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W3C accepting proposals for Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services

4 March 2021 | Archive

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Since its founding in 1994 by Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium has developed the foundational technical standards upon which the Web has flourished. The Web and its place in society have changed dramatically, and the Web Consortium has been at the core of its technical interoperability. Today we need a more dramatic transformation to address the opportunities and threats the Web now faces and to continue to shape its future constructively.

W3C is currently headquartered in Massachusetts, with staff members distributed around the world. Four institutions partner to “host” W3C: MIT (USA), ERCIM (France), Keio University (Japan), and Beihang University (China). We are planning the transition to a USA-based incorporated legal entity, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, as of January 1, 2022, which will continue to work with the distributed staff while consolidating financial and administrative functions. The Web Consortium is accepting proposals for Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services; please consult our RFP.

If your organization provides these services please submit a proposal by email to W3CLEadmin@w3.org. If you have any questions, you can send them to that same address.

Interested parties must respond by Friday, April 2, 2021, and we expect to make a selection by Friday, April 9, 2021. We look forward to getting some robust responses!

WebRTC 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation

26 January 2021 | Archive

WebRTCThe Web Real-Time Communications Working Group has published WebRTC 1.0: Real-Time Communication Between Browsers as a W3C Recommendation. This document defines a set of JavaScript APIs to allow media and generic application data to be exchanged with another browser or device implementing the appropriate set of real-time protocols defined in IETF.

WebRTC already serves as a cornerstone of online communication and collaboration services. The WebRTC framework provides the building blocks from which web and app developers can seamlessly add video chat and peer-to-peer data exchange to a range of applications. Billions of users can interact now that WebRTC makes live video chat easier than ever on the Web. To learn more about this timely achievement and what the future holds for WebRTC, please, read our press release.

Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 in Polish

12 March 2021 | Archive

Screenshot showing the w3c logo and the title of the W3C WCAG 2.1 Web Content Accessibility GuidelinesToday W3C published the Authorized Polish Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Wytyczne dla dostępności treści internetowych (WCAG) 2.1. The Lead Translation Organization for this Authorized Translation was the Fundacja Instytut Rozwoju Regionalnego.

Translations in other languages are listed in WCAG 2 Translations. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) particularly encourages the development of Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.1 and other technical specifications to facilitate their adoption and implementation internationally. Read about the Policy for W3C Authorized Translations.

First Public Working Draft: Indexed Database API 3.0

11 March 2021 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Indexed Database API 3.0. This document defines APIs for a database of records holding simple values and hierarchical objects. Each record consists of a key and some value. Moreover, the database maintains indexes over records it stores. An application developer directly uses an API to locate records either by their key or by using an index. A query language can be layered on this API. An indexed database can be implemented using a persistent B-tree data structure.

This is the Third Edition of Indexed Database API, which is intended to supersede Indexed Database API 2.0.

Updated Candidate Recommendation: CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1

11 March 2021 | Archive

The CSS Working Group invites implementations of its updated Candidate Recommendation of CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1. This module contains features to control panning and scrolling behavior with “snap positions”.

Comments are welcome by 11 May 2021.

Updated Candidate Recommendation: Timed Text Markup Language 2 (TTML2) (2nd Edition)

9 March 2021 | Archive

The Timed Text (TT) Working Group invites implementation of its updated Candidate Recommendation of Timed Text Markup Language 2 (TTML2) (2nd Edition). This document specifies the Second Edition of the Timed Text Markup Language (TTML), Version 2, also known as TTML2 (2e), in terms of a vocabulary and semantics thereof. The Timed Text Markup Language is a content type that represents timed text media for the purpose of interchange among authoring systems. Timed text is textual information that is intrinsically or extrinsically associated with timing information. It is intended to be used for the purpose of transcoding or exchanging timed text information among legacy distribution content formats presently in use for subtitling and captioning functions.

Comments are welcome by 6 April 2021.

W3C Invites Implementations of WAI-ARIA 1.2

2 March 2021 | Archive

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group invites implementations of a Candidate Recommendation of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2. This specification provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. These semantics are designed to allow an author to properly convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies in document-level markup. This version adds features new since WAI-ARIA 1.1 to improve interoperability with assistive technologies to form a more consistent accessibility model for [HTML] and [SVG2]. This specification complements both [HTML] and [SVG2].

Please share any implementations or comments by 5 April 2021.

Upcoming: W3C Workshop on Wide Color Gamut and High Dynamic Range for the Web

23 December 2020 | Archive

chromaticity diagram of wide color gamut W3C announced today the W3C Workshop on Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) for the Web, which is being organized as a virtual event in April-May 2021.

The primary goal of the workshop is to bring together browser vendors, content creators, color scientists, and experts in other relevant areas (e.g. accessibility, scripting, security, web) to converge on technologies for enabling WCG and HDR on the Open Web Platform.

The event will be organized as a combination of pre-recorded talks (expressions of interest are due 30 January, with recorded talks to be submitted by 15 March 2021) followed by online issue raising on GitHub, and culminating in a series of live sessions in April and May, organized around three main themes:

  • Wide Color Gamut on the Web
  • High Dynamic Range on the Web
  • WCG and HDR Standardization Landscape

The event is free and open to anyone with relevant perspectives on the topic to register for the event. For more information on the workshop, please see the workshop details and submission instructions.

Deadline to submit a proposal for a talk is 30 January 2021, and registration will be open from mid January until April.

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