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EmailLists
W3C HTML WG Email Lists
Numerous (public-html-) lists are used to conduct W3C HTML Working Group business and deal with proposals and issues.
Contents
Public HTML
Purpose: for technical discussions of HTML 5. It is the primary communication channel for the HTML working group.
- public-html Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html
- Subscription is automatic for HTML WG members. Join the HTML working group to participate.
- Unsubscribing is automatically accomplished through resigning from the working group.
- List Guidelines
A11y
Purpose: for the HTML Accessibility Task Force, a joint task force of the HTML WG and the PFWG.
Announce
Purpose: for announcements of surveys, drafts, formal proposals, meeting agendas, minutes, and other important HTML WG business.
- public-html-wg-announce archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-wg-announce
- Subscription is automatic for HTML WG members. Join the HTML working group to participate.
- Unsubscribe public-html-wg-announce
- Public-html-wg-announce RSS feed
Bugzilla
Purpose: to distribute and archive all messages generated for the "HTML WG" product in the public W3C bugzilla. It is used to keep track of proposals and bugs. "Anyone from the wider public can raise issues in the bugzilla -- not just members of the HTML WG nor people who have set up W3C accounts, with the guarantee that both the (co-chair) and the HTML5 editor will see them, and that the editor will add them to his queue of issues to respond to." For more information visit Why public-html-bugzilla@w3.org?.
- public-html-bugzilla archives
- Setting up a new account.
- Using Bugzilla
- Subscribe via your Bugzilla Email Preferences.
- Unsubscribe via your Bugzilla Email Preferences.
- responding to bugzilla: Do's and Don'ts.
Bugzilla for HTML WG Process Issues
It was decided at the 2 February 2010 Working Group Teleconference to instate a bugzilla component for process issues. If you go to Bugzilla the drop down component menu contains "working group Decision Policy" (it is the last item).
Canvas API
Purpose: to facilitate focused discussion on the canvas API and to encourage participation in that discussion from graphics experts and others who may not be members of the HTML working group (and may not want to be).
- public-canvas-api Archives
- mail a new topic to public-canvas-api
- Subscribe public-canvas-api
- Unsubscribe public-canvas-api
Comments
Purpose: for public comments on the HTML 5 specification(s) and responses from the HTML WG.
- public-html-comments archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-comments
- Subscribe public-html-comments
- Unsubscribe public-html-comments
Commits
Purpose: for commit notifications for dev.w3.org/html5
- public-html-commits Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-commits
- Subscribe public-html-commits
- Unsubscribe public-html-commits
Differences
Purpose: Automated notification list. For each change to an HTML document maintained in the dev.w3.org/html5 repository space, a new HTML diff is automatically generated and uploaded, and a notification with a URL for that diff gets posted to this list.
- public-html-diffs Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-diffs
- Subscribe public-html-diffs
- Unsubscribe public-html-diffs
Forms
Purpose: for forms joint task force discussion per March 2007 HTML WG charter and Forms WG charter
- public-forms-tf Archives
- mail a new topic to public-forms-tf
- Subscription info? Seems restricted to Task Force Members.
HTML Editor
Purpose: for sending comments and reporting errors of the HTML/XHTML specifications.
- www-html-editor Archives
- mail a new topic to www-html-editor
- Subscribe www-html-editor
- Unsubscribe www-html-editor
Issue Tracking
Purpose: for Issue Tracker discussion.
- public-html-wg-issue-tracking Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-wg-issue-tracking
- Subscription info? Seems restricted to Issues Tasks Force Users.
Purpose: for discussion of HTML and email - authoring, security, and rendering.
- public-html-mail Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-mail
- Subscribe public-html-mail
- Unsubscribe public-html-mail
Test Suite
Purpose: development of test suites for HTML-related specifications.
- public-html-testsuite Archives
- mail a new topic to public-html-testsuite
- Subscribe public-html-testsuite
- Unsubscribe public-html-testsuite
Relevant Related W3C Lists
WAI XTECH
Purpose: Protocols and Formats Working Group's wai-xtech mailing list is for ensuring accessibility considerations are taken into account in all specifications produced by the W3C. The process for involving PF in accessibility issues in HTML5 is outlined in Judy Brewer's May 24, 2007 email. It is also detailed at the Paciello Group Blog.
- wai-xtech Archive
- mail a new topic to wai-xtech
- Process to subscribe to wai-xtech.
- Unsubscribe from wai-xtech.
WWW Archive
Purpose: for making a public archive of any W3C/web-related business, for example discussion of working group process.
Other W3C Public mailing lists
www-html, a mailing list created in 1994 to discuss HTML, is still available for discussions related to HTML. But it is not associated with the HTML Working Group, which conducts its business through its own mailing lists, with the primary one being public-html.
A full listing of other W3C Public mailing lists is available.