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W3C opens Technical Architecture Group (TAG) election

7 December 2020 | Archive

The W3C Advisory Committee, having nominated nine individuals, is invited today to vote until 5 January 2021 for four seats in the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) election.

The TAG is a special working group within the W3C, chartered under the W3C Process Document, with stewardship of the Web architecture. Some aspects of its mission include

to document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary;
to resolve issues involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG;
to help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C.

W3C Strategic Highlights, October 2020

5 November 2020 | Archive

W3C released today to the public the October 2020 edition of the W3C Strategic Highlights, our semi-annual report about the tremendous work to enhance the Web platform and innovate for its growth and strength.

The comprehensive report contains updates in key areas of the Web, illustrates how W3C meets industry needs, and gives the latest information around Web for all and outreach to the world. We also invite you to read W3C CEO’s thoughts on W3C’s 20th Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meetings which just concluded last week.

Call for Review: WebRTC 1.0: Real-Time Communication Between Browsers is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

15 December 2020 | Archive

The Web Real-Time Communications Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of WebRTC 1.0: Real-Time Communication Between Browsers. This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in WebIDL to allow media to be sent to and received from another browser or device implementing the appropriate set of real-time protocols. This specification is being developed in conjunction with a protocol specification developed by the IETF RTCWEB group and an API specification to get access to local media devices.

Comments are welcome through 15 January 2021.

Updated Candidate Recommendation: CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3

8 December 2020 | Archive

The CSS Working Group invites implementation of an updated Candidate Recommendation of CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3. This module contains the features of CSS for conditional processing of parts of style sheets, conditioned on capabilities of the processor or the document the style sheet is being applied to. It includes and extends the functionality of CSS level 2 [CSS21], which builds on CSS level 1 [CSS1]. The main extensions compared to level 2 are allowing nesting of certain at-rules inside @media, and the addition of the @supports rule for conditional processing. Comments are welcome by 15 January 2021.

Updated Candidate Recommendation: Payment Request API

3 December 2020 | Archive

The Web Payments Working Group invites implementation of an updated Candidate Recommendation of Payment Request API. This specification standardizes an API to allow merchants (i.e. web sites selling physical or digital goods) to utilize one or more payment methods with minimal integration. User agents (e.g., browsers) facilitate the payment flow between merchant and user. Comments are welcome by 31 December 2020.

First Public Working Draft: WebXR Layers API Level 1

3 December 2020 | Archive

The Immersive Web Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of WebXR Layers API Level 1. This specification describes support for various layer types used in a WebXR session.

First Public Working Drafts: WoT Architecture 1.1, Thing Description 1.1, Discovery, Profile

24 November 2020 | Archive

The Web of Things (WoT) Working Group has published the following four First Public Working Drafts:

Web of Things (WoT) Architecture 1.1 describes the abstract architecture for the W3C Web of Things based on a set of requirements derived from use cases for multiple application domains. This specification describes a superset of the features defined in the WoT Architecture 1.0 specification.
Web of Things (WoT) Thing Description 1.1 describes the metadata and interfaces of Things, where a Thing is an abstraction of a physical or virtual entity that provides interactions to and participates in the Web of Things. This specification describes a superset of the features defined in the WoT Thing Description 1.0 specification.
Web of Things (WoT) Discovery describes how to discover and obtain the Thing Description of a Thing in a distributed environment for various use cases.
Web of Things (WoT) Profile defines a Profiling Mechanism and a WoT Core Profile, which enables out of the box interoperability among things and devices.

Working Group Note: Web Platform Design Principles

10 November 2020 | Archive

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has published a First Public Working Group Note of Web Platform Design Principles. This document contains a set of design principles to be used when designing Web Platform technologies. These principles have been collected during the Technical Architecture Group’s discussions in reviewing developing specifications. We encourage specification designers to read this document and use it as a resource when making design decisions.

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