W3C Technical Architecture Group

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The W3C Technical Architecture Group is a specialized body within the World Wide Web Consortium that steers the evolution of web architecture and ensures the consistency and integrity of web standards.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf W3C group
standards architecture body
technical working group
abbreviation W3C TAG
exOfficioMemberFromRole W3C CEO
W3C Director
field Internet technology
Web architecture
Web standards
focusArea HTTP and Web interaction patterns
RESTful Web architecture principles
decentralization and resilience of the Web
extensibility and versioning of Web technologies
security and privacy considerations in Web architecture
use of URIs on the Web
foundedBy World Wide Web Consortium
foundingContext created as part of the W3C Process Document revision around 2001
fullName World Wide Web Consortium Technical Architecture Group
governingDocument W3C Process Document
hasChair Chris Lilley
Dan Appelquist
Hadley Beeman
Noah Mendelsohn
Peter Linss
Tim Berners-Lee
hasCommunicationChannel public TAG GitHub repositories
[email protected] mailing list
hasMemberType appointed member
elected member
ex officio member
inception 2001
meetsAt W3C Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meetings
notableWork Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One
Cool URIs for the Semantic Web
Design Principles for Web Applications
Finding: Publishing and Linking on the Web
Finding: The Self-Describing Web
Finding: URIs, Addressability, and the use of HTTP GET
parentOrganization World Wide Web Consortium
produces TAG findings
architectural recommendations
design principles for Web technologies
reviews of W3C specifications
purpose to document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture
to ensure the consistency and integrity of Web standards
to steward the evolution of the Web architecture
role architectural oversight of W3C technologies
coordination across W3C Working Groups on architectural issues
publication of findings and guidance on Web architecture
review of Web specifications for architectural consistency
shortName TAG
website https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/


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