đź”–TAG Update

9 May 2019

Daniel Appelquist

@torgo / @torgo@mastodon.social

https://w3.org/tag/

https://tag.w3.org/ (Current Work)

What is the TAG?

Special group in W3C chartered to:

  • document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary;
  • resolve issues involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG;
  • help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C.

 

 6 elected, 3 appointed, 1 permanent chair (Tim),
1 staff contact (Yves)

Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) Chair, on Sabbatical

Daniel Appelquist (Samsung) co-Chair

Alice Boxhall (Google)

Kenneth Christiansen (Intel)

Peter Linss  (Invited Expert) co-Chair

David Baron (Mozilla)

Hadley Beeman (Invited Expert)

Yves Lafon (W3C) staff contact

Sangwhan Moon  (Odd Concepts)

Tess O'Connor (Apple)

Lukasz Olejnik (Invited Expert)

Current work of the TAG

  • Pondering deep questions about the web
  • Writing stuff: findings and other output
  • Design reviews
  • Joint work with other groups
  • Play a role in cross-organization liaisons
  • Developer community engagement

Design Reviews

The TAG's “Heartbeat” 💓

Requesting a TAG Review

Open an issue with us on GitHub

(live demo)

 

Please request reviews at the design phase.

 

Make sure you have an explainer

https://tag.w3.org/workmode/

Make sure you articulate the user need.

What happens during a TAG review?

  • One TAG member will own the issue
  • We will likely invite someone to a TAG call or to join us at a f2f
  • You will get live feedback from us in the github issue
  • If appropriate we will issue a more formal feedback document

Where can I find the current work of the TAG?

Visit our page at https://tag.w3.org

Visit our meetings repo:
https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings

(all minutes linked from agendas)

Client-side API Design Principles

Updating Security & Privacy Self-Review

In coordination with Privacy Interest Group

 

https://w3ctag.github.io/security-questionnaire/

Developer Outreach

15 Developer Outreach Events since 2013

Mix of panel discussions and unconference-style “summits” (https://extensiblewebsummit.org)

Berlin / Boston / London / Melbourne /
Seattle / San Francisco / Tokyo

~1000 developers
 

 

Next event (maybe) at Reykjavik f2f, 21-23 May

 

ETHICS!

 

The web has an inherent social mission

For the web to continue to differentiate and thrive, it must put a focus on this mission

We already measure new web technologies against privacy, accessibility and internationalisation

Additional web technology ethical principles could help to build 

  • There is one web.
  • The web should not be a detriment to society.
  • The web must enforce fundamental human rights.
  • The web is for all people.
  • Security & Privacy are non-optional.
  • The web must enable freedom of expression.

 

 

  • The web must enable researching the truthfulness of information 
  • The web enhances individual agency.
  • The web must be a sustainable technology.
  • The web is inspectable.
  • The web is multi-browser and multi-OS 
  • People should be able to render web content as they want.

 

Some Ideas for Web Ethical Technology Principles

+"generative" +"wide review"

We're on github: https://github.com/w3ctag

Follow @w3ctag on Twitter

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