Advisory Committee Meeting, April 2025
Daniel Appelquist @torgo@mastodon.social
Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman@w3c.social
Jeffrey Yasskin @jyasskin@hachyderm.io
Technical Architecture Group Update
Technical architecture is about interfaces, system design, principles & connecting people:
cross-cutting concerns.
What is the TAG?
Chartered in W3C process to:
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document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary;
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resolve issues involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG;
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help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C.
What does that mean?
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Write architectural documents: findings, principles & guidelines;
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Review new specifications & help where we can;
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Work with others to identify key emerging topics;
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We don't write standards.
Daniel Appelquist (Invited Expert) co-Chair
Matthew Atkinson (Samsung)
Hadley Beeman (Invited Expert) co-Chair
Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) Emeritus
Marcos Cáceres (Apple)
Sarven Capadisli (Invited Expert)
Xiaocheng Hu (Huawei)
Yves Lafon (W3C) staff contact
Dapeng (Max) Liu (Alibaba Group)
Tristan Nitot (Octo)
Lola Odelola (Invited Expert)
Martin Thomson (Mozilla)
Jeffrey Yasskin (Google) co-Chair
Our last F2F, March 2025, hosted by Octo in Paris
We also held a developer meet-up…
(also hosted by Octo).
Recent Statements
Ethical Web Principles
Approved as W3C Statement.
Introduction that seeks to differentiate the web
on ethical grounds.
12 high-level principles.
Not intended to be actionable in itself :
this document informs our other work.
Complements the AB "vision" document.
Privacy Principles
Almost approved as W3C Statement.
Defining privacy on the web
Discussion of key concepts
Principles applicable to API designers, browser makers & web developers
Ongoing Work
Design reviews
- Early & late-stage APIs from browsers & WGs
- Charters
- 42 opened, 30 closed so far in 2025
- We often dispatch to other expert groups.
Design principles
- Collected from past design reviews.
Explainer Explainer
- Now a Note
No active task forces
W3C Councils
New Work
Societal Impacts
User Agents
Feedback on Digital Credentials Work
AI
Emergent Web Architecture
TAG Associates
More people to help with our work.
And an opportunity to audition for the next TAG election.
Looking for a wide range of experience to fill gaps in the elected range.
5 invited so far.
We're on github: https://github.com/w3ctag
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