Introduction to the TAG

The TAG is a special working group within the W3C, chartered (under the W3C Process Document) with stewardship of the Web architecture.

As outlined in its charter, there are three aspects to this mission:

• 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.

See the TAG current work page for details of how to work with it, upcoming events, and its publications.

Who are the TAG?

Photo Credit: Anonymous Tourist

The TAG in Reykjavík, 22 May 2019
Left to right: Hadley Beeman, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen, Yves Lafon, Lukasz Olejnik, Theresa O'Connor, Alice Boxhall, David Baron, Daniel Appelquist, Sangwhan Moon

The TAG has 10 participants (6 elected, 3 appointed, and 1 chair) plus a staff contact:

1. Daniel Appelquist (Samsung Electronics) (Chair)¹
2. Rossen Atanassov (Microsoft Corporation)¹
3. David Baron (W3C Invited Expert)¹
4. Hadley Beeman (W3C Invited Expert)³
5. Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) (Chair)⁴
6. Alice Boxhall (Google)²
7. Kenneth Rohde Christiansen (Intel Corporation)¹
8. Yves Lafon (W3C) (staff contact)
9. Peter Linss (W3C Invited Expert) (Chair)¹
10. Sangwhan Moon (Odd Concepts)²
11. Theresa O'Connor (Apple, Inc.)²

• ¹ Two-year term begins 1 Feb 2020 (see election results).
• ² Two-year term begins 1 Feb 2019 (see election results).
• ³ Two-year term begins 1 Feb 2019 (see announcement).
• ⁴ On MIT sabbatical since February 2018

The TAG is partly elected by the Advisory Committee and partly appointed by the Director. Each year the nomination period typically starts 1 November the election typically starts 1 December.

The TAG follows the guidelines for communicating as a member of a W3C elected body.

Group Policies

• Contributor policies