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Proposed Advancement of Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 3 to 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.
Proposed Advancement of Pointer Events Level 3 to W3C Recommendation
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The features in this specification extend or modify those found in Pointer Events, a W3C Recommendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware-agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, or touchscreen.
Proposed Advancement of IMSC Text Profile 1.3 to W3C Recommendation
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This specification defines a text-only profile of [ttml2] intended for subtitle and caption delivery applications worldwide.
Last Call for Review of Proposed Corrections and Additions to ARIA in HTML
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This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 and Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 attributes on [HTML] elements.
Proposed Advancement of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 to W3C Recommendation
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Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 defines a format for writing accessibility test rules.
Last Call for Review of Proposed Corrections and Additions to Geolocation
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Geolocation provides access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device.
W3C updates its Process Document
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The W3C Membership approved the 2025 W3C Process Document, which documents the organizational structure of W3C and processes, responsibilities and functions that enable W3C to accomplish its mission..
Upcoming: IAB/W3C Workshop on Age-Based Restrictions on Content Access
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The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) are convening a workshop to examine the technical and architectural implications of different approaches to implementing age-based restrictions on access to online content.
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) is a W3C Proposed Recommendation
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This document describes PNG (Portable Network Graphics), an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of static and animated raster images.
Seven Proposed Recommendations published by the Verifiable Credentials Working Group
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The Verifiable Credentials Working Group published Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0, Verifiable Credential Data Integrity 1.0, Data Integrity EdDSA Cryptosuites v1.0, Data Integrity ECDSA Cryptosuites v1.0, Securing Verifiable Credentials using JOSE and COSE, Controlled Identifiers v1.0 and Bitstring Status List v1.0 as W3C Proposed Recommendations.