W3C’s Vision for the World Wide Web

• The Web is for all humanity.
• The Web is designed for the good of its users.
• The Web must be safe for its users.
• There is one interoperable world-wide Web.

Vision of the W3C

[...] provide a consistent architecture across the rapid pace of progress in the Web
[...] improving the Web’s fundamental integrity, while continuing to expand the Web’s scope and reach
[...] continually striving to make the Web better through these principles and the Ethical Web Principles

From Vision Task Force

Strategy

• Encourage incubation in new areas and industries
• Strive for the broadest participation
• Increase involvement of under-represented key stakeholders
• Ensure transparency, equity, and fairness
• Ensuring the Web keeps and meets its principle goals
• Establish and improve collaborative relationships with other organizations

Web?

The Web is not just inside your Web browser

Web User agents

CSS, GPU, Machine Learning, Payments, Performance, Content Guidelines, WASM

Web Data

RDF, XML, JSON-LD, Verifiable Credentials, Dataset Exchange, Distributed Tracing, Web Of Things

Technical needs

1. Maintain the current platform: CSS, Geolocation, SVG, ...
2. Improve the current platform: HDR, Codecs, Identity, ...
3. Expand the scope: Immersive, Publication, Automotive

Some new work to follow on…

• Update to ActivityPub (see Social Web CG)
• Web3 (or Web 3.0?)
• Sustainability (see Sustainability CG)
• Superapps
• AI and the Web, Generative AI
• …

Web3

• Protocols are typically done at IETF
• URL Scheme as well...
• W3C favors HTTP
• No charter has been proposed so far

Pipeline CG

Goal: Bring new work into proposed Working Group chartering

• Identify upcoming technology trends
• Propose workshops for insights on upcoming technology trends
• Help to bring new tech to incubation, or bring to a W3C Group (WICG, …)
• Review and maintain the strategy pipeline
• Help with prioritization

Discussion