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w3cdevs, 16 days ago to ai

#AI and #MachineLearning models are shifting a number of core assumptions on which the various Web stakeholders have been relying on for years.
In this presentation at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @dontcallmeDOM reviews the systemic impact and possible mitigation the Web community should consider to ensure the long term prosperity of the #Web in the face of these changes.

▶️ Read the underlying report: https://www.w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/
🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/OwLRtquaLOk

w3cdevs, 18 days ago to privacy

#Privacy and #security, fundamental to #HumanRights and civil liberties, have always been key W3C agenda items.

At the recent @w3c member meeting in Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @simone - new W3C Security Lead - outlined a three-pillar approach to security: developing security standards, verifying those standards, and guiding #developers to create a secure web.

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_dq28QMKdeM

ivan_herman, 18 days ago to random

A long overdue standard has now been published at W3C: "RDF Dataset Canonicalization". Essential for security related operations with RDF Datasets...

Note that the standard is published alongside 8 full implementations, which is great.

https://www.w3.org/news/2024/rdf-dataset-canonicalization-is-a-w3c-recommendation/

#rdf

w3cdevs, 23 days ago to languagelearning

The current frequency of language usage on the Web (e.g. 52% of websites in English) doesn't reflect the diverse cultural and linguistic needs essential for global access, highlighting the importance of internationalization (i18n).

Fuqiao Xue, @w3c i18n activity lead, gave a comprehensive report of past and future @webi18n work, collaborating with spec and #browser #developers to address gaps, particularly for endangered scripts and #languages.

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/re7dazZZuTc

w3cdevs, 23 days ago to random

At the @w3c member meeting in Hiroshima 🇯🇵 last month, @torgo presented the @tag work, illustrating how the W3C TAG (Technical Architecture Group) offers technical leadership through the "Securing the Web" case study, and using the design principles for new web features as an additional example.

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Vl12EcTh7Ao

w3cdevs, 1 month ago to internet

The #Internet and #web prove vital in emergencies, enabling seamless collaboration and information sharing.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Dr. Naoshi Hirata, U. of Tokyo, presented "distributed disaster management data" using a case study for the Noto peninsula earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, 2024.
#SVG

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/v3vV8i2-3Ts

w3cdevs, 1 month ago to random

🗳️ The @ab election is starting, with 6 candidates for 5 seats. The @w3c membership has until 29 May 2024 to choose their Advisory Board representatives.

The 6 candidates are: Wei Ding (Huawei), Tatsuya Igarashi (Sony), @frivoal (#W3CInvitedExpert), Hiroshi Ota (LY), Max Gendler (The News Corp.) and Elena Lape (Holopin).
▶️ Read their statements: https://www.w3.org/2024/04/ab-nominations

The @ab provides ongoing guidance to the @w3c team. Their work priorities for 2024 are documented in: https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB/2024_Priorities

w3cdevs, 1 month ago to privacy

In the evolving digital landscape, "Identity on the Web" is crucial for online interaction, #privacy and #security.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Heather Flanagan, co-chair of the newly created W3C Federated Identity #WorkingGroup discussed challenges in establishing a common understanding of #identity and explored this topic's technological, social, and #ethical dimensions in relation to the W3C’s mission.

▶️ https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/fedid/
🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/GI3UTZJ0Ue4

w3cdevs, 1 month ago to github

Securing Verifiable Credentials using JOSE and COSE is a @w3c #CandidateRecommendation !#timetoimplement
▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-jose-cose/

#VerifiableCredentials enhance trust, privacy, and control in digital interactions by enabling owners to manage how their information is shared and verified. This specification outlines how JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) can secure #VerifiableCredentials using JOSE and COSE.

Feedback is welcome in #GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/vc-jose-cose/

w3cdevs, 2 months ago to random

📢 @openwebdocs published its "Impact and Transparency Report 2023":
▶️ https://openwebdocs.org/content/reports/2023/

Notably, OWD both contributed and reviewed the greatest number of pull requests to the @MDN content and browser compat data repos. It also completed the PWA doc rewrite and compat data updates. It joined @w3c WebDX #CommunityGroup (cc @tidoust and @patrickbrosset) to define baseline, and started Web security doc. research, etc., etc.

@dontcallmeDOM (W3C) is a member of OWD's governing committee.

w3cdevs, 2 months ago to ai

The @w3c breakouts day 2024 recap is out!
▶️ https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/breakouts-day-2024-recap/

Participants organized 19 sessions, covering:

• detailed technical discussions (FedCM, #RDF)
• strategic discussions (#AI, #Privacy, funding the ecosystem)
• ideas for more efficient work (incubation, managing registries)
• new/proposed groups (#identity, real estate)
• Web for #developers (@MDN, @openwebdocs, installing #WebApps)

Check session slides, minutes, notes and links, and potential follow-up discussions.

w3cdevs, 2 months ago to random

Data Integrity BBS Cryptosuites v1.0 has just been published as a #w3c Candidate Recommendation #timetoimplement !

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/CR-vc-di-bbs-20240404/

This specification describes how to generate digital #signatures for ensuring the authenticity and integrity of #VerifiableCredentials using the BBS signature scheme (👀 BBS is the acronym of its creators: Boneh, Boyen and Shacham).

See also the "BBS Cryptosuite v2023 Explainer" explainer: https://github.com/w3c/vc-di-bbs/blob/main/EXPLAINER.md

w3cdevs, 2 months ago to random

📢 Breakouts Day 2024: session for web #developers on web-features, baseline and #compatibility data

🗓️ Join us tomorrow, 12 March, 14:00-15:00 UTC

In this session, @tidoust, @patrickbrosset and @kadirtopal provide updates regarding the web-features project, utilizing it to contribute to the standardization process, along with supplementary data, tooling and visualizations to make web-features a powerful tool for standards bodies.

cc @MDN #caniuse #WebPlatformTests

▶️ https://www.w3.org/2024/03/breakouts-day-2024/#b-9e7690a7-cd77-4192-ab60-337243f9b70a

w3cdevs, 2 months ago to random

🗓️ 12 March from 13:00-15:00 UTC and 21:00-23:00 UTC

The @w3c Breakouts Day 2024 agenda is available!
▶️ https://www.w3.org/2024/03/breakouts-day-2024/

We invite you to take part in these one-hour sessions and give your input! Anyone with a W3C account (including non-Members) can participate. No fee or registration is required.

w3cdevs, 3 months ago to random

Want to contribute to the "W3C Breakouts day 2024" event?

Don't forget the 29 Feb. deadline to submit one (or more) breakout sessions.

Anyone with a @w3c account (including non-Members) can participate in any session. No fee or registration is required.

Current proposals: https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2024/issues

▶️ For information about best practices, proposing a session, and more, see: https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2024

w3cdevs, 3 months ago to random

📆 12 March: W3C Breakouts day 2024!

We are happy to announce an experiment with a remote breakout session event.

Deadline for proposals: 29 February

Participate now! Anyone with a W3C account (including non-Members) can participate in any session. No fee or registration is required.

▶️ https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2024

w3cdevs, 3 months ago to accessibility

Jade Matos Carew, Head of Digital Accessibility and Usability at The Open University, and member of the W3C Accessibility Education and Outreach #WorkingGroup, presents @wai resources developed to support the adoption of #accessibility standards, particularly relevant to #Europe.

#W3CMember #UK 🇬🇧

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/N8FcgCljSjY
▶️ See also the slides and transcript: https://www.w3.org/2024/Talks/w3c-in-europe/eowg.html

w3cdevs, 3 months ago to France

Jean-Luc di Manno, digital #payment and #authentication solution architect at Fime, and member of the W3C Web Payments #WorkingGroup, presents how Secure Payment Confirmation (SPC) addresses a key issue in the #European payment ecosystem.

#W3CEuropeMember 🇪🇺 #France 🇫🇷

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/lq9t0ZUJdsw

▶️ See also the slides and transcript: https://www.w3.org/2024/Talks/w3c-in-europe/spc.html

w3cdevs, 3 months ago to wot

Sebastian Käbisch (Siemens), co-chair of the @wot #InterestGroup and #WorkingGroup, showcases how Web of Things #WoT technologies aid in developing #IoT apps and their adoption in the #European ecosystem.

#W3CEuropeMember 🇪🇺 #Germany 🇩🇪

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/pBuDoLG6M6I
▶️ See also the slides and transcript: https://www.w3.org/2024/Talks/w3c-in-europe/wot.html

w3c, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Internationalization is making the World Wide Web worldwide. Fuqiao Xue has taken over as W3C Internationalization Lead, while Richard Ishida has transitioned to semi-retirement and will focus on Language Enablement.

Fuqiao notes: "Languages are more than just a means of communication. They are vessels of culture, carrying with them traditions, stories, knowledge, and ways of understanding the world that have been passed down through generations."

Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/internationalization-i18n-leadership-change-and-goals-for-the-future/

w3cdevs, 4 months ago to security

🆕 The #SecureWebForward #W3CWorkshop report is now live! Dive into key insights shaping the future of web #security. @openssf, @owasp and @openjsf

▶️ https://www.w3.org/2023/03/secure-the-web-forward/report.html

Acking the challenges #developers face due to the growing complexity of web #apps, participants explored three crucial themes:

• supply chain security
• JavaScript security
• developer awareness

The wsp talks are avail. on #YT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNhYw8KaLq2V-EvC1Mcdms3xvkrXjNEpX (w/ subtitles both in #English and #Chinese)

w3cdevs, 5 months ago to random

Election results for the @tag! @w3c members elected: @torgo,
Matthew Atkinson, @peter, Dapeng Liu and Martin Thomson. Congrats! 👏 👏

They join @tag's emeritus chair #timbernerslee and continuing participants @hadleybeeman, @rhiaro, @hober and @leaverou. @wz43rtx remains the staff contact.

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) provides feedback on nearly any Web related specification, including work happening outside @w3c. Find out how to work with the @tag: https://tag.w3.org/workmode/

w3c, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

W3C has posted that we are no longer active on X/Twitter and have directed all our followers here to Mastodon.

We are encouraging all W3C-related accounts to do the same.

Encourage your friends to follow us here!