Call for Participation in Browser Data Portability Community Group

The Browser Data Portability Community Group has been launched:

The mission of the Browser Data Portability Community Group is to build consensus amongst web browser developers and implementers on how to meet the needs of users who wish to transfer their data between browsers. The goal is to publish a W3C Community Group Report that lays out an agreed set of principles for web browser developers to follow when building import and/or export functionality, in order to promote greater alignment of outcomes for users across different devices, platforms, and browsers.

The Community Group will not seek to define a rigid standard for how web browser data portability should be implemented by any or all browser vendors. Any output of the Group will instead recognise and reflect the variation across browsers, platforms, and devices, including those that result from existing regulatory requirements.

This group will not publish Specifications.

In order to join the group, you will need a W3C account. Please note, however, that W3C Membership is not required to join a Community Group.

This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2026-09-11 by Tom Fish. The following people supported its creation: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, Johannes Ernst, Bruce Lawson, Chris Riley and Tom Fish. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.

The group must now choose a chair. Read more about how to get started in a new group and good practice for running a group.

We invite you to share news of this new group on social media and other channels.

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please email us at site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team