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
21 Aug 2024
W3C - Blog
Web Security: shaping the secure Web
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs explains why and how Web Security as a requirement for humanity is central to W3C's mission, mentions digital identities and credentials as a high-stake current focus, and invites all to participate.
21 Aug 2024 12:14pm GMT
13 Aug 2024
W3C - Blog
Societal, ethical, and technical impacts of digital identities
This blog post introduces an analysis of Digital Identities and their various architectural models. The paper focuses on the impact of identities on the Web and users, particularly on privacy, security, and human rights, the role that Web standardization may play in managing that impact and how collaboration among various stakeholders can mitigate these threats.
13 Aug 2024 3:46pm GMT
29 Jul 2024
W3C - Blog
Third-party cookies have got to go
The W3C Technical Architecture Group explains how third-party cookies reduce users' privacy and why they must be removed from the web. This blog post introduces the latest TAG finding, Third-party cookies must be removed.
29 Jul 2024 1:04pm GMT
28 Jun 2024
W3C - Blog
Internationalization (I18N): enabling access to a Web for All
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs illustrates why enabling access to a Web for All is central to W3C's mission, and our internationalization efforts help make this a reachable reality.
28 Jun 2024 9:29am GMT
31 May 2024
W3C - Blog
Web Accessibility: removing barriers, designing a web for everyone
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs aims to inspire people to take action to improve Web accessibility.
31 May 2024 6:57am GMT
16 May 2024
W3C - Blog
The WCAG 3 Working Draft update is ready for your review
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) published an updated WCAG 3 Working Draft, which includes potential outcomes that the group is exploring.
16 May 2024 4:24am GMT