You'd think the government would stick to established Web standards and not be tied to specific browser vendors!

#government #webstandards

📆 10-12 June 2026:
Interop Tokyo 2026 Makuhari-Messe, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

Interop26 is Japan’s largest trade show, bringing together companies in the IT industry. The W3C booth, which also celebrates the 30th anniversary of W3C in Japan, will feature presentations and promotional activities by 12 organizations—comprising W3C members and the web community—utilizing W3C technologies.
https://www.w3.org/events/conferences/2026/interop-tokyo-2026/
#interop26 #WebStandards

Grounding AI the webby way — Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2026 takeaways

https://duncanstephen.net/grounding-ai-the-webby-way-taxonomy-boot-camp-london-2026-takeaways/

On May 14, 2026 W3C Japan held its first 2026 W3C Japan Member Meeting at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.

Presentations offered valuable insights into future W3C activities. Following the meeting, the “W3C in Japan 30th Anniversary Reception” was held. Attendees included not only W3C members but also many alumni. Participants from diverse industries engaged in conversations about the past and future of W3C, deepening their connections
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/w3c-japan-member-meeting-and-w3c-in-japan-30th-anniversary-ceremony/
#WebStandards #W3CJapan

The Timed Text Working Group published IMSC Text Profile 1.3 as a W3C Recommendation.

IMSC Text Profile 1.3 is the most recent addition to the IMSC family of specifications for the authoring and delivery of subtitles and captions worldwide. The rich styling and structured markup make it an ideal choice for expressive subtitles and AI training sets.
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/imsc-text-profile-1-3-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
#WebStandards #TimedText #Subtitles #StructuredMarkup

Embedded Links, die dann eine Vorschau erzeugen, sind ja nett hier.
Aber leider hatten die Artikelbilder dann kein Alt-Text.

Also sollte dann doch eine Beschreibung des Bildes mit den Tröt kommen, oder?

/edit: Boh, das meta property="og:image:alt" wird hier beim Abruf des Artikels nie ausgewertet.

#webstandards #fediverse #barrierefreiheit #zugänglichkeit #altText

The `autofocus` attribute jumps focus past content that screen reader users haven't heard yet. There's an active proposal in the WHATWG spec for an `accessible-autofocus` attribute that delays focus until reading context is established. The spec thread feedback is "that should just be how autofocus works," which is the right take, but means the fix is coming slowly.
#accessibility #screenreaders #webstandards

https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12436