<div dir="ltr"><div>Here is an excellent opportunity for a Web3D Consortium member: participation in</div><div><ul><li>Web Applications Working Group</li><li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2026/01/webappswg-charter-2026.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/2026/01/webappswg-charter-2026.html</a></li></ul><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="gmail-background" class="gmail-background" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif"><h2 style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0.15em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);background:transparent;color:rgb(0,90,156);font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px"><font size="2">Motivation and Background</font></h2><p style="clear:none">Specifications produced by the WebApps Working Group enable developers to create web applications that work across a wide range of platforms and devices, and for a broad diversity of users, by addressing matters of accessibility, device independence, internationalization, privacy, and security.</p></div><h2 style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0.15em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);background:transparent;color:rgb(0,90,156);font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px"><font size="2">Scope</font></h2><p style="clear:none">The scope of the WebApps Working Group is:</p><ul style=""><li>Haptic input devices and their emitted events and/or data.</li><li>Data sharing across remote and local web applications.</li><li>Receiving and acting upon data from remote sources.</li><li>Accessing the file system and persistent storage.</li><li>Interfacing with OS capabilities.</li><li>Integrating web applications with the OS.</li><li>Preventing the screen from turning off under certain conditions.</li><li>Providing location information, either of the hosting device or a location selected by the user.</li><li>Providing information about changes in motion and orientation of the hosting device.</li></ul><p style="clear:none">The Working Group will not adopt new proposals until they have matured through the <a href="https://wicg.io/" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);background:transparent">Web Platform Incubator Community Group</a> or a similar incubation phase. If the Working Group decides to add new Recommendation-track deliverables then it will recharter with changes to change its deliverables.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So, if you are interested in participating with an eye towards how our X3D and HAnim standards might be implemented even better, then please contact Anita Havele and I. Web3D Consortium membership is a necessary prerequisite for anyone serving as our liaison to a W3C working group.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Web3D Consortium membership has value! Thanks for considering the possibilities.</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.web3d.org/membership">Member Benefits | Web3D Consortium</a></li></ul></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:monospace">all the best, Don</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="monospace">-- </font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="monospace">X3D Graphics, Maritime Robotics, Distributed Simulation</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="monospace">Relative Motion Consulting <a href="https://RelativeMotion.info" target="_blank">https://RelativeMotion.info</a></font></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Xueyuan Jia</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:xueyuan@w3.org">xueyuan@w3.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM<br>Subject: Call for Participation: Web Applications Working Group Charter approved; Join the WebApps WG<br>To: <<a href="mailto:w3c-ac-forum@w3.org">w3c-ac-forum@w3.org</a>><br></div><br><br>Dear Advisory Committee Representative,<br>
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]<br>
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W3C is pleased to announce the recharter of the Web Applications Working <br>
Group.<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/2026/01/webappswg-charter-2026.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/2026/01/webappswg-charter-2026.html</a><br>
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The group is chartered through 31 January 2028.<br>
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The mission of the Web Applications Working Group (WebApps WG) is to <br>
produce specifications that facilitate the development of client-side <br>
web applications.<br>
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Please use the following form to have your organization join the group. <br>
The form will also instruct you how to nominate participants:<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps/join" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps/join</a><br>
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Please consider diversity when proposing people to participate in W3C <br>
groups. Representation from a wider group of people, especially people <br>
from under-represented groups, is vital for creating web standards that <br>
meet the needs of the wider web community.<br>
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Current participants will remain in this group and are not required to <br>
re-join.<br>
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The group co-chairs are Léonie Watson (TetraLogical), Marcos Cáceres <br>
(Apple), Diego González (Microsoft), and Marijn Kruisselbrink (Google). <br>
The Staff Contacts are Xiaoqian Wu (0.25 FTE), Michael[tm] Smith (0.1 <br>
FTE) for a total of 0.35 FTE.<br>
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More information about the group can be found on the group home page:<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps</a><br>
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Results of Charter Call for Review<br>
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We called for charter review on 7 Aug 2025:<br>
<a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2025JulSep/0030.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2025JulSep/0030.html</a><br>
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Thanks to the 21 Members who provided input:<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/wbs/33280/webappswg-recharter-2025/results/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/wbs/33280/webappswg-recharter-2025/results/</a><br>
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17 Members supported the charter as is, 1 suggested changes, and 3 <br>
abstained. The User-Initiated Web Application Installation specification <br>
and the Web App Launch Handler API specification were included in the <br>
charter as potential group deliverables, as a result of the comments.<br>
<br>
A complete Disposition of Comments is available at:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/w3c/webappswg/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20label%3Acharter-2025" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/w3c/webappswg/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20label%3Acharter-2025</a><br>
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To see all changes relative to the proposed charter, follow this link:<br>
<a href="https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2025%2F07%2Fwebappswg-charter-2025.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2026%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2026.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2025%2F07%2Fwebappswg-charter-2025.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2026%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2026.html</a><br>
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To see all changes relative to the previous charter, follow this link:<br>
<a href="https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2024%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2024.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2026%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2026.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2024%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2024.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2026%2F01%2Fwebappswg-charter-2026.html</a><br>
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This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#ACReviewAfter" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#ACReviewAfter</a><br>
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and the Call for Participation follows section 4.5 of the W3C Process <br>
Document:<br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#cfp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#cfp</a><br>
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Thank you,<br>
<br>
For Philippe Le Hegaret, VP, Technical Strategy;<br>
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications<br>
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