As #DNS domain names grow in importance, standards and best practices are needed for their responsible integration, e.g. in terms of domain name lifecycles, with applications and protocols.

In his recent talk at last @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Swapneel Sheth (Verisign) called for community collaboration to develop these standards and best practices to prevent internet #security and stability issues.

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#AI and #MachineLearning models are shifting a number of core assumptions on which the various Web stakeholders have been relying on for years.
In this presentation at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @dontcallmeDOM reviews the systemic impact and possible mitigation the Web community should consider to ensure the long term prosperity of the #Web in the face of these changes.

▶️ Read the underlying report: w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/
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At the last @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @cdub, @ab member, outlines the vision for both the web and W3C. W3C leads the community in developing user-first web standards and guidelines to promote an equitable and interconnected society.

The W3C vision document defines W3C's mission, identity, purpose, and the values and principles guiding its decisions:
▶️ w3.org/TR/w3c-vision/

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Large Language Models (LLMs) are being distributed across many devices and platforms. Having these models available on-device can help reduce the need for sending private data to cloud-hosted systems.

At the @w3c member meeting last month in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Chunhui Mo (Huawei) explored what it would take to expose these LLMs to #WebApps through a Web #API and the advantages it could bring in terms of #privacy, #security and #performance.

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Last month, at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Kevin White (W3C Accessibility Technical Lead) highlighted a number of achievements from last year and outlined some of the @wai team goals for 2024/5, incl. the update of the free Web #accessibility @w3cx course - edx.org/learn/web-accessibilit…

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The #Internet and #web prove vital in emergencies, enabling seamless collaboration and information sharing.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Dr. Naoshi Hirata, U. of Tokyo, presented "distributed disaster management data" using a case study for the Noto peninsula earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, 2024.
#SVG

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At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Leonard Rosenthol, Adobe, introduced the work of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) that leverages W3C standards (#VerifiableCredentials, #WebAnnotations, etc.).
C2PA aims to develop technical specs for widespread content provenance and authenticity, allowing users to trace media origins.

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Data sovereignty is considered as the ongoing effort of individuals and organizations to oversee the data they produce, store, disseminate, and exchange.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵 , @p20n, W3C Data Strategist, evaluated several organizations and projects concerning data sovereignty and autonomy, exploring potential future collaboration opportunities.

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In the evolving digital landscape, "Identity on the Web" is crucial for online interaction, #privacy and #security.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Heather Flanagan, co-chair of the newly created W3C Federated Identity #WorkingGroup discussed challenges in establishing a common understanding of #identity and explored this topic's technological, social, and #ethical dimensions in relation to the W3C’s mission.

▶️ w3.org/groups/wg/fedid/
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