TAG Update

23 September 2015

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 (W3C Invited Expert, co-Chair)
Peter Linss (HPI, co-Chair)
David Baron (Mozilla)

Andrew Betts (The Financial Times)
Hadley Beeman (W3C Invited Expert)
Yves Lafon (W3C, staff contact)
Travis Leithead (Microsoft)
Mark Nottingham (Akamai)
Alex Russell (Google)

 

Current work of the TAG

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

Spec Reviews

The TAG's “Heartbeat”

Requesting a TAG Review

Open an issue with us on GitHub

(live demo)

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

(demo)

Finding

Unsanctioned Tracking

Tracking user activity on the Web using methods other than those defined for the purpose by the Web platform  is harmful to the Web.”

WebRTC IP Address Leakage

https://github.com/w3ctag/spec-reviews/issues/14

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

Great to see w3c move to https

Finding: End-to-End Encryption

  • A follow-up to “securing the web”
  • Adding our voice to advocates of e2e encryption
  • Wading slightly into policy territory – intentionally and (we think) appropriately

https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/encryption-finding/

Joint Work: Security & Privacy Self-Review

Weighing in on Key Issues

Ensuring a Strong and Secure Web Platform

Developer Outreach

10 Developer Outreach Events since 2013

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

Berlin / Boston / London / Melbourne / San Francisco 

~1000 developers
 

Some have been documented: 
http://lanyrd.com/2015/extwebsummit/

Some have been streamed: 
https://youtu.be/7BpsUYn6Z2o?t=35m17s

 

Why?

Take advantage of locations

Talk to and hear from web developers

Raise awareness of emerging web technologies

Be visible: this is your web

Get direct feedback from developers

Help to prioritize


Upcoming:

“Meet the TAG” meetup
London, 29 March 2016

https://ti.to/w3c-tag/meetthetag-london-2016

Next meet-up in Stockholm, probably 28 July


What's next? Developer survey in the works.

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

Follow @w3ctag on Twitter

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