• Following the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG)’s election results , the W3C Team has chosen and the Advisory Board and Technical Architecture Group have ratified the following appointment to the TAG for the 2026-2028 term: Heather Flanagan, Spherical Cow Consulting Per W3C Process Document regarding TAG appointments , this procedure follows a public call for nominations which together with nominations from the W3C Team and Members surfaced a list of several traditional and non-traditional candidates. • Several were disqualified because they are employed by Member organizations already on the TAG (per Process rules). • The Team considered what each on the list would bring to the TAG. • The Team has now made the two appointments for this term. • About the W3C TAG The TAG was created in 2001 as a special W3C working group, chartered to steward the web architecture. • To do so, it fulfills 3 missions: to document and build consensus around principles of web architecture and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary; to resolve issues involving general web architecture brought to the TAG; to help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C.
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- The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has confirmed a new member for its 2026‑2028 term. Heather Flanagan of Spherical Cow Consulting was appointed after a public call for nominations and a review by the W3C Team and Advisory Board. The appointment follows the W3C Process Document for TAG selections, which excludes candidates employed by Member organizations already on the TAG. The TAG, established in 2001, oversees web‑architecture principles, resolves architectural issues, and reviews specifications within the W3C’s Horizontal Review Process. This appointment adds a second new member to the group for the upcoming term.
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