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

Driven by principles

• Ethical Web Principles
• Privacy Principles
• Web Platform Design Principles
• Ethical Principles for Web Machine Learning
• Device Independence Principles

… and multiple set of guidelines

Making a standard

• broad consensus
• transparency
• intellectual property
• use cases and requirements
• tests
• review: public, experts, …
• implementation: commitments, experience
• due process: address views, approval, appeal
• stable reference
• adoption
• outreach and education
• conformance
• maintenance
• deprecation

Verifiable Credentials Overview

W3C Group Note, September 2025

W3C Verifiable Credentials

W3C Group Note, September 2025

TPAC 2025

• November 10-14, Kobe, Japan
• You can attend in-person or remotely
• Watch out for breakout sessions
• Got an idea? Make it a breakout session !

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