# W3C

* [The W3C’s Credentials Community is hosting a session on NFTs and Identity](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2022Apr/0049.html). 4/12 [9am PST](https://meet.w3c-ccg.org/weekly)
  > There has been an explosion of interest in using NFT for identity, along with exploring how they could work with or support DIDs and VCs. Simone Ravaioli, Taylor Kendal and Heather Vescent have invited Evin Mcmullen of [Disco.xyz](https://www.disco.xyz/), Elina Cadouri of [Dock](https://www.dock.io/), Stepan Gershuni of [Affinidi](https://www.affinidi.com/) / [DeepSkills](https://www.deepskills.io/), and Dominik Beron of [Walt.id](https://walt.id/) to share their perspective on NFT identity and where it may overlap with DIDs and VCs
* [does the CCG have any thoughts about possible changes to W3C itself?](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2022Apr/0067.html)  Daniel Hardman (Saturday, 9 April)

This major organizational overhaul to the W3C is also happening at a time of unprecedented activity and change for the internet. Will the web support crypto and Web3 industry proposals? How will the web support advertising? What should be the baseline web browser security standards?

* [Announcement: W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2022Jun/0063.html)  Kimberly Wilson Linson (Tuesday, 28 June)

* [W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization](https://www.w3.org/2022/06/pressrelease-w3c-le.html.en) W3.org

As W3C was created to address the needs of the early web, our evolution to a public-interest non-profit is not just to continue our community effort, but to mature and grow to meet the needs of the web of the future.
This week, we hit 5k followers on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DecentralizedID), driven in no small part by attention garnered by our [ToIP & DIF Joint Statement of Support for the Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 specification becoming a W3C Standard](https://blog.identity.foundation/w3cdidspec/)
* [W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization](https://www.w3.org/2022/06/pressrelease-w3c-le.html.en)
  > "We designed the W3C legal entity in a way that keeps our core unchanged," said Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "Our values-driven work remains anchored in the royalty-free W3C Patent Policy, and the W3C Process Document where we enshrined dedication to security, privacy, internationalization and web accessibility. W3C and its Members will continue to play a fundamental role in making the web work for billions of people."
* [Hedera Hashgraph Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)](https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-hashgraph-joins-world-wide-web-consortium-w3c-new-did-method-published-by-w3c-credentials-community-group)
  > We welcome Hedera as a contributing member to the W3C DID Working Group and congratulate their team for reaching this milestone of a published implementation of the latest W3C DID Identifiers v1.0 draft,” said Ivan Herman
* [Block Joins W3C](https://twitter.com/brockm/status/1526723285102120960) [@brockm](https://twitter.com/brockm)
  > Today, we became a member of the [@W3C](https://twitter.com/w3c), as part of our commitment to building open standards for an open web. We are committed to advancing and adopting decentralized and privacy-preserving standards for self-sovereign digital identity that benefits all. Not centralized platforms.

### WebAuthn

* [W3C WebAuthn V2 Now a Standard](https://self-issued.info/?p=2160) Mike Jones
  > While remaining compatible with the original standard, this second version adds additional features, among them for user verification enhancements, manageability, enterprise features, and an Apple attestation format. ([Recommendation](https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/REC-webauthn-2-20210408/)) ([CTAP also approaching standardization](https://self-issued.info/?p=2155).
* [Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2](https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/PR-webauthn-2-20210225/). This specification defines an API enabling the creation and use of strong, attested, scoped, public key-based credentials by web applications, for the purpose of strongly authenticating users.
* [Second Version of W3C Web Authentication (WebAuthn) advances to Proposed Recommendation (PR)](https://self-issued.info/?p=2149)
  > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published this [Proposed Recommendation (PR)](https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/PR-webauthn-2-20210225/) Level 2 specification, bringing the second version of WebAuthn one step closer to becoming a completed standard. While remaining compatible with the original standard, this second version adds additional features, among them for user verification enhancements, manageability, enterprise features, and an Apple attestation format.
* [Near-Final Second W3C WebAuthn and FIDO2 CTAP Specifications](https://self-issued.info/?p=2143)
  > The [W3C WebAuthn](https://www.w3.org/blog/webauthn/) and [FIDO2](https://fidoalliance.org/fido2/) working groups have been busy this year preparing to finish second versions of the W3C Web Authentication (WebAuthn) and FIDO2 Client to Authenticator Protocol (CTAP) specifications

## DID Working Group

* [https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/](https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/) - Website

* [https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/) - LIst Archives