W3C Accelerates Efforts to Build a More Secure Web with Launch of Web Authentication Working Group
17 February 2016 | Archive
W3C Announced today the launch of the Web Authentication Working Group whose goal is to develop standards using strong cryptographic operations in place of password exchange. This approach offers a more secure and flexible alternative to password-based log-ins on the Web, often seen as being annoying to use and offering weak protection.
“When strong authentication is easy to deploy, we make the Web safer for daily use, personal and commercial,” said Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Web Inventor and W3C Director. “With the scope and frequency of attacks increasing, it is imperative for W3C to develop new standards and best practices for increased security on the Web.”
The W3C’s Web Authentication technical work is being accelerated thanks to a W3C member submission of FIDO 2.0 Web APIs from members of the FIDO Alliance. The submitted APIs are intended to ensure standards-based strong authentication across all Web browsers and related Web platform infrastructure.
The new Web Authentication Working Group’s first meeting will take place 4 March 2016 in San Francisco, conveniently timed for people who are also attending the RSA USA Conference. For more information about the Web Authentication Working Group, see the press release.
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First Public Working Drafts: Micropub and ActivityPub
28 January 2016 | Archive
The Social Web Working Group has published two First Public Working Drafts:
Micropub: Micropub is an open API standard that is used to create posts on one’s own domain using third-party clients. Web apps and native apps (e.g. iPhone, Android) can use Micropub to post short notes, photos, events or other posts to your own site.
ActivityPub: The ActivityPub protocol is a social networking protocol based upon the ActivityStreams 2.0 data format. It is based upon experience gained from implementing and working with the OStatus and Pump.io protocols.
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Data on the Web Best Practices: Dataset Usage Vocabulary Draft Published
28 January 2016 | Archive
The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group has published the near final version of its Dataset Usage Vocabulary. It is designed to answer the natural desire of publishers to be able to see how the data that they have gone to the effort of sharing is being used. Dataset users can encourage continued publication by providing that information.
By specifying a number of foundational concepts used to collect dataset consumer feedback, experiences, and citation references associated with a dataset, the Dataset Usage Vocabulary allows APIs to be written to support collaboration across the Web by structurally publishing consumer opinions and experiences, and provide a means for data consumers and producers to advertise and search for published open dataset usage.
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