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• Pointer Events Level 3 is now a W3C Recommendation

  The Pointer Events Working Group is pleased to publish Pointer Events Level 3 as a W3C Recommendation. The features in this specification extend or modify those found in Pointer Events, a W3C Recommendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware-agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, or touchscreen. For compatibility with existing mouse-based content, this specification also describes a mapping to fire Mouse Events for other pointer device types. This revision includes new features: altitudeAngle, azimuthAngle, pointerrawupdate event, associated coalesced events, and built-in predicted events.Following the newer Recommendation, Pointer Events Level 2 has been marked as a W3C Superseded Recommendation:

• Group Note Draft: W3C Standards Vulnerability Disclosure & Handling Process and Policy

  The Security Interest Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled W3C Standards Vulnerability Disclosure & Handling Process and Policy. This document defines how to report suspected security vulnerabilities in W3C standards and specifications (technical reports), so that issues can be triaged, confirmed, and resolved through the appropriate W3C processes. It is not for reporting vulnerabilities in software implementations or W3C operational infrastructure (see Out of scope).

• First Public Working Draft: Verifiable Credential Forgery Defense v1.0

  The Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft today for the Verifiable Credential Forgery Defense v1.0 specification. This publication is complementary to the publication of quantum-resistant cryptosuites and is motivated by the same threat. While cryptosuites let issuers secure new proofs with post-quantum signatures, this specification lets an issuer establish post-quantum-backed authenticity for credentials that may have been signed with conventional quantum-vulnerable algorithms and cannot, or is not feasible, to re-issue them. This is achieved by publishing a witness list that is itself the subject of a separate Verifiable Credential that can be signed with a quantum-resistant scheme.The Working Group welcomes comments via the GitHub repository issues.

• W3C opens Inclusion Fund and Invited Expert Fund for TPAC 2026

  As over 70% of the world is now online, we believe the diversity of the whole world needs to be reflected, as more people continue to access the web for which we develop standards for, here together at the Web Consortium. We would like to be a model of supporting diversity. As an international organization, we can see the immense value we gain from having greater gender diversity, and expertise from across multiple countries and cultures.We believe that more diversity means better representation, which leads to better and more inclusive design. More diversity also brings higher quality results.This week we opened the applications for travel support for TPAC 2026: The TPAC Inclusion Fund and the Invited Experts Support Fund. They are designed to help reduce barriers for participation and increase diversity at TPAC, acknowledging the positive contributions of participants and Invited Experts who have shown commitment through their positive contributions to the work of W3C groups.TPAC, our major event of the year, gathers our community for thought-provoking discussions and coordinated group work to develop open standards that enable a World Wide Web which connects and empowers humanity. TPAC 2026 is in Dublin, Ireland, from 26 to 30 October 2026. Applications are open until 31 July 2026.Submit an applicationShow your supportWe seek contributors —big and small— who like us would like to see reflected in web standards and web design the diversity of background, gender, experiences, expertise and skills.Consider a donationInclude a donation to the fund when you process your registration to TPAC (registration will open mid-July)Explore the Triquetra tier of our sponsorship packageWe encourage you to contribute generously.

• First Public Working Draft: Quantum-Resistant Cryptosuites v1.0

  The Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft today for the Quantum-Resistant Cryptosuites v1.0 specification. This document defines several Data Integrity Cryptosuites for use when generating a digital signature of, for example, Verifiable Credentials using Quantum-resistant digital signature algorithms.Publication of this draft is especially timely, in view of some recent research results on quantum vulnerabilities. That study led experts to consider that there exists a small but meaningful probability that elliptic curve keys could be broken by the early 2030s. As a result, organizations have already started to convert their authentication services to eventually use quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, with deadlines as early as 2029. This new specification will provide such digital signature schemes for verifiable credentials, and other data payloads, using the best stable quantum-resistant algorithms known today.The Working Group welcomes comments via the GitHub repository issues.

• Diversity report 2026

  W3C released today the 2026 diversity report. As part of our commitment and continued focus on diversity and inclusion, since 2018 we annually report on gender and geographic diversity of W3C's governing bodies.We would like to be a model of supporting diversity. As an international organization, we can see the immense value we gain from having greater gender diversity, and expertise from across multiple countries and cultures. The diversity of the whole world needs to be reflected, as over 70% of the world is now online and more people continue to access and use the web we develop standards for, here together at the Web Consortium.We believe that more diversity means better representation, which leads to better and more inclusive design. Indeed, more background, more use cases, more edge cases, lead to a better web. More diversity also brings higher quality results.This year again, we want to financially help cover TPAC 2026 meeting travel costs for W3C participants from groups under-represented in the web community, who without financial support would not be able to attend TPAC in person. We seek contributors —big and small— who like us would like to see reflected in web standards and web design the diversity of background, gender, experiences, expertise and skills.Explore our sponsorship packages

• W3C Invites Implementations of HTML Ruby Markup Extensions

  The Internationalization Working Group has published HTML Ruby Markup Extensions as a W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. Ruby, a form of interlinear annotation, are short runs of text alongside the base text. They are typically used in East Asian documents to indicate pronunciation or to provide a short annotation. This specification revises and extends the markup model established by HTML to express ruby.Comments are welcome via Github issues by 3 July 2026.

• Upcoming: W3C/GS1 Workshop on E-commerce for Humans and AI Agents

  W3C announced today the W3C/GS1 Workshop on E-commerce for Humans and AI Agents, 8-9 September 2026, in Zurich, Switzerland, with remote participation. The event is hosted by Google.Web content has historically been designed for humans, even when pages also expose structured data through APIs or embedded JSON-LD using vocabularies such as schema.org and the extension GS1 Web Vocabulary. LLMs and AI Agents are becoming a new intermediary between that content and end users: they summarize search results, follow links, and may support users in online activity before a person ever visits a page directly. This workshop aims to share experiences of creating content with AI Agents in mind. What are the practices that are most effective? What are the pitfalls? What shifts do content creators need to make in order to maximize the return on the investment in time, energy, and skill? The impetus for the workshop is from e-commerce, which will be a particular focus of the event. However, the discussion is expected to be informed by broader input related to content creation and publication.If you wish to participate, please submit either a "Position Statement" or an "Expression of Interest" by July 10, 2026. See submission instructions.The organizers and the Programme Committee will review submissions and use them to shape the workshop agenda, identify speakers, and ensure a useful range of perspectives across the workshop topics. Attendance is free for invited participants and is open to people who can contribute relevant experience, use cases, technical perspectives, implementation experience, research findings, or standardization questions. We aim to include diverse participation from relevant communities, including: Content creators and curators of all kindsLLM and AI Agents providers, including in-browser AI AgentsBrands making products to sell, and retailers selling themSearch Engine Optimization practitionersOnline data providers If you have any questions, please contact the Programme Committee at group-ecommerce-agents-pc@w3.org.

• W3C initiates leadership transition

  W3C leadership transitionW3C has announced a leadership transition. Dominique Hazaël-Massieux has been appointed Interim CEO with immediate effect.Please read more in our Press Release.

• Proposed Advancement of Pointer Events Level 3 to W3C Recommendation

  Today, the W3C Team proposed advancing Pointer Events Level 3 to W3C Recommendation. This specification was published by the Pointer Events Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation Draft on 22 May 2026. The features in this specification extend or modify those found in Pointer Events, a W3C Recommendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware-agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, or touchscreen. For compatibility with existing mouse-based content, this specification also describes a mapping to fire Mouse Events for other pointer device types.This revision includes new features: altitudeAngle, azimuthAngle, pointerrawupdate event, associated coalesced events, and built-in predicted events. This revision of Pointer Events is intended to supersede Pointer Events Level 2.