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    The <strong>Technical Architecture Group</strong> documents the architecture of the World Wide Web and assists the community in interpreting it. It is composed of engineers both elected by the membership of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/">W3C</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#TAG-appointments">appointed by the W3C Team</a>, working to safeguard and extend the Web through coordination, collaboration, and review.
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<p>We collaborate with engineers and Working Groups to give early feedback about proposed and ongoing work on Web-related standards.</p>

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<h2><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></span> Upcoming Events</h2>

<p>Our next public event will be a <a href="https://ti.to/web-standards/meet-the-w3c-tag">developer meet-up, hosted by Samsung in London, on the 4th of March, 2026</a></p>

<p>The next TAG face-to-face meeting will be held in <a href="https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings/tree/gh-pages/2026/03-London">March 2026 in London, UK</a>, hosted by Google.</p>

<p>Agendas and minutes are in our <a href="https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings">meetings repository</a>; See the <a href="https://github.com/w3ctag/meetings/tree/gh-pages/2026">2026 meetings</a>.</p>

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<p>The TAG has published our <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/">Ethical Web Principles</a>, which has <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/ethical-web-principles-building-a-better-web/">been elevated to a W3C Statement</a>.</p>

<p>The TAG, via the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/tf/tag-privacy/">Web Privacy Principles Task Force</a> published <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/privacy-principles/">Privacy Principles</a> as a W3C Statement.</p>

<p>The TAG maintains and develops the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/design-principles/">Web Platform Design Principles</a> which has become one of our core working documents.</p>

<p><a href="/findings/">TAG Findings</a> are shorter statements about specific architectural issues.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/">The Architecture of the World-Wide Web, Volume One</a> discusses the core design components of the Web.</p>

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