Introduction
The W3C Council is the body convened to resolve Formal Objections and hear Submission Appeals, by combining the capabilities and perspectives of the Advisory Board (AB), the Technical Architecture Group (TAG), and the Team, and is tasked with doing so in the best interests of the Web and W3C. The role was previously handled separately by the W3C Director, the TAG or the AB.
Read suplemental information in the Guidebook
Council reports
W3C Members can refer to information about in-flight councils on the dashboard (W3C Member wiki).
This section indexes all completed Council Reports (most recent first).
Formal Councils under the W3C Process
- : Vision for W3C as a W3C Statement
- Team report
- The Council used the Unanimous Short Circuit offered by the Process Document, whereby all potential members of a Council subsequently agreed to adopt the Team Recommendation using the Unanimous Short Circuit (USC) Process, or renounced their seat.
- Member-only announcement
- : Privacy Principles as a W3C Statement
- Team report
- Council Report
- The Council resolved, per section Council Deliberations of the W3C Process to overrule the remaining objections.
- Member-only announcement
- : RDF-star Working Group Charter
- Team report
- Council Report
- The Council resolved to accept the Team’s recommendation to overrule the objection, per section Council Deliberations of the W3C Process.
- Member-only announcement
- : Federated Identity Working Group Charter — Adding Digital Credentials API
- Team report
- Council Report
- The Council resolved, per section Council Deliberations of the W3C Process to overrule the objection.
- Member-only announcement
- : Ethical Web Principles as a W3C Statement
- Team report
- Council Report
- The Council resolved, per section Council Deliberations of the W3C Process to overrule the remaining objection.
- Member-only announcement
- : Private Advertising Technology Working Group Charter
- Decision
- Member-only announcement
- The members of the W3C Council voted, per section Extraordinary Delegation of the W3C Process to delegate the decision to the W3C CEO.
- Team report
- : Privacy Working Group Charter
- Team Report
- The Council used the Unanimous Short Circuit offered by the Process Document, whereby all potential members of a Council subsequently agreed to adopt the Team Recommendation using the Unanimous Short Circuit (USC) Process, or renounced their seat.
- Member-only announcement
- : Web Payments Working Group Charter
- Team Report
- The Council used the Unanimous Short Circuit offered by the Process Document, whereby all potential members of a Council subsequently agreed to adopt the Team Recommendation using the Unanimous Short Circuit (USC) Process, or renounced their seat.
- Member-only announcement
Experimental Councils under Director delegation
- : Timed Text Working Group Charter
- : Devices and Sensors Working Group Charter
- : Payment Request API Recommendation
- : Web Applications Security Working Group Charter
- : Devices and Sensors Working Group Charter