This report, dated May 29, 2020, was prepared for the May 2020 Virtual W3C Advisory Committee Meeting (W3C Member link). It accompanies the W3C Strategic Highlights – May 2020. For the previous edition, see the September 2019 fact sheet. Some links may be Member-only.
291 Technical Reports were published between September 5th 2019 to May 29th 2020. 80 transition requests were reviewed by the Director.
The W3C Strategy function maintains the Strategy Funnel to coordinate among communities developing new work. We explore, investigate, and help incubate that work, evaluate its readiness for the standards-track, and shepherd chartering when ready.
Strategy Funnel tracks new activity:
Upcoming virtual workshop: W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series on Maps for the Web.
Read more about the Strategy Funnel and contribute on GitHub.
W3C succeeds only if it actually gets the work done that it is committed to deliver. The W3C Project function focuses on meeting all of the milestones of all of the groups, facilitating the work of Team Contacts, Chairs, and Editors to ensure that the work is moving forward appropriately, and driving the work necessary to achieve operational success.
Thousands of inactive accounts were purged early 2020.
The W3C Marketing & Communications team handles internal and external communications:
Since the previous report, the following highlights are worthy of consideration:
The W3C Member Relations function ensures excellent relationships with and participation from our Members. Responsibilities include:
Since the previous report, the following highlights are worthy of consideration:
The W3C Systems Team provides and maintains the tools and infrastructure to make the W3C experience easy and the most effective. Its responsibilities include:
Since the previous report, the following highlights are worthy of consideration: