First Public Working Draft: Verifiable Claims Data Model and Representations
August 3rd, 2017
The Verifiable Claims Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Verifiable Claims Data Model and Representations. Driver’s licenses are used to claim that we are capable of operating a motor vehicle, university degrees can be used to claim our education status, and government-issued passports enable holders to travel between countries. This specification…
Error Handling in React 16
July 26th, 2017
As React 16 release is getting closer, we would like to announce a few changes to how React handles JavaScript errors inside components. These changes are included in React 16 beta versions, and will be a part of React 16. By the way, we just released the first beta of React 16 for you to…
Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL) is now a W3C Recommendation
July 20th, 2017
The RDF Data Shapes Working Group has published Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL) as a W3C Recommendation. This document defines the SHACL Shapes Constraint Language, a language for validating RDF graphs against a set of conditions. These conditions are provided as shapes and other constructs expressed in the form of an RDF graph. RDF graphs that…
Moving the Angular Blog
July 18th, 2017
The Angular Blog is moving to a new URL:https://blog.angular.io (#itsjustangular !)Please follow us there for the latest news, updates, and tips, and stories from the field.
Angular 4.3 Now Available
July 15th, 2017
Angular version 4.3 has been released. This is a minor release following our announced adoption of Semantic Versioning, meaning that it contains no breaking changes and that it is a drop-in replacement for 4.x.x.What’s new?We are introducing HttpClient, a smaller, easier to use, and more powerful library for making HTTP Requests. Learn more about it…
W3C Invites Implementations of TTML Profiles for Internet Media Subtitles and Captions 1.0.1 (IMSC1)
July 13th, 2017
The Timed Text Working Group invites implementations of TTML Profiles for Internet Media Subtitles and Captions 1.0.1 (IMSC1) Candidate Recommendation. This document specifies two profiles of [TTML1]: a text-only profile and an image-only profile. These profiles are intended to be used across subtitle and caption delivery applications worldwide, thereby simplifying interoperability, consistent rendering and conversion…
W3C Invites Implementations of Semantic Sensor Network Ontology
July 11th, 2017
The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group invites implementations of Semantic Sensor Network Ontology Candidate Recommendation. The specification defines an ontology for describing sensors and their observations, the involved procedures, the studied features of interest, the samples used to do so, and the observed properties, as well as actuators. SSN follows a horizontal and vertical…
First Public Working Draft: CSS Fonts Module Level 4
July 11th, 2017
The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Fonts Module Level 4. Building on CSS Fonts 3, which defines the @font-face rule and provides OpenType feature support, CSS Fonts 4 add support for OpenType Variable fonts, and gives stylesheet designers a way to style the colors in chromatic (multicolored) fonts.
Angular Material Status Update
July 6th, 2017
In the six months since our last post about Angular Material, the team been hard at work building cool new components and applying a heaping of polish. Some of the highlights include: Datepicker, expansion panel, and accordion components Improved support for @angular/platform-server Configurable scrolling strategies for Overlays Strict-null checks and no-unused-params compliance Typography extension to theming Live…
Security updates for all active release lines, July 2017
June 27th, 2017
SummaryThe Node.js project will be releasing new versions across all of its active release lines (4.x, 6.x, 8.x) as well as 7.x the week of July 10th 2017 to incorporate a security fix. Denial of Service VulnerabilityAll current versions of v4.x through to v8.x inclusive are vulnerable to an issue that can be used by…