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Consortium Members elect Board of Directors
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World Wide Web Consortium Members have elected seven individuals to the World Wide Web Consortium, Inc. Board of Directors
W3C Workshop Report: The Future of ODRL
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W3C is pleased to announce the report from the W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL, held in July 2026 in London, UK, and online.
First Public Working Draft: Bitstring Status List v1.1
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This specification describes a privacy-preserving, space-efficient, and high-performance mechanism for publishing status information such as suspension or revocation of Verifiable Credentials through use of bitstrings.
Group Note Draft: Verifiable Credentials Data Model Threat Model v2.1
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This document describes a threat model for the Verifiable Credentials Data Model specification.
Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.2 and 2.1 in French updated
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W3C has published the updated Authorized French Translations of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 and 2.1.
First Public Working Draft: SHACL 1.2 Inference Rules
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This document defines the Inference Rules support of the SHACL Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL).
First Public Working Draft: Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 4
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This specification defines an API enabling the creation and use of strong, attested, scoped, public key-based credentials by web applications, for the purpose of strongly authenticating users.
W3C opens 2026 community survey
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W3C opens an 8-minute survey until 30 September and seeks community-wide input to get to know our community better, investigate needs, and understand how we can improve.
Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 3 is now a W3C Recommendation
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This specification defines an API enabling the creation and use of strong, attested, scoped, public key-based credentials by web applications, for the purpose of strongly authenticating users.
Patent Advisory Group recommends continuing work on Open Screen Application Protocol
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W3C launches a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing terms.
