W3C Public Newsletter, 2021-03-08

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W3C accepting proposals for Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services

   4 March 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8935>

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   <https://www.w3.org/>

   Since its founding in 1994 by Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium has developed the foundational technical standards upon which the Web has flourished. The Web and its place in society have changed dramatically, and the Web Consortium has been at the core of its technical interoperability. Today we need a more dramatic transformation to address the opportunities and threats the Web now faces and to continue to shape its future constructively.

   W3C is currently headquartered in Massachusetts, with staff members distributed around the world. Four institutions partner to “host” W3C: MIT (USA), ERCIM (France), Keio University (Japan), and Beihang University (China). We are planning the transition to a USA-based incorporated legal entity, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, as of January 1, 2022, which will continue to work with the distributed staff while consolidating financial and administrative functions. The Web Consortium is accepting proposals for Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services; please consult our RFP .

   <http://www.w3.org/2021/03/RFP-PEO-services.pdf>

   If your organization provides these services please submit a proposal by email to W3CLEadmin@w3.org. If you have any questions, you can send them to that same address.

   <mailto:W3CLEadmin@w3.org>

   Interested parties must respond by Friday, March 26, 2021, and we expect to make a selection by Friday, April 9, 2021. We look forward to getting some robust responses!

W3C Invites Implementations of WAI-ARIA 1.2

   2 March 2021
   <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8933>

   The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group invites implementations of a Candidate Recommendation of "Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2." This specification provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. These semantics are designed to allow an author to properly convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies in document-level markup. This version adds features new since "WAI-ARIA 1.1" to improve interoperability with assistive technologies to form a more consistent accessibility model for [ "HTML" ] and [ "SVG2" ]. This specification complements both [HTML] and [SVG2].

   <https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/CR-wai-aria-1.2-20210302/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/CR-wai-aria-1.2-20210302/#bib-html>
   <https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/CR-wai-aria-1.2-20210302/#bib-svg2>

   Please share any implementations or comments by 5 April 2021.

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Workshops

     * 2021-04-15 (15 APR) – 2021-05-15 (15 MAY)
       W3C Workshop on Wide Color Gamut and High Dynamic Range for the Web
       <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/Workshop/overview>
       Virtual Event

W3C Blog

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Upcoming Talks

     * 2021-03-11(11 MAR)
       Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges for People with Disabilities on the Web
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/emerging-technologies-opportunities-and-challenges-for-people-with-disabilities-on-the-web/>
       by Shadi Abou-Zahra
       Aalto University
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/venue/aalto-university/>
       Finland
     * 2021-03-11(11 MAR)
       W3C in “Open Source in Standardization” Open Forum Europe series
       <https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/w3c-in-open-source-in-standardization-open-forum-europe-series/>
       by Dominique Hazael-Massieux

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Received on Monday, 8 March 2021 12:46:07 UTC