23 Apr 2025
W3C - Blog
EPUB3.3 Recommendations published, work begins on new features
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group (PMWG) has finalized the EPUB 3.3 specification, clarifying language and aligning it with related specifications. The group is now working on the next major revision, EPUB 3.4. This revision will include new features such as dark mode support and standardized footnote/endnote practices. Additionally, new task forces are exploring digital comics support and EPUB annotations.
23 Apr 2025 3:03pm GMT
22 Apr 2025
W3C - Blog
Join the W3C Exploration Interest Group: where standards start
The goal of the Exploration Interest Group is to provide a platform to help W3C investigating emerging technology trends, analyzing their impacts on the evolution of Web technologies, and proposing ways for W3C to collaborate shaping the trends for the benefit of the Web users.
22 Apr 2025 10:23am GMT
13 Mar 2025
W3C - Blog
First catalog of web features completed by the WebDX Community Group
The WebDX Community Group has completed a first nearly complete catalog of web features targeted at web developers, along with support data across main browsers. The catalog already powers MDN, Can I Use, and is now being integrated in tools and libraries. Feedback welcome!
13 Mar 2025 11:58am GMT
06 Mar 2025
W3C - Blog
How to protect your Web applications from XSS
The W3C SWAG (Security Web Application Guidelines) Community Group, launched in June 2024, aims to simplify security features in web app development. SWAG's mission is to enhance web app security by creating best practices for developers and fostering collaboration. A key output includes videos on configuring CSP and Trusted Types, which mitigate XSS. Based on Google's adoption experience, these resources offer tools to help developers securely configure these protections with minimal effort.
06 Mar 2025 7:16pm GMT
24 Feb 2025
W3C - Blog
International standards and World Economic Forum (WEF)
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs shares impressions from representing W3C for the first time at the World Economic Forum, and illustrates how our distinctive human-centric focus in the world of Standards Development Organizations positions W3C to be helping to shape the future of the web.
24 Feb 2025 5:29pm GMT
10 Jan 2025
W3C - Blog
Collaborating across W3C and Ecma for web-interoperable server runtimes through WinterTC
The W3C Web Interoperable Runtimes Community Group ("WinterCG") and Ecma International (the organization which standardizes ECMAScript, also known as JavaScript) have collaborated to create a new Ecma Technical Committee,TC55 - Web-interoperable server runtimes, dubbed "WinterTC", for the development of a common web-aligned API surface for server-side JavaScript runtimes like Node.js, Deno and Cloudflare Workers.
10 Jan 2025 3:27pm GMT
18 Dec 2024
W3C - Blog
Happy holidays from the World Wide Web Consortium
Discover the World Wide Web Consortium's 30th anniversary year animated holiday card and read about some of the highlights of the year 2024 in W3C's CEO Seth Dobbs' blog post.
18 Dec 2024 7:45pm GMT
17 Dec 2024
W3C - Blog
W3C seeking community input for TAG appointment
W3C is seeking community input between December 17 and January 5 for appointment to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG), to complement the TAG election by actively seeking candidate appointees in order to support a diverse and well-balanced TAG, including diversity of technical background, knowledge, and skill sets.
17 Dec 2024 12:00am GMT
16 Dec 2024
W3C - Blog
Ethical Web Principles: Building a better web
The Ethical Web Principles are a manifesto of W3C's core values and principles. In this post, W3C Technical Architecture co-chair Dan Appelquist outlines how to go from words to action.
16 Dec 2024 9:42pm GMT
12 Dec 2024
W3C - Blog
W3C Statement on Ethical Web Principles guides the community to build a better web
The Ethical Web Principles, which build on W3C's core values and principles in the web and its architecture, are a call to action for the web industry and for W3C itself, aiming to deliver positive social outcomes. As we expand the web platform, we must consider the consequences of our work. As members of the web community, we each play a part in shaping its future.
12 Dec 2024 7:23am GMT
14 Nov 2024
W3C - Blog
AIOTI Workshop on Semantic Interoperability for Digital Twins at ERCIM
the workshop will discuss Semantic interoperability - key to open ecosystems on the Web
14 Nov 2024 8:00am GMT
04 Nov 2024
W3C - Blog
Sustainable Web Interest Group is formed
Announcement of the formation of the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group.
04 Nov 2024 2:26pm GMT
23 Oct 2024
W3C - Blog
W3C 30th anniversary & impressions on my first TPAC
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs describes W3C's 30th anniversary event, and shares his impressions after attending for the first time a W3C TPAC which attracts in a week several hundreds from the W3C community in order to coordinate solutions to web problems.
23 Oct 2024 9:38pm GMT
16 Oct 2024
W3C - Blog
Reflections on TPAC 2024 Breakouts
In this post, the staff who organize TPAC breakout sessions share thoughts on the topics covered this year and some feedback received so far.
16 Oct 2024 2:49pm GMT
14 Oct 2024
W3C - Blog
On the 55th World Standards Day, my history of the Web and relationship with W3C
In this blog post, W3C's Head of Marketing and Communications Coralie Mercier shares a recent filmed interview for W3C Member Igalia on the history of the Web, and reflects on the importance of standards and how they are done in the very long run.
14 Oct 2024 1:25pm GMT
19 Sep 2024
W3C - Blog
Accessibility education and outreach: Another milestone in W3C's 30-year history and evolution
As W3C celebrates 30 years, we also celebrate the success of the Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG), share news of its closure, and look forward to a new chapter in W3C accessibility work.
19 Sep 2024 7:02pm GMT