- From: Karen Myers <karen@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:17:46 -0400
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Dear News Media, Analysts and Friends of W3C,
Today W3C concludes its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) meeting, where more than 550 global Web experts gathered to plan the technical roadmap for the future of the Web.
We are pleased to share summary highlights of the activities with you in the following press release:
https://www.w3.org/2016/09/tpac2016.html.en
Text version is below.
For additional information or interviews with W3C experts, please contact w3t-pr@w3.org.
Kind regards,
Karen Myers
W3C Media and Analyst Relations
Mobile: 1.978.502.6218
[1]W3C For Immediate Release
[1] https://www.w3.org/
W3C Global Web Experts Plan Technical Roadmap for Future of Web
Annual Technical Plenary Meeting in Lisbon Draws Record Number of
Attendees
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[2] https://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2016#tpac2016
[3] https://www.w3.org/Press/
[4]TPAC 2016 logo
[4] https://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC/
[5]https://www.w3.org/ — 23 September 2016, Lisbon, Portugal —
More than 550 experts in Web technologies gathered in Lisbon,
Portugal this week to address challenges and new opportunities
for the future of the Web's technical roadmap and
standardization work. Hosted by the [6]World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C), whose mission is "to lead the Web to its full
potential" by standardizing Web technologies, the annual W3C
[7]Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) Meeting
included [8]nearly 40 sessions of formally chartered groups
engaged in standards-related work. Another 40 informal
[9]break-out sessions discussed emerging technologies that may
benefit from standardization work at W3C.
[5] https://www.w3.org/
[6] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/
[7] https://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC/
[8] https://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC/schedule.html
[9] https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2016
At the conference, [10]Web Inventor and W3C Director Sir Tim
Berners-Lee gave a keynote address in which he thanked and
encouraged his fellow Web technologists to sustain his original
vision for an open, interoperable and decentralized Web for
everyone in the world.
[10] https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
On 6 August, the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of the
Web being offered as a [11]publicly available service. Since
its invention by Berners-Lee in 1989, the Web has evolved to
have rich video and graphics capabilities, work on multiple
devices, appear in [12]many languages and be accessible for
those with disabilities. These advancements rely significantly
on open Web standards, the technical building blocks that make
the Web open, interoperable and accessible, developed at the
[13]World Wide Web Consortium.
[11] https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/08/25-years-ago-the-world-changed-forever/
[12] http://www.w3.org/International/
[13] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/
"Members of the W3C and the larger Web community carry a
great responsibility to shape the future of Web
technologies," said [14]Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "Most
people take for granted that the Web just works for them,
but the foundational technologies that make the Web work for
everyone are developed by highly skilled and dedicated
technology experts in the W3C community. This year's TPAC
meetings underscored the importance and impact of W3C's
work."
[14] https://www.w3.org/People/Jeff/
Topping the technical discussions of the groups chartered by
W3C were advancements to the Open Web Platform and specific
industry requirements for the next generation Web:
* Accessibility - [15]WCAG 2.0 is the foundational standard
for accessible Web sites and is widely adopted worldwide by
governments and organizations. The community discussed next
steps to expand features and charter new work for WCAG 2.1
by next year and to provide even more robust horizontal
reviews of all W3C standards to ensure they are accessible.
[16]ARIA 1.1 is ready to advance to Candidate
Recommendation and is evaluating implementations.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/
* Automotive - The [17]Web and Automotive Working Group is
enabling Web connectivity through in-vehicle infotainment
systems and vehicle data access protocols. This means
consumers will soon have access to more data and services
from their vehicles such as road, weather and shopping
information.
http://www.w3.org/2014/automotive/charter.html
* Digital Publishing - The [18]Publishing Community and
[19]Digital Publishing Interest Group are collaborating on
the evolution of electronic books and how to bring the
requirements of authors and publishers to the Web for
richer reading and learning experiences, both online and
offline.
https://www.w3.org/wiki/Publishing_Community_Meeting_at_TPAC_2016
http://www.w3.org/2015/09/digpubig
* Entertainment - The [20]Web and TV Interest Group discussed
new features from the entertainment industry. The [21]TV
Control Working Group is bringing broadcast content to Web
pages and the [22]Second Screen Presentation Working Group
is defining an API (Application Programming Interface) that
enables Web pages to use secondary screens to display Web
content.
http://www.w3.org/2012/11/webTVIGcharter.html
https://www.w3.org/2016/tvcontrol/
http://www.w3.org/2014/secondscreen/charter.html
* Telecommunications - The [23]Web Real Time Communications
Working Group is bringing audio and video communications
anywhere, on any network.
http://www.w3.org/2015/07/webrtc-charter.html
* Open Web Platform - The [24]CSS Working Group completed six
new Recommendations in 2016 and has 22 more in Proposed
Recommendation phase, including [25]Flexible Box Layout
level 1. The [26]Web Platform Working Group has advanced
HTML 5.1 to Candidate Recommendation status and expects it
to become a standard in the Fall. At the same time, the
group has already [27]released a First Public Working Draft
of HTML 5.2. Expanding media capabilities, [28]Media Source
Extensions (MSE) is on track to become a Recommendation in
early November. The [29]Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)
has proposed a revised timeline to complete test suite work
in response to new resource support from the Consumer
Technology Association ([30]CTA).
https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/
https://www.w3.org/WebPlatform/WG/
https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/09/html-from-5-1-to-5-2/
https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/
https://www.w3.org/TR/encrypted-media/
https://www.cta.tech/About.aspx
* Web of Data - The [31]Data on the Web Best Practices
Working Group has set out guidance to ensure that Data on
the Web is shared, openly or not, with maximum
interoperability. The group encourages the submission of
implementations from users, having published a
[32]Candidate Recommendation of Data on the Web Best
Practices. The work fits into a wider perspective covering
[33]geospatial data, [34]licenses and more.
http://www.w3.org/2013/05/odbp-charter
http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-dwbp-20160830/
https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/charter
https://www.w3.org/2016/poe/charter
* Web Payments - The [35]Web Payments Working Group is
developing an API to streamline the online "check-out"
process and make payments easier and more secure on the
Web.
http://www.w3.org/Payments/WG/charter-201510.html
* Web Security - The [36]Web Authentication Working Group
advanced work on more secure and flexible alternatives to
password-based log-ins on the Web. The [37]Web Application
Security Working Group will soon finalize [38]Content
Security Policy level 2.
http://www.w3.org/2015/12/web-authentication-charter.html
https://www.w3.org/2015/03/webappsec-charter-2015.html
https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP2/
* Web of Things - The [39]Web of Things Interest Group seeks
to counter the fragmentation of the Internet of Things
(IoT) through standardized metadata that enables easy
integration across IoT platforms and application domains.
The Interest Group puts a strong emphasis on
interoperability experiments through regular plugfests.They
are reviewing a [40]proposed charter for a Web of Things
Working Group.
[39] http://www.w3.org/WoT/IG/
[40] https://www.w3.org/2016/09/wot-wg-charter.html
In addition to the meetings of the formally chartered Working
and Interest Groups for W3C members, for the first time the W3C
hosted more than 20 [41]W3C Community Groups that are
[42]incubating ideas for future Web technologies. Among the
topics of high interest in the Community Groups and breakout
sessions were blockchain, [43]virtual reality (VR/AR), Web
bluetooth and NFC, micro-payments, multi-device timing, and a
Web of Things plugfest.
[41] http://www.w3.org/community/
[42] https://www.w3.org/Guide/standards-track/
[43] https://www.w3.org/2016/06/vr-workshop/
About the World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international
consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and
the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C
primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web
standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth
and stewardship for the Web. Over 400 organizations are
[44]Members of the Consortium.
[44] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
W3C is jointly run by the [45]MIT Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the United
States, the [46]European Research Consortium for Informatics
and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, [47]Keio
University in Japan and [48]Beihang University in China. W3C
has Offices in Australia; the Benelux countries; Brazil;
Finland; Germany and Austria; Greece; Hungary; India; Korea;
Morocco; Russia; Southern Africa; Spain; and the United Kingdom
and Ireland. For more information see [49]http://www.w3.org/
[45] http://www.csail.mit.edu/
[46] http://www.ercim.eu/
[47] http://www.keio.ac.jp/
[48] http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/
[49] http://www.w3.org/
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