ActiveStandards is a SaaS website quality management platform that helps clients control the users digital property, track web content, and reduce operating costs. The ActiveStandards API enables users to integrate the ActiveStandards content quality checks with third-party CMS, and push web stats to an intranet. An account is required with service, an API key is used for authentication. Bluebox Blocks API: Blue Box is a cloud hosting and managed services company. Blocks is their on demand virtual computing resource. This cloud computing solution allows you to build an infrastructure by combining high performance dedicated equipment with on-demand computing resources. The Blocks API is a RESTful API and supports XML, JSON and YAML response types. API calls allow you to interface with actual block objects, view and create Block templates, view a list of available Block products, and view available locations. BuzzVote API: BuzzVote is a user generated social polling and voting platform. Users can create or vote on questions, and share questions and votes socially. The BuzzVote API provides a developer interface to the entire platform, including management of votes, questions, and many aspects of the site’s social component. The API accepts HTTP POST/GET calls, supports SSL, and returns JSON formatted responses. CitySDK Mobility API: CitySDK is a project that’s designed to make it easier for cities to expose useful information to developers. So far, the cities of Lisbon, Helsinki, Lamia, Rome, and Amsterdam have joined the project. The CitySDK Mobility API exposes information on basic geography, street-level map

Global interest in hackathons is growing fast, with many events booking out shortly after being announced. Developers keen to test out new skills in real world environments, and entrepreneurs who want to connect with a readily assembled network of do-ers are driving global growth in hackathon events. And with more businesses looking to use hackathons as a way to evangelize their APIs, there’s no sign that this trend will slow down any time soon. In a month that started with over 11,000 participants in the National Day of Civic Hacking, upcoming and recent hackathons around the world – from San Francisco to Barcelona to London – have all seen record numbers of interest and were fully booked in advance. HACKtivate ED- A Hackathon for Education from Activate ED on Vimeo. Chian Gong is one of four founders of HACKtivate ED, held in San Francisco from June 14 – 16. Shortly after the event’s announcement, HACKtivate ED booked out its full run of 80 places, but later extended the invitation to allow for another 20 participants. By the time the education-based hackathon was starting, a further 78 developers had been added to the waiting list. Speaking to ProgrammableWeb, Ms Chian Gong, an Education Pioneers Analyst Fellow at Aspire Public Schools, said: “In reading through applications for this event, we found a few themes that participants reiterated: Educators registered with a desire to learn more about technology and how it can help them both in and out of the classroom. Developers & designers have registered for the opportunity to build connections with the education community. In particular, I believe start-ups are hungry for more educator input and forming in-depth relationships with key stakeholders such as schools. Many people across all roles joined the event as a chance to engage in the ed tech community and to meet other passionate, like-minded folks with hopes of finding their niche or a potential partner. There are a number of factors that contribute to this growing popularity. It feels like this generation of folks have really latched onto the idea of social impact and social entrepreneurship: an idea that innovation can help serve our communities. Similarly, the spirit of entrepreneurship is infectious in the Bay Area. People are passionate about building things and scrappy development. These hackathons offer an opportunity to challenge yourself, build something tangible, and meet similar like-minded folks who might turn out to be your next co-founders! There’s also of course some street cred and incentive to participate in a hackathon for the visibility of pitching to impressive judges/funders and validating an idea in a broad, public audience.” At around the same time in Barcelona (on June 13 – 14), the BCN Music Hack Day hosted its 2013 competition. This annual event is held in conjunction with Sonar music festival and is part of a competition series that takes place in 9 cities around the world. 2013 has seen its largest number of competitors, with the event’s 50 places snapped up ahead of time. 26 APIs were used in the competition, and 16 sponsors provided prizes. Winners included Festivalizr, which creates a music festival playlist using the Deezer API, and Hindify, which transforms any audio track into Hindustani music using the Echonest API. Grant Kemp is one of the organizers of the meetup UK Hackathons and Jams, in London, where a Hacked event scheduled for 20-21 July was fully booked out in two weeks. “Two years ago, London had one event every 5 weeks or so,” Mr Kemp said. “Now there are several every weekend, and our meetup group has grown from 0 to 600 members in less than two years.” Kemp credits some pop culture awareness for building knowledge of hackathons, but also sees the real-time learning focus, instant hacker community, and incubator environment as being key drivers. “People see the Facebook movie and are interested in apps and what can be done, and are intrigued by the i

One day, you might be doing your holiday shopping from your car. Elastic Path believes the future of digital commerce will follow the shopping experience, going beyond websites to a new era of smart devices, even ones inside your car. The Vancouver-based ecommerce company just received $8 million in financing, which will go toward supporting the company’s Cortex API, a hypermedia platform that extends the shopping experience to multiple devices. Toronto’s Wellington Financial provided the financing. Elastic Path, which has served as an ecommerce company since 2000, has more recently been focused on developing and marketing its API. Designed for the business person or front-end developer, the ecommerce API handles backend complexity, letting the user embed components such as profile, entitlements, and payment processing into websites, mobile apps, and other smart devices. “Cortex technology is uniquely positioned to link resources from incompatible business platforms into one payload, which solves a major headache for enterprises,” said Sal Visca, Elastic Path’s chief technology officer. “With this investment, we plan to increase our lead in API-enabled ecommerce solutions.” Elastic Path believes that fueled by the API economy, digital commerce is entering a new era, where the shopping experience will take place on a variety of smart devices, letting people buy things anywhere. Google, Pearson, Symantec, Time Inc., Virgin, and Western Union are among Elastic Path’s customers, using the company’s products to drive billions of dollars in digital commerce annually. According to TechCrunch, Elastic Path will also use the funding to integrate with content management companies such as OpenText, with which it recently announced a partnership. Sponsored byRelated ProgrammableWeb Resources ElasticPath API Profile

Vidyo’s VidyoConferencing 3.0 is a major release including a new desktop conferencing system, a sharing and collaboration system,  and two new room system form factors. One of the most interesting features is Vidyoweb that works in browsers to include users of IM clients such as Skype and Google and streamlined experience for guest users on the system. According to the press release, the room systems are built on top of the Intel® NUC (next unit of computing): “Companies can now confidently invest in enterprise-wide solutions that add intuitive and viral end-user experiences to the industry’s most scalable video communications system,” said Ofer Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of Vidyo. “We have seen customer growth explode to an unprecedented level; one customer’s usage has peaked at 750 concurrent calls, another purchased a 1,000 rooms systems in a single deployment, and a third purchased capacity that will support 500 million minutes a year. The lessons from working with these huge use cases have made the Vidyo offering more robust and user-friendly than any other solution on the market.” Vidyo has a suite of APIs that developers can use to integrate its new platform. Its APIs include the one for Vidyoweb mentioned above, and a set of desktop client GUI APIs. The vidyodesktop platform is compatible with Mac, Windows and certain versions of Linux. Sponsored by

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Practical Management Solutions and Insights (PMSI) has launched an open-source API project for business analytics: dimple. Dimple aims to open up the flexibility and power of d3 to analysts. With little d3 knowledge needed, the dimple API gives analysts access to the tools capable of creating dynamic graphical representations of datasets. With over 20 years experience, PMSI continues to consult and build tools that advance the analytics, business strategy, and transaction industries. Dimple represents another arrow in PMSI’s analytical quiver as data visualization and cutting edge graphical representations have taken a significant role in the big data movement. PMSI remains dedicated to giving clients an unparalleled view into ever facet of their business. The dimple API is an object-oriented, JavaScript API targeted for data anlysts that do not necessarily have an extensive JavaScript background. The fundamental objects used for chart creation include chart, axis, series, and storyboard. Developers must include d3.js in any pages for which dimple is used. For more details, visit the dimple GitHub page. Big data has developed into a household term in the Web 2.0 world. Titles such as data scientist and data analyst continue to pop up on job boards. However, the skill set needed to excel in the big data world does not necessarily require computer science capabilities. Dimple aims to bridge the gap between data analyst and computer scientist with a tool that empowers the programmatically-challenged analyst. Dimple could become a common tool for a burgeoning industry. Sponsored byRelated ProgrammableWeb Resources dimple API Profile

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