Call for Participation in JIM Structured Graphics Community Group

The JIM Structured Graphics Community Group has been launched:

Complex graphics, such as charts, diagrams, and maps, encode meaning and structure that are often not available in a consistent, machine-readable form, limiting interoperability, accessibility, and reuse across tools and platforms.

The mission of this group is to improve interoperability among authoring tools, rendering systems, accessibility technologies, analysis systems, and other systems that create, present, interpret, or transform charts, diagrams, maps, scientific graphics, technical illustrations, and related structured graphics. The group will develop open specifications for representing the structure, semantics, annotations, and interactive affordances of graphical content in machine-readable form. Accessibility is a foundational design requirement. The group will also consider uses including search, transformation, validation, data extraction, and AI-assisted interpretation.

The group will focus initially on JIM (JSON Image Metadata) and related specifications. More information about scope, deliverables, design principles, and coordination expectations will be provided in a charter.

This group will 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 2026-09-15 by Doug Schepers. The following people supported its creation: Doug Schepers, Jeff Croxell, Andrew Flatres, Stephen Clower and Greg Stilson. 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.

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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