Synchronization Accessibility User Requirements – call for review

28 September 2021 by Joshue O Connor | Posted in: Accessibility, Developers

The successful synchronization of multimedia content, especially audio and video, is essential to accessible web-based communication and cooperation. Understandable media is therefore media synchronized to very specific limits, according to multiple research studies. By clarifying the parameters of adequate synchronization we can influence the development of future technologies, specifications, and accessibility guidelines. Providing an accessible […]
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W3C’s TPAC new public virtual exhibition creates exciting opportunity

26 August 2021 by J. Alan Bird | Posted in: Events, TPAC

If you’re a W3C Member, or someone who is familiar with our work, you’ve undoubtedly heard of our annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee Meeting also known as TPAC. If you have not, watch the short video introduction of TPAC, the W3C annual conference. This well-attended and popular event is an important means for W3C to […]
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Keeping the complexity of IMSC documents under control

6 August 2021 by Nigel Megitt | Posted in: Accessibility, auto, IMSC, Performance, TTML, TTWG, W3C

The IMSC Recommendation includes an Hypothetical Render Model (HRM) that constrains document complexity, allowing authors of subtitles and captions to know that they are not generating subtitles that will overload the players. An open source implementation of the HRM for IMSC Text Profile documents has been made available. IMSC users and implementers are invited to […]
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30 years on from introducing the Web to the World

6 August 2021 by Amy van der Hiel | Posted in: Corporate

On 6 August 1991, Tim Berners-Lee posted information about his WorldWideWeb project to the public and introduced the Web to the world. “Try it“, Tim noted in his message – and since then, billions of people have. Think about how often you use the Web. Aren’t you surprised at how essential the Web is to […]
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Diversity and Inclusion at W3C: Inclusion Fund and Fellowships for TPAC 2021

29 June 2021 by Jeff Jaffe | Posted in: Corporate, Events, CEO, diversity, inclusion

60% of the world is online and we want and need to reflect the diversity of the whole world as more people continue to access, use and create the web. We believe that more diversity means better representation, which leads to better and more inclusive design. Indeed, more background, more use cases, more edge cases, […]
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Loving and Leaving W3C

23 June 2021 by Shadi Abou-Zahra | Posted in: Accessibility, Corporate

I love my work at W3C. Being part of the team striving to lead the Web to its full potential and to make it more accessible to millions of people with disabilities around the world is my passion. This August will mark my 18-year anniversary working for this unique organization, of which I cherish every […]
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Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) v3: 2nd Public Working Draft

18 May 2021 by Peter Winstanley | Posted in: Data

This message is to update you on the work of the W3C Data Exchange Working Group [1] and to ask for your help in reviewing progress on the third revision of the RDF vocabulary for data catalogs, DCAT, that was published on 04 May 2021. The Second Public Working Draft of the revision is available […]
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Centrality of W3C as the Web accelerates to meet society’s growing needs

30 April 2021 by Jeff Jaffe | Posted in: Corporate, anniversary, CEO

Today we are releasing to the public the April 2021 edition of the W3C Strategic Highlights, our semi-annual report about the tremendous work to enhance, grow and strengthen the Web platform. This document focuses on progress in key areas of the web, how the Web Consortium meets the needs of industry and society as a […]
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Web of Things (WoT) Explainer Video and New Web Site

20 April 2021 by Michael McCool | Posted in: Developers, Internet of Things, Web of Things

The Web of Things (WoT) standardization activities are now illustrated through a new animation! This animation shows how a web developer can implement interoperable Internet of Things solutions that are not locked into vendor specific frameworks. Additionally, the W3C WoT allows developer experience and skills to be transferred to different application domains such as agriculture, […]
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W3C Launches the Web Machine Learning Working Group

20 April 2021 by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux | Posted in: Uncategorized

This post is co-authored by Anssi Kostiainen (Working Group Chair), Ningxin Hu and Chai Chaoweeraprasit (Web Neural Network API Editors), and Ping Yu (TensorFlow.js Core team). Machine Learning (ML) is a branch of Artificial Intelligence. A subfield of ML called Deep Learning with its various neural network architectures enables new compelling user experiences for web […]
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