The Second Screen Working Group has published two First Public Working Drafts: Open Screen Application Protocol and Open Screen Network Protocol. These documents result from splitting the Open Screen Protocol document into two independent parts.
The Second Screen Working Group has published two First Public Working Drafts: Open Screen Application Protocol and Open Screen Network Protocol. These documents result from splitting the Open Screen Protocol document into two independent parts.
The Pointer Events Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Pointer Events Level 4. 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, touchscreen, etc.
The Decentralized Identifier Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0. Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier for verifiable, "self-sovereign" digital identity.
The Devices and Sensors Working Group has republished Vibration API as a W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. This specification defines an API that provides access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting device. Vibration is a form of tactile feedback. Comments are welcome via the GitHub issues by 26 December 2024.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has received US$ 660,037 in core funding from the Ford Foundation via their Technology and Society program, to provide core support through July 2026 to W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) work developing web accessibility standards, guidelines, and implementation resources to support access for people with disabilities.
The Devices and Sensors Working Group has published Device Posture API as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. This document specifies an API that allows web applications to request and be notified of changes of the posture of a device. Comments are welcome via the GitHub issues by 24 December 2024.
Today the Web Applications Working Group published the following two documents as W3C Proposed Recommendations:
The Privacy Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of Global Privacy Control (GPC). This document defines a signal, transmitted over HTTP and through the DOM, that conveys a person's request to websites and services to not sell or share their personal information with third parties. This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks that render such requests enforceable.
The Browser Testing and Tools Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of WebDriver BiDi. This document defines the BiDirectional WebDriver Protocol, a mechanism for remote control of user agents.
The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.2.