First Public Working Draft: CSS Values and Units Module Level 5

 The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Values and Units Module Level 5. This CSS module describes the common values and units that CSS properties accept and the syntax used for describing them in CSS property definitions.

W3C announces Sylvia Cadena as inaugural Chief Development Officer

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is hiring an inaugural Chief Development Officer. Sylvia Cadena joins the Team full-time mid-September, working remotely from Brisbane, Australia.

W3C became a public-interest incorporated not-for-profit organization in 2023, a pivotal evolution since our establishment in 1994 as a cooperation between four academic institutions, compelling us to adopt a new structure, diversify funding to be in a better position to succeed in our mission. Sylvia joins us at this decisive time to help us set direction and ensure the longevity of our organization by defining our vision for financial security and development, by planning and implementing strategies to secure donors, grants, and contributions in support of the organization, and by communicating effectively the organization’s philanthropic value proposition, thus accelerating growth and success of our development portfolio.

Learn more about Sylvia's background and new role in our press release.

First Public Working Draft: CSS Easing Functions Level 2

 The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Easing Functions Level 2. This CSS module describes a way for authors to define a transformation that controls the rate of change of some value. Applied to animations, such transformations can be used to produce animations that mimic physical phenomena such as momentum or to cause the animation to move in discrete steps producing robot-like movement. Level 2 adds more sophisticated functions for custom easing curves.