📣 We are opening today the W3C TPAC Inclusion Fund applications, until 31 July. This is designed for people from an under-represented group who wouldn’t be able to attend or meaningfully contribute to TPAC without financial support. We are grateful to this year’s sponsors W3C and an anonymous donor. https://lnkd.in/eACWnWas #w3ctpac #w3c #inclusion #diversity #webstandards
W3C
Non-profit Organizations
Wakefield, MA 30,096 followers
Leading the Web to its full potential
About us
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international public-interest non-profit organization where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Founded by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and led by President & CEO Seth Dobbs and a Board of Directors, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential.
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https://www.w3.org/
External link for W3C
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Wakefield, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1994
- Specialties
- Web standards, HTML, XML, technology, CSS, RDF, SVG, PNG, DOM, MathML, and Open Web Platform
Products
Amaya
Web Page Design Software
Using Amaya you can create Web pages and upload them onto a server. Authors can create a document from scratch, they can browse the web and find the information they need, copy and paste it to their pages, and create links to other Web sites. All this is done in a straightforward and simple manner, and actions are performed in a single consistent environment. Editing and browsing functions are integrated seamlessly in a single tool.
Locations
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Primary
401 Edgewater Place
Suite 600
Wakefield, MA 01880, US
Employees at W3C
Updates
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Talks at the W3C AC: "Responsible Integration of Domain Names” by Swapneel Sheth (VERISIGN). As #DNS domain names grow in importance, standards and best practices are needed for their responsible integration, for example, in terms of domain name lifecycles, with applications and protocols. At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵 Sheth called for community collaboration to develop these standards and best practices to prevent #internetsecurity and stability issues. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/efAPfn58
Responsible Integration of Domain Names
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Talks at the W3C AC: “Security” by Simone Onofri, new W3C Security Lead. #Privacy and #security, fundamental to HumanRights and civil liberties, have always been key W3C agenda items. Onofri outlined a three-pillar approach to security: developing security standards, verifying those standards, and guiding #developers to create a secure web. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/eYs-XsUW
Security
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Talks at the W3C AC: "AI Impact on the Web” by W3C's Dominique Hazael-Massieux. At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵 Hazaël-Massieux, reviewed the systemic impact and possible mitigation the Web community should consider to ensure the long term prosperity of the Web in the face of the changes #AI and #MachineLearning models are bringing to the Web. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/eHMtXXMe
AI Impact on the Web
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Talks at the W3C AC: "Vision for W3C ” by Chris Wilson, Google At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵 Wilson outlined the Vision for both the web and W3C. W3C leads the community in developing user-first web standards and guidelines to promote an equitable and interconnected society. The W3C Vision document defines W3C's mission, identity, purpose, and the values and principles guiding its decisions. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/e-bFz9gj
Vision for W3C
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Talks at the W3C AC: “Internationalization” by Fuqiao Xue, W3C Internationalization Activity Lead. At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵 Xue gave a comprehensive report of past and future W3C Internationalization work, collaborating with spec and browser developers to address gaps, particularly for endangered scripts and languages. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/e2zB4muq
Internationalization
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Talks at the W3C AC: "Improving the W3C workflow: strategic conversations at W3C” by Ian Jacobs. At our recent AC meeting in Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵, Jacobs suggested ways for W3C to systematically manage key technical discussions. He noted that for major topics like AI, staff would publish a framing document to outline potential risks and opportunities. After wide review, the discussion would ideally lead to a new work roadmap. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/edDyGKwB
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Talks at the W3C AC: "Fighting the deepfake threats” by @sophiawu31, Ant Group Group #GenerativeAI has made it much easier and cheaper to create new content but raises trust concerns due to deepfake attacks. Using AI, fraudsters can craft fake videos from victims' images, enabling identity fraud. In her talk at the recent W3C AC meeting in #Hiroshima, Japan, Sophia Wu called for collaboration to tackle #deepfake threats with new complementary #Webstandards. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/ecYtzCsV
Fighting the deepfake threats
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Talks at the W3C AC: "TAG: guiding the W3C technical agenda” by Daniel Appelquist At the W3C AC meeting in #Hiroshima, Appelquist presented on the TAG work, illustrating how they offers technical leadership through the "Securing the Web" case study, and using the design principles for new web features as an additional example. 🎬 Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/ePUghRTZ
TAG: guiding the W3C technical agenda
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Talks at the W3C AC: “Accessibility” by Kevin White, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Technical Lead White highlighted the WAI Team and outlined a number of achievements from last year including WCAG 2.2 and some goals for 2024/5, including the update of the free Web Accessibility W3Cx course. Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/erkRxTDS