YAML-LD brings the power of JSON-LD’s #LinkedData to YAML, using YAML’s more compact and expressive syntax #timetogiveinput #FPWD
▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/yaml-ld-10/

The @w3c specification "YAML‑LD 1.0" offers more data types and flexible structure than #JSON, while ensuring compatibility with #JSONLD syntax, semantics, and #APIs.

Feedback wlc! https://github.com/w3c/yaml-ld/issues

The @w3c #Publishing Maintenance #WorkingGroup issues EPUB Annotations 1.0 as #FPWD, enabling richer reading and improved interoperability #timetogiveinput
▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-anno-10/

This document defines a profile of the Web Annotation Data Model for #EPUB publications, enabling annotations such as highlights, notes, and bookmarks to be expressed using embedded #JSON-LD. The spec. also introduces Annotation Sets for packaging and sharing annotations.

Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c/epub-specs/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3ASpec-Annotations

The @w3c CSS #WorkingGroup publishes "Selectors Level 5' as #FPWD. The spec. extends Level 4, adding new #CSS selectors #timetogiveinput

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-5/

It introduces time dimensional pseudo-classes (':current', ':past', ':future') e.g. for use in #WebVTT, grid-structural (column) selectors to style HTML tables, heading pseudo-classes (👍 #developers-signal https://github.com/web-platform-dx/developer-signals/issues/384), etc.

Feedback wlc: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/tree/main/selectors-5

The @w3c Security #InterestGroup published the "Cryptography usage in Web Standards" doc. to help web specification authors and application #developers apply #cryptography in a consistent, interoperable and secure way #timetogiveinput

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/security-guidelines-cryptography/

This is a practical, standards-aligned guide on selecting and using recognized cryptographic algorithms and parameters securely within web technologies, helping avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.

Feedback wlc: https://github.com/w3c/security-guidelines-cryptography/issues

The @w3c Security #InterestGroup released its "Threat Model for Decentralized Credentials" which provides a structured analysis of risks in decentralized credential systems, focusing on #security, #privacy, and #HumanRights #timetogiveinput

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/threat-model-decentralized-credentials/

Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c/threat-model-decentralized-credentials/issues

The @w3c Security #InterestGroup proposes to make systematic use of threat modeling in W3C to identify potential #threats, vulnerabilities, and safeguards in web specifications.
This guide is designed to help standards #developers make informed decisions about #security and #privacy risks from the beginning of standard development #timetogiveinput

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/threat-modeling-guide/

Feedback wlc: https://github.com/w3c/threat-modeling-guide/issues

The @w3c SHACL 1.2 Rules specification is an addition to the Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL) family of documents. It provides a standardized way to express and evaluate declarative rules that generate new data (as #RDF triples) by inference on existing RDF data. #FPWD #timetogiveinput
▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl12-rules/

Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes/issues/

The @w3c CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 enhances #CSS background features. It adds a new longhand property for 'repeat' and expands 'background-clip' options with 'border-area' and 'text' #FPWD #timetogiveinput
▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/css-backgrounds-4/

Feedback wlc: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/new?labels=css-backgrounds-4

#developers, if you want the 'background-clip: border-area' and the 'background-clip: text' features to be avail. in all #browsers, please give a 👍 to https://github.com/web-platform-dx/developer-signals/issues/266 and /129

👇 cc https://kwz.me/hGI

The @w3c Thing Description (TD) is a key element of @wot, providing a standard way to describe the #metadata, interfaces, and interactions of physical or virtual entities. The newly published document defines TD 2.0 #FPWD #timetogiveinput #WoT

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/wot-thing-description-2.0/

TDs simplify integrating #IoT devices into applications, and are encoded in a #JSON format that also allows JSON-LD processing.

Known implementations: https://www.w3.org/WoT/developers/

Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c/wot-thing-description/issues

Another publication today from the @w3c Verifiable Credentials #WorkingGroup: the "Verifiable Credential Rendering Methods v1.0" specification outlines methods for presenting a Verifiable Credential using visual, auditory, or haptic formats #FPWD #timetogiveinput

▶️ https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-render-method/

It includes guidance on displaying credentials as physical documents, digital images, or through assistive technologies such as screen readers and braille #a11y

Feedback wlc: https://github.com/w3c/vc-render-method/