w3cdevs Twitter archive for May 2022

🗳️ This year's @ab election is starting, with 6 candidates for 5 seats. W3C Members have until June 2, 2022 to choose their Advisory Board representatives https://twitter.com/w3c/status/1521390411964592128

The 6 candidates are @t (@mozilla), Wei Ding (@Huawei), Tatsuya Igarashi (@Sony), @frivoal (W3C #InvitedExpert), @TzviyaSiegman (@WileyGlobal) and @daithesong (@Apple).
Read their nomination statements: https://www.w3.org/2022/05/03-ab-nominations.html

The W3C Advisory Board (AB) provides ongoing guidance to the @w3c team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. Their work priorities for 2022 are documented in https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB/2022_Priorities

Last month, @robinberjon (@nytimes) explained how the @w3c Process is used to identify and apply values to W3C's technical work. It guides the work of groups to make sure that the Web works for everyone! https://youtu.be/NTLm42rfbxo

Because it involves horizontal review for #accessibility, #security, #privacy, and #internationalization, the review process brings quality and consistency to W3C's work making each specification better.

... see also slides at https://www.w3.org/2022/Talks/ac-slides/intro-robin/

An update of the ClearSpec project is given by @plhw3org and @marcosc 🎬👇. ClearSpec aims to help differentiate between the different types of Web specifications that are manipulated within or around @w3c https://youtu.be/T9ABbii2Alc

This project also aims to help Web communities to document and inform about the level of adoptions of specs @MDN @caniuse, as well as more detailed implementation information from 'Web Platform Tests', surfacing these both in the header and the body of specifications

... with corresponding slides at https://www.w3.org/2022/Talks/ac-clearspec/index.html

This work is conducted by the W3C Spec Editors #CommunityGroup whose goal is to provide support for writing technical specifications across the Web ecosystem. Please send feedback and/or raise issues on their #github repo: https://github.com/w3c/clearspec/issues

W3C's Project Management Function lead, @plhw3org, presents historical data regarding Formal Objections (FOs) received in the past few years at W3C: https://youtu.be/68aUMcIor6s

In the @w3c process, "a Formal Objection to a group decision is one that the reviewer requests that the Director considers as part of evaluating the related decision". It allows to ensure that dissenting voices get a fair hearing when consensus cannot be otherwise reached.

Looking to the future, the @w3cAB proposes to modify the way FOs are handled. In the🎬below, @frivoal explains step by step how the proposed 'W3C Council' would serve to replace the Director in handling Formal Objections: https://youtu.be/Ax9MzKDXlSw

As the usage of the #Web intensifies, the needs for web technologies and #WebStandards become greater. This report summarizes recent @w3c work to enhance the web and innovate for its growth and strength. https://twitter.com/w3c/status/1523582138523791360

The @tag published 2 documents providing a set of privacy definitions and principles that should guide the development of the Web as a trustworthy platform #privacy #ethical #timetogiveinput https://twitter.com/w3c/status/1524715615071649792

Privacy and Ethical Web principles embrace the same goal: to ensure that the web provides a net positive social benefit to humanity https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/

The group welcomes feedback in the dedicated #github repos: https://github.com/w3ctag/privacy-principles/ and https://github.com/w3ctag/ethical-web-principles

Widely adopted by publishers, EPUB® 3 is the #ebooks format. It defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents.
Three new EPUB 3 specifications have reached the #CandidateRecommendation status #timetoimplement! @w3cpublishing https://twitter.com/w3c/status/1524719049955028992

Read @wendy_a_reid's blog post explaining the changes made to the specifications to introduce new content types and recommendations around areas previously under specified: https://www.w3.org/blog/2022/05/epub-3-3-is-now-in-cr/

The EPUB 3 Working Group encourages implementers to review the specifications and give feedback! Check also the test suite, try the tests out, and please report any errors or issues the tests might have: https://w3c.github.io/epub-tests/contributing

For content authors and #developers wishing to understand the EPUB® 3 specifications, an overview document describes the features available in #EPUB 3: https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-overview-33/