Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) - Version 3 is a W3C Recommendation

The Dataset Exchange Working Group published Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) - Version 3 as a W3C Recommendation. DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web. This document defines the schema and provides examples for its use. 

DCAT enables a publisher to describe datasets and data services in a catalog using a standard model and vocabulary that facilitates the consumption and aggregation of metadata from multiple catalogs. This can increase the discoverability of datasets and data services. It also makes it possible to have a decentralized approach to publishing data catalogs and makes federated search for datasets across catalogs in multiple sites possible using the same query mechanism and structure. Aggregated DCAT metadata can serve as a manifest file as part of the digital preservation process.

First Public Working Draft: Federated Credential Management API

 The Federated Identity Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Federated Credential Management API, a Web Platform API that allows users to login to websites with their federated accounts in a privacy preserving manner.

Hiring: W3C Director of Legal and Compliance

We are working with Virtual, in our search for a Director of Legal and Compliance, to find qualified candidates with experience in non-profit organizations, for full-time remote work in the USA, to ensure W3C operates in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations throughout the world, to advise on all legal matters, to guide the organization's policies, ultimately furthering our mission and goals.

To apply, please refer to the vacancy page on Virtual's website.

The position is for remote work from anywhere in the USA.

Updated W3C Recommendation: WOFF File Format 2.0

The Web Fonts Working Group has published WOFF File Format 2.0 as an updated W3C Recommendation. Based on experience with WOFF 1.0, which is widely deployed, this specification was developed to provide improved compression and thus lower use of network bandwidth, while still allowing fast decompression even on mobile devices. This is achieved by combining a content-aware preprocessing step and improved entropy coding, compared to the Flate compression used in WOFF 1.0.

W3C opens community-wide survey

 For the first time, W3C is conducting a community-wide survey. 

We want to get to know our community better, investigate needs, and understand our community’s vision of how we fulfill our mission for the world-wide web. 

This survey is being run through Typeform, an online survey platform that supports all major operating systems, is accessible, and has been tested to confirm compatibility with assistive technologies. 

This survey is open to W3C Members and people who participate in W3C group activities, and anyone involved in the Web. It is anonymous and takes 6 minutes or more to complete. 

W3C Members received a different link as we have 4 additional questions specific to W3C Members. So two versions of the survey are being circulated, one for members and one for non-members. 

Please take the survey if you are interested in the impact of web standards on humanity and help us disseminate it by sharing it with your friends, your team(s), your networks, etc.

The survey closes on Friday 13 September 2024. We look forward to hearing from you!

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• Chinese: Members ・ external

W3C Invites Implementations of Payment Request API

 The Web Payments Working Group has republished Payment Request API as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. This specification standardizes an API to allow merchants (i.e. web sites selling physical or digital goods) to utilize one or more payment methods with minimal integration. User agents (e.g., browsers) facilitate the payment flow between merchant and user.