26 June 2018 W3C announced today a  W3C Workshop on Digital Publication Layout and Presentation (from Manga to Magazines) , September 18-19 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. The event is hosted by the Advanced Publishing Laboratory, at the historic  Mita Campus of Keio University . The primary goal of the workshop is to bring together experts to evaluate the current status and explore future directions of visually-rich long-form digital publications based on Web Technologies (particularly CSS, the formatting language of the Web), encompassing both fixed and dynamic layouts. Expected topics of discussion include: Advanced layout using recent and upcoming CSS innovations, particularly for mobile and other devices (CSS grid, viewport units, media queries, css-shapes, etc.) “Smart transitions” for manga/comics including “Turbo Media” and other new forms Analysis of proprietary platforms in comics, magazines, and other verticals Comparison of image-dominated and text-dominated...

26 June 2018 The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group  has published two Proposed Recommendations: WAI-ARIA Graphics Module (Graphics-ARIA) : Assistive technologies need semantic information about the structures and expected behaviors of a document in order to convey appropriate information to persons with disabilities. This specification defines a WAI-ARIA 1.1 [WAI-ARIA-1.1] module of core roles specific to web graphics. These semantics allow an author to express the logical structure of the graphic to assistive technologies in order improve accessibility of graphics. Assistive technologies could then enable semantic navigation and adapt styling and interactive features, to provide an optimal experience for the audience. These features complement the graphics and document structure elements defined by HTML [HTML52] and SVG [SVG2]. Graphics Accessibility API Mappings (Graphics-AAM) : This specification defines how user agents map the WAI-ARIA Graphics...

26 June 2018 The  CSS Working Group  invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation of  CSS Fonts Module Level 3 . This CSS3 module describes how font properties are specified and how font resources are loaded dynamically. The contents of this specification are a consolidation of content previously divided into CSS3 Fonts and CSS3 Web Fonts modules. The description of font load events was moved into the CSS Font Loading module.

21 June 2018 The  CSS Working Group  has published  CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3 (CSS3 UI)  as a W3C Recommendation. This specification describes user interface related properties and values that are proposed for CSS level 3 to style HTML and XML (including XHTML). It includes and extends user interface related features from the properties and values of CSS level 2 revision 1. It uses various properties and values to style basic user interface elements in a document. This specification is implemented in all modern browsers. CSS  is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.

21 June 2018 The  Web Real-Time Communications Working Group  invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation of  WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers . The WebRTC 1.0 specification defines JavaScript APIs to enable real-time audio, video and data exchange on the Web. Since the previous publication as Candidate Recommendation, the specification was updated with a number of bug fixes and clarifications in its algorithms. The following new APIs were added as part of these improvements:  RTCRtpSender.setStreams() ,  RTCRtpTransceiver.currentDirection ,  RTCSctpTransport.maxChannels ,  RTCPeerConnection.onstatsended , and the  RTCStatsEvent interface.

20 June 2018 W3C announced today it was  offering Diversity Scholarships . The announcement was made as part of the  publication of W3C top-level diversity statistics . The lack of diversity in tech is a longstanding issue. We would like W3C to be a model of supporting diversity. As an international organization we can see the immense value we gain from having expertise from across multiple countries and cultures. Soon 50% of the world will be on the Web. We know we will need to reflect the diversity of the whole of our world as more and more people begin to access, use and continue to create the Web in all its full potential. During the Spring W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, a panel on diversity focused on progress we have made and how much more is required. W3C has established a modest fund for  TPAC  Diversity Scholarships, sponsored by W3C Members  Samsung Electronics ,  The Paciello Group ,  Consensus System  and  Microsoft . ...

19 June 2018 The  CSS Working Group  has published  CSS Color Module Level 3  as a W3C Edited Recommendation. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language for describing the rendering of HTML and XML documents on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. It uses color-related properties and values to color the text, backgrounds, borders, and other parts of elements in a document. This specification describes color values and properties for foreground color and group opacity. These include properties and values from CSS level 2 and new values. This specification incorporates errata raised against the  previous W3C Recommendation for CSS Color 3 . This specification is fully implemented in all modern browsers.

19 June 2018 The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group  invites implementations of  Accessible Name and Description Computation 1.1  Candidate Recommendation. This document describes how user agents determine the names and descriptions of accessible objects from web content languages. This information is in turn exposed through accessibility APIs so that assistive technologies can identify these objects and present their names or descriptions to users. Documenting the algorithm through which names and descriptions are to be determined promotes interoperable exposure of these properties among different accessibility APIs and helps to ensure that this information appears in a manner consistent with author intent. This document updates and will eventually supersede the accessible name and description guidance in the  WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide  W3C Recommendation. It is part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in th...

13 June 2018 W3C released today its  W3C Strategic Highlights – May 2018 , a comprehensive survey of the essential work W3C conducts to achieve a Web for All, and select recent work in many areas where the Web can solve arising problems for real people. A strong emphasis in this report is how progress in many areas demonstrates both the vitality of the W3C and the Web community. We see the maturation and further development of an incredible number of new technology coming to the Web. This report, was prepared for the Spring W3C Advisory Committee Meeting. We invite you to read  W3C CEO’s summary of the Advisory Committee Meeting .

7 June 2018 The  EXI Working Group  has published  Canonical EXI  as a W3C Recommendation. The  EXI 1.0 format  specifies the syntax of a class of resources called EXI streams. It is possible for EXI streams that are equivalent for the purposes of many applications to differ in physical representation. The Canonical EXI Recommendation specifies a method to get a canonical form, to be used with digital signatures. Even restricted and very limited devices should be able to create or check a canonical EXI stream. This applies to devices that may be able to speak only a given language (according to an XML Schema) or support only a subset of all EXI features.

5 June 2018 The  Browser Testing and Tools Working Group  has published  WebDriver  as a W3C Recommendation. WebDriver is a powerful technology for enabling automated cross-browser testing of Web applications and more. The WebDriver specification defines a set of interfaces and a wire protocol that are platform-neutral and language-neutral and that allow out-of-process programs to remotely control a browser in a way that emulates the actions of a real person using the browser. More information is available in the blog post:  WebDriver Motors on to W3C Recommendation .

5 June 2018 The  Accessibility Guidelines Working Group  has published  Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1  as a W3C Recommendation. WCAG 2.1 provides recommendations for making web content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, visual disabilities. The guidelines address accessibility of web content on desktops, laptops, tablets, and  mobile devices . Following these guidelines also makes your web content more usable to  all users in a variety of situations . For more information, see the blog post  WCAG 2.1 is a W3C Recommendation  and see  What’s New in WCAG 2.1 . Read about the  Accessibility Guidelines Working Group  and the  Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) . Please see our  Press Release .

3 June 2018 W3C published today the final  report  of the  W3C Workshop on Data Privacy Controls and Vocabularies , which was held on 17-18 April 2018, in Vienna (Austria). The workshop examined the opportunities for privacy vocabularies to be used in conjunction with Linked Data in order to open the path for a new generation of privacy enhancing technologies. Those technologies focus on controlling a compliant data handling. They help with the challenges for privacy and security on the Web of Data and the Web of Things. The workshop gave a strong message of support for W3C to initiate work on Privacy Vocabularies and Taxonomies and to look further into the idea of guiding data handling with Linked Data annotations. As this is partly still exploratory, the people present encouraged the creation of a Community Group. Since then, the  W3C Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls CG (DPVCG)  has been launched. Please, join if you are interested in the...

1 June 2018 The W3C Advisory Committee has filled five open seats on the  W3C Advisory Board . Beginning 1 July 2018, the nine Advisory Board participants are Michael Champion (Microsoft), Jay (Junichi) Kishigami (NTT), Charles McCathie Nevile (Yandex), Florian Rivoal (W3C Invited Expert), Natasha Rooney (GSMA), Tzviya Siegman (Wiley), David Singer (Apple), Léonie Watson (The Paciello Group), and Judy Zhu (Alibaba). Many thanks to Tantek Çelik (Mozilla) and Chris Wilson (Google), whose terms end this month. Read more about the  Advisory Board . Created in March 1998, the Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the W3C Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. The Advisory Board also serves the W3C Members by tracking issues raised between Advisory Committee meetings, soliciting Member comments on such issues, and proposing actions to resolve these issues. The Advisory Board manages the evolution of the Process Documen...

The  CSS Working Group  invites implementations of  CSS Writing Modes Level 4  Candidate Recommendation and an updatd Candidate Recommendation of  CSS Writing Modes Level 3 . These documents define CSS support for various international writing modes, such as left-to-right (e.g. Latin or Indic), right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew or Arabic), bidirectional (e.g. mixed Latin and Arabic) and vertical (e.g. Asian scripts). Level 4 is identical to Level 3, except that it contains the previously at-risk features which were dropped from Level 3 and an additional set of changes to more precisely define the box model’s interaction with bidi. CSS  is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.

The  CSS Working Group  invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation of  CSS Containment Module Level 1 . This CSS module describes the  'contain'  property, which indicates that the element’s subtree is independent of the rest of the page. This enables heavy optimizations by user agents when used well. CSS  is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.