TAG Update

24 April 2017

Daniel Appelquist

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.

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

The TAG

Tim Berners-Lee (W3C, Chair)
Daniel Appelquist (Samsung Electronics, co-Chair)
Peter Linss (Invited Expert, co-Chair)
David Baron (Mozilla)
Andrew Betts (Fastly)
Hadley Beeman (W3C Invited Expert)
Yves Lafon (W3C, staff contact)
Travis Leithead (Microsoft)
Sangwhan Moon (Invited Expert / Odd Concepts)
Alex Russell (Google)

Current work of the TAG

Pondering deep questions about the web
Writing stuff: findings and other output
Design reviews (née “Spec Reviews”)
Joint work with other groups
Play a role in cross-organization liaisons
Developer community engagement

Design Reviews

The TAG's “Heartbeat”

https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues

Requesting a TAG Review

Open an issue with us on GitHub

(live demo)

Some closed issues

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)

Finding

Evergreen Web

https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/evergreen-web

“Constant evolution is fundamental to the Web’s usefulness. Browsers that do not stay up-to-date place stress on the ecosystem. These products potentially fork the web, isolating their users and developers from the rest of the world.”

Finding

Polyfills and the evolution of the Web

https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/polyfills/

“Polyfills are a valuable part of Web architecture, because they promote the adoption of new features during the implementation process.”

Finding: Securing the Web

Moving the Web to https
Motivations thereof
Coordinating with the web community

https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/web-https

We have turned a corner:

more than 50% of the web is now https

Text

(source: Firefox Telemetry)

Future Work

Design Principles

https://w3ctag.github.io/design-principles/

Potential Finding on URLs and “Fake News”

Source: Blog Post from TAG member Andrew Betts

https://trib.tv/2017/03/31/amp-breaking-news/

Reviewing our Charter

https://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-tag-charter.html

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.