Re: Planning to close Web NFC Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

Hi CG/BG System,
FYI Web NFC Community Group participants,

On 20. May 2025, at 21.03, Team Community Process <team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:

Dear participants in the

 Web NFC Community Group
 https://www.w3.org/community/web-nfc/


Your Community Group appears to have become inactive (per [1]).

If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email with answers to these two questions:

* Is your group publishing any Specifications?

Yes, the Web NFC API specification. The latest version is at https://w3c.github.io/web-nfc/


* If so, what is the group expectation about future standardization of those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?

The Community Group continues to maintain the specification as long as the API ships in browser product(s) and is used by web developers. The current status is as follows:

The Web NFC API ships in Chrome:

https://www.w3.org/community/web-nfc/2021/01/11/web-nfc-api-ships-in-chrome/


The Web NFC API is used by web developers, see e.g.:

https://www.capitalone.com/tech/software-engineering/web-nfc-for-authentication-android/


We also recommend the following:

 * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our data and improve our tools.

In the GH repo at https://github.com/w3c/web-nfc


 * Update your group home page with news of your activities. Chairs can use the Wordpress instance of the group to post news; let us know if you have any questions.

We’ll post news when we hit significant milestones. Meanwhile, everyone interested is encouraged to watch the above-mentioned GH repo for updates.

If you would like us to keep the group open because you expect it to become active in the near future or for other compelling reasons, just let us know.

If you would like to schedule a call to discuss the current status of your group, your plans, and any obstacles to success, or you simply have questions about the CG program, please let us know.

If would like us to close the group, or if we do not hear from you in the next 30 days, we will plan to close the group.

Thanks for checking the group's status. I hope this update helps you make an informed decision.

Thanks,

-Anssi (Web NFC Community Group chair)


[1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive