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28 april
05h47
First Public Working Draft: Long Animation Frames API
This document defines an API that web page authors can use to detect presence of long animation frames that monopolize the UI thread for extended...
05h44
First Public Working Draft: CBOR-LD 1.0
CBOR is a compact binary data serialization and messaging format. This specification defines CBOR-LD 1.0, a CBOR-based format to serialize Linked...
27 april
12h22
Upcoming: W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL
A workshop to examine broad and specific aspects since ODRL became a W3C Recommendation in 2018 and gained robust recognition and adoption.
23 april
01h56
First Public Working Drafts for the Linked Web Storage (LWS) 1.0 Authentication Suite
The Linked Web Storage Working Group has published four First Public Working Drafts for the Linked Web Storage (LWS) 1.0 Authentication Suite.
16 april
07h34
Five First Public Working Drafts published by the Verifiable Credentials Working Group
The Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published the following five First Public Working Drafts: Verifiable Credential Data Integrity 1.1, Data...
09 april
07h41
First Public Working Draft: CSS Image Animation Module Level 1
This CSS module proposes facilities to control the rendering of animated images.
07h37
First Public Working Draft: Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.1
This specification describes the extensible data model for verifiable credentials, how they can be secured from tampering, and a three-party...
07 april
12h32
Proposed Advancement of IMSC Text Profile 1.3 to W3C Recommendation
This specification defines a text-only profile of [ttml2] intended for subtitle and caption delivery applications worldwide.
09h02
W3C Invites Implementations of RDF 1.2 Concepts and Abstract Data Model and RDF 1.2 Semantics
The RDF & SPARQL Working Group invites implementations of the following two Candidate Recommendation Snapshots: RDF 1.2 Concepts and Abstract Data...
07h52
Last Call for Review of Proposed Corrections and Additions to ARIA in HTML
This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2...
31 march
11h08
W3C Workshop Report: Smart Voice Agents
W3C is pleased to announce the report from the W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, held online in February 2026.
09h26
First Public Working Draft: Linked Web Storage Protocol 1.0
The Linked Web Storage Protocol specification aims to provide applications with secure and permissioned access to externally stored data in an...
26 march
10h05
W3C Invites Implementations of Geolocation
Geolocation provides access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device.
24 march
14h41
Group Note: Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work
The Advisory Board has published Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work as a Group Note.
05h46
Updated W3C Recommendation: Geolocation
Geolocation provides access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device.
05 march
07h37
W3C Invites Implementations of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.1
This document specifies the DID syntax, a common data model, core properties, serialized representations, DID operations, and an explanation of the...
07h13
First Public Working Draft: YAML-LD 1.0
This document defines YAML-LD as a set of conventions on top of YAML which specify how to serialize Linked Data as YAML based on JSON-LD syntax,...
26 february
10h30
CSS Snapshot 2026 published as a Group Note
CSS snapshots are all the specs that together form the current state of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
24 february
11h06
First Public Working Draft and supporting notes: EPUB Annotations 1.0
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group published three documents around EPUB Annotations, which is a specification that will define how to create,...
17 february
13h32
First Public Working Draft: Selectors Level 5
Selectors are patterns that match against elements in a tree, and as such form one of several technologies that can be used to select nodes in a...
12 february
20h43
Second W3C Team appointment to the TAG
Heather Flanagan of W3C Member Spherical Cow Consulting is appointed as new TAG member by the W3C Team
10h46
Group Note Draft: Considerations for Reviewing Differential Privacy Systems (for Non-Differential Privacy Experts)
The purpose of this document is to provide a high level understanding of the trade-offs that are required when designing and deploying differentially...
06 february
11h26
W3C Team appointment to the TAG
Brian Kardell of W3C Member Igalia is appointed as new TAG member by the W3C Team
05 february
04h24
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 is now a W3C Recommendation
ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules.
04h23
Group Note Drafts: Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules
This set of modules looks at different Web technologies and provides a detailed analysis of accessibility issues for people with disabilities that...