HTML 5.2 and 5.3; Web Payments; 1st W3C meeting; ARIA 1.1; Dataset Exchange; Net Neutrality; WebRTC

This is the 4 - 18 December 2017 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list [1]. 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first]


14 December 2017
@FrontendDaily
HTML 5.2 is done, HTML 5.3 is coming: https://www.w3.org/blog/2017/12/html-5-2-is-done-html-5-3-is-coming/ … (via @W3C)
https://twitter.com/FrontendDaily/status/941352668253081600
(55 Retweets, 102 Likes)


17 December 2017
@ahopebailie
2018 is going to be a big one for payments on the Web. Lots happening with @w3c web payments and @Interledger (among many others). Big thanks to all the contributors this year and especially @ibjacobs for tirelessly pulling this all together https://www.w3.org/blog/wpwg/2017/12/14/merchant-adoption-the-next-goal/https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/942706473628561408
(44 Retweets, 89 Likes)


13 December 2017
@paciellogroup
After 10 years of making #accessibility a core design principle for #HTML at @W3C, @SteveFaulkner is stepping down as HTML editor https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2017Dec/0006.htmlhttps://twitter.com/paciellogroup/status/940905731611594753
(32 Retweets, 72 Likes)


14 December 2017
@0legSavich
December 14, 1994 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology @MIT held the first meeting of the World-Wide Web Consortium (@w3c), founded by Tim Berners-Lee and Albert Vezza. Congrats, @timberners_lee! #atthisday
https://twitter.com/0legSavich/status/941338745588023296
(27 Retweets, 47 Likes)


14 December 2017
@LeonieWatson
Quietly happy that the attribute I helped define, the aria-current attribute, is now part of the @W3C #ARIA 1.1 Recommendation https://tink.uk/using-the-aria-current-attribute/https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/941381308843986945
(23 Retweets, 80 Likes)


12 December 2017
@RubenVerborgh
With the Dataset Exchange Working Group @W3C, we released the Dataset Exchange Use Cases and Requirements that will drive our quest for data interoperability on the Web. https://www.w3.org/TR/dcat-ucr/ 
https://twitter.com/RubenVerborgh/status/940570554054168578
(7 Retweets, 7 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  “There will be a [Senate] vote” to reinstate net neutrality, Schumer says
18 December 2017
Ars Technica
by JON BRODKIN 
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/there-will-be-a-senate-vote-to-reinstate-net-neutrality-schumer-says/



3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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3 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*  The Future Of Communication Is Already Here
18 December 2017
Forbes
by Venkat Venkataraman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/18/the-future-of-communication-is-already-here/#41a00f8f5c93


*  HTML 5.2 becomes a W3C Recommendation
14 December 2017
SD Times
by  Christina Cardoza
https://sdtimes.com/html-5-2-becomes-w3c-recommendation/


*  How The Death Of Flash Helped Build The Future Of The Web, And Why It Matters Now
Forbes 
14 December 2017
by Bryant Chou
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/14/how-the-death-of-flash-helped-build-the-future-of-the-web-and-why-it-matters-now/#393b6f6732d2

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