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Job: Web Accessibility Development and Operations Lead, based in Europe
29 July 2021 | Archive
We are excited to announce an open position at W3C WAI: Web Accessibility Development and Operations Lead, based in Europe.
This is an opportunity for a unique individual to work directly with the W3C & WAI communities as a development and operations lead for work on digital accessibility standards and supporting materials and approaches. For this full-time position based in Europe, we are seeking an individual with project management and operational experience as well as expertise in multiple areas of digital accessibility, to help drive development of accessible next generation digital technology standards for millions of people with disabilities around the world. Work starts on September 1, 2021.
Note:The job description was edited after its announcement, to remove the number of years of experience required, which we deemed a possible filter that might exclude a number of people, including prevent women from applying.
First Public Working Drafts: VISS version 2, Core and Transport
29 July 2021 | Archive
The Automotive Working Group has published two Public Working Drafts for VISS version 2, Core and Transport.
This specification describes a second version of VISS which has been implemented and deployed on production vehicles. It adds major new capabilities and improvements to the earlier version. The first version of VISS only supported WebSocket as a transport protocol, the second version is generalized to work across different protocols as some are better suited for different use cases. HTTP is now supported with additional protocols used within the automotive industry being evaluated for inclusion. Subscription capabilities have been improved and access control has been added.
There are two parts to this specification, Core and Transport.
- VISS version 2 – Core describes the VISSv2 messaging layer. The companion specifications for the VISSv2 transport protocols detail the mapping of the messaging layer to selected transports. The ontologies based on the VISSv2 core specification are defined in documents for each specific domain (e.g. navigation, media, vehicle data).
- VISS version 2-Transport describes the VISSv2 transport protocols, and the mapping of the message layer on these transports. The companion specification VISSv2 CORE describes the messaging layer.
Updated Candidate Recommendation: CSS Counter Styles Level 3
27 July 2021 | Archive
The CSS Working Group invites implementation of an updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of CSS Counter Styles Level 3. This module introduces the @counter-style rule, which allows authors to define their own custom counter styles for use with CSS list-marker and generated-content counters [CSS-LISTS-3]. It also predefines a set of common counter styles, including the ones present in CSS2 and CSS2.1.
Comments are welcome via the GitHub issues by 27 October 2021.
