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.