#AboutW3C Today marks the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Web inventor @npub1rknc...cdxd 🎊 We made a 2:27 video using graphic elements and text running on a timeline from 1989 to 2024 to highlight milestones for #W3C and the Internet. (It is also available on YouTube: ) Version with audio description:
We are happy to share that today the Social Web Foundation launched with a mission to help the fediverse to grow healthy, multi-polar, and financially viable. We are looking forward to continuing to support the work that @npub17649...nuj0 @npub1u44t...3ep6 @npub1g03w...d2qp are planning in the new non-profit foundation for expanding and improving ActivityPub and the fediverse. We are delighted that to the Foundation will be becoming a W3C Member.
On Wednesday 25 September we will host a live stream of the W3C@30 Talks including: An introduction by Seth Dobbs, W3C CEO; Jun Murai, Keio University, on ‘One internet and the web’; Fuqiao Xue, W3C, on ‘The web as a bridge across borders’; François Daoust, W3C, on ‘Web & the art of specification maintenance’; Nick Doty, CD&T, on ‘Supporting human rights in Web standards’; and Léonie Watson, Tetralogical: on ‘W3C and me’
Next week as part of #w3cTPAC in Anaheim, CA we will hold W3C@30 on Wednesday 25 September. The first part of the evening will be a series of short talks (in-person and streaming online to the public). The theme will be: ‘Today is better than yesterday, tomorrow will be better than today.’ You can find information on the talks (more to be updated soon) at:
We are hiring Sylvia Cadena as our inaugural Chief Development Officer. Since becoming a public-interest not-for-profit organization in 2023, a pivotal evolution since our establishment in 1994, we are diversifying funding to be in a better position to succeed in our mission. Sylvia joins us at this decisive time to define our vision for financial security and development. Learn more about Sylvia's background and new role in our press release:
The Federated Identity Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Federated Credential Management API, a Web Platform API that allows users to login to websites with their federated accounts in a privacy preserving manner. image
Legal professionals, please share this in your networks! We are searching for a Director of Legal and Compliance, with experience in non-profit organizations, for full-time remote work in the USA, to ensure W3C operates in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations throughout the world, to advise on all legal matters, to guide the organization's policies, ultimately furthering our mission and goals.
This year is the 30th anniversary of W3C. On Wednesday 25 September, at W3C@30, we will explore the impact of W3C standards on the world, imagine the possibilities for the next 30 years and celebrate our community with talks and a gala at our annual #w3cTPAC conference in Anaheim, CA. Thank you to our sponsors @Igalia and mesur.io. Organizations and individuals can sponsor the event (your sponsorship may be tax deductible if you pay US taxes) See more:
In "Web Security: shaping the secure Web" W3C CEO @npub1m662...w4ec explains why and how Web Security as a requirement for humanity is central to W3C’s mission, mentions digital identities and credentials as a high-stake current focus, and invites all to participate. #WebSecurity
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Michael Sperberg-McQueen. Michael, a pioneer in Extensible Markup Language (XML), was part of the W3C Team for a time. He was intellectually generous, personally kind and generally wonderful. Remembrances of him are being gathered at: