Draft Note: String Searching https://www.w3.org/news/2025/draft-note-string-searching/
This document describes string searching operations on the Web in order to allow greater interoperability.
Last Call for Review of Proposed Corrections to EPUB 3.3 https://www.w3.org/news/2025/last-call-for-review-of-proposed-corrections-to-epub-3-3/
This specification defines the authoring requirements for EPUB publications and represents the third major revision of the standard.
W3C Invites Implementations of WebGPU https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-invites-implementations-of-webgpu/
The GPU for the Web Working Group invites implementations of the first Candidate Recommendation Snapshots for WebGPU and WebGPU Shading Language.
First Public Working Draft: CSS Display Module Level 4 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-css-display-module-level-4/
This module describes how the CSS formatting box tree is generated from the document element tree and defines the 'display' property that controls it.
First Public Working Draft: CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 2 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-css-multi-column-layout-module-level-2/
This specification describes multi-column layouts in CSS, a style sheet language for the web.
Five Candidate Recommendation Snapshots Published by the Verifiable Credentials Working Group https://www.w3.org/news/2024/five-candidate-recommendation-snapshots-published-by-the-verifiable-credentials-working-group/
The Verifiable Credentials Working Group invites implementations of the five updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshots: Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0, Verifiable Credential Data Integrity 1.0, Data Integrity EdDSA Cryptosuites v1.0, Data Integrity ECDSA Cryptosuites v1.0, and Securing Verifiable Credentials using JOSE and COSE.
W3C Advisory Committee Elects Technical Architecture Group https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-advisory-committee-elects-technical-architecture-group/
The W3C Advisory Committee has elected four individuals to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG).
W3C Invites Implementations of WebAssembly - Version 2.0 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-invites-implementations-of-webassembly-version-2-0/
The WebAssembly Working Group published WebAssembly Core Specification, WebAssembly JavaScript Interface, and WebAssembly Web API as Candidate Recommendation Snapshots.
First Public Working Draft: CSS Color HDR Module Level 1 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-css-color-hdr-module-level-1/
This module defines additions to CSS Color 4 to enable High Dynamic Range (HDR).
First Public Working Draft: CSS Overflow Module Level 5 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-css-overflow-module-level-5/
This module contains the features of CSS relating to scrollable overflow handling in visual media.
Ethical Web Principles is a W3C Statement https://www.w3.org/news/2024/ethical-web-principles-is-a-w3c-statement/
The web should be a platform that helps people and provides a positive social benefit. As we continue to evolve the web platform, we must therefore consider the consequences of our work. This document sets out ethical principles that will drive W3C's continuing work in this direction.
Updated Drafts for Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/updated-drafts-for-review-w3c-accessibility-guidelines-wcag-3-0/
W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 will provide a wide range of recommendations for making web content more accessible to users with disabilities.
First Public Working Drafts: Open Screen Application Protocol and Network Protocol https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-drafts-open-screen-application-protocol-and-network-protocol/
The Second Screen Working Group has published the First Public Working Drafts for Open Screen Application Protocol and Open Screen Network Protocol, splitting the Open Screen Protocol document into two independent parts.
First Public Working Draft: Pointer Events Level 4 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-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.
First Public Working Draft: Decentralized Identifier (DID) Resolution and DID URL Dereferencing v1.0 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-decentralized-identifier-did-resolution-and-did-url-dereferencing-v1-0/
This document specifies the algorithms and guidelines for resolving DIDs and dereferencing DID URLs.
W3C Invites Implementations of Vibration API https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-invites-implementations-of-vibration-api/
This specification defines an API that provides access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting device.
W3C receives Ford Foundation core funding toward development of web accessibility work https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-receives-ford-foundation-core-funding-toward-development-of-web-accessibility-work/
W3C Invites Implementations of Device Posture API https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-invites-implementations-of-device-posture-api/
This document specifies an API that allows web applications to request and be notified of changes of the posture of a device.
UI Events KeyboardEvent code and key Values are W3C Proposed Recommendations https://www.w3.org/news/2024/ui-events-keyboardevent-code-and-key-values-are-w3c-proposed-recommendations/
The Web Applications Working Group published UI Events KeyboardEvent code Values and UI Events KeyboardEvent key Values as W3C Proposed Recommendations.
First Public Working Draft: Global Privacy Control (GPC) https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-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.
First Public Working Draft: WebDriver BiDi https://www.w3.org/news/2024/first-public-working-draft-webdriver-bidi/
This document defines the BiDirectional WebDriver Protocol, a mechanism for remote control of user agents.
Updated Candidate Recommendation: Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.2 https://www.w3.org/news/2024/updated-candidate-recommendation-core-accessibility-api-mappings-1-2/
This document describes how user agents should expose semantics of web content languages to accessibility APIs.
W3C Invites Implementations of Device Orientation and Motion https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-invites-implementations-of-device-orientation-and-motion/
This specification defines events that represent the physical orientation and motion of a hosting device.
Four Group Notes published by the Decentralized Identifier Working Group https://www.w3.org/news/2024/four-group-notes-published-by-the-decentralized-identifier-working-group/
The Decentralized Identifier Working Group has published Decentralized Identifier Extensions, DID Methods, DID Document Property Extensions, and DID Resolution Extensions as Group Notes.
W3C opens Technical Architecture Group (TAG) election https://www.w3.org/news/2024/w3c-opens-technical-architecture-group-tag-election/
The W3C Advisory Committee, having nominated seven individuals, is invited today to vote until 10 December 2024 to fill four seats in the W3C TAG election.