The Web Performance Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Resource Timing Level 2. This specification defines an interface for web applications to access the complete timing information for resources in a document.
The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of the CSS Table Module Level 3. This CSS module defines a two-dimensional grid-based layout system, optimized for tabular data rendering. In the table layout model, each display node is assigned to an intersection between a set of consecutive rows and a set of consecutive columns, themselves generated from the table structure and sized according to their content.
The Automotive Working Group published a First Public Working Draft of the Vehicle Signal Server Specification which defines a WebSocket based API that enables client applications running on the In-Vehicle-Infotainment system and on the local vehicle network to access vehicle signals and data attributes. The purpose of the specification is to promote a Server API that enables application development in a consistent manner across participating automotive manufacturers.
The Social Web Working Group has published a Working Draft of PubSub. This specification describes an open, simple, web-scale and decentralized Publish-Subscribe protocol; and HTTP-based profile which requirements for high-volume publishers and subscribers are optional.
The TV Control Working Group has published a Working Draft of TV Control API Specification. This specification defines an API for sourcing audio and video media, such as TV and radio from broadcast, IPTV, or other sources, with associated channel and program metadata, and allows presentation of the media using the video and audio HTML elements. The API is agnostic of any underlying audio or video sourcing technologies.
The Digital Publishing Interest Group has published a First Public Working Drafts of “Portable Web Publications Use Cases and Requirements. The document explores requirements for Portable Web Publications by listing 50 different requirements, each of them backed up with at least one, but often several, real world use cases and scenarios. This work will be the basis for the planning of further activities on Digital Publishing at the W3C.
If you wish to make comments regarding these documents, please submit issues at the corresponding github issues’ list.
The Internationalization Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Ethiopic Layout Requirements. This document describes requirements for the layout and presentation of text in languages that use the Ethiopic script when they are used by Web standards and technologies, such as HTML, CSS, Mobile Web, and Digital Publications. By publishing this first Working Draft we invite feedback and participation from interested parties. Learn more about other layout requirements initiatives in progress.
The Web Platform Working Group has published a Working Draft of Input Events. This specification defines additions to events for text and related input to allow for the monitoring and manipulation of default browser behavior in the context of text editor applications and other applications that deal with text input and text formatting. It builds on the UI events spec.
The RDF Data Shapes Web Working Group has published a Working Draft of SHACL Core Abstract Syntax and Semantics. This document defines an abstract syntax for the core SHACL (SHApes Constraint Language). It is derived from the SHACL specification and is a non-normative version of the content of that specification.
The Web Platform Working Group has published a Working Draft of HTML 5.2. This specification defines the 5th major version, second minor revision of the core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In this version, new features continue to be introduced to help Web application authors, new elements continue to be introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention continues to be given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.
A Working Draft of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1 is available for review. This is intended to be the last Working Draft before the specification becomes a Candidate Recommendation. Please review to ensure this version is feature complete. Comments are requested by 26 August 2016.
The Social Web Working Group has published a Working Draft of Linked Data Notifications. Linked Data Notifications is a specialized use of Linked Data Platform (LDP) for sending and consuming notifications. It is not dependent on a complete implementation of LDP, but an easy-to-implement subset. This specification describes the particular features necessary to make it easy to exchange notifications in a decentralised, interoperable way.
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group has published a Working Draft of CSS Color Module Level 4. This specification describes CSS color values and properties for foreground color and group opacity. It also describes in detail the CSS color value type and describes CSS properties which allow authors to specify the foreground color and opacity of the text content of an element. It not only defines the color-related properties and values that already exist in CSS1 and CSS2, but also defines new properties and values.
The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group, a joint endeavor by W3C and OGC, has published an updated version of the Time Ontology in OWL, first published by the Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group in September 2006. The ontology has been in widespread use since that time despite two particular problems: the uncertain status of the work and its lack of support for calendar systems other than the Gregorian calendar. The SDW WG is addressing the first issue by taking the specification through the full standards process of both W3C and OGC. The second problem is fully resolved in the new draft, so that the Time Ontology is able to support any Temporal Reference System. Further requirements identified by the WG are also being addressed.
The Second Screen Presentation Working Group has published a Working Draft of Remote Playback API. This specification defines an API extending the HTMLMediaElement that enables controlling remote playback of media from a web page. It aims to make remote playback devices such as connected TVs, projectors or audio-only speakers, available to the Web and takes into account playback devices that are attached using wired (HDMI, DVI, or similar) and wireless technologies (Miracast, Chromecast, DLNA, AirPlay, or similar).
The Pointer Events Working Group has published a Working Draft of Pointer Events – Level 2. The features in this specification extend or modify those found in PointerEvents, a W3C Recomendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, touchscreen, etc. For compatibility with existing mouse based content, this specification also describes a mapping to fire DOM-LEVEL-3-EVENTS Mouse Events for other pointer device types.
