The W3C’s Technical Architecture Group (or “TAG”), is a special group within the W3C with stewardship of the overall architecture. The mission of the TAG is to 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, and to help coordinate cross-technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C. The Members of the TAG participate as individual contributors, not as representatives of their organizations. TAG participants use their best judgment to find the best solutions for the Web, not just for any particular network, technology, vendor, or user.

Following the TAG’s recent election results, the W3C Team has chosen and the Advisory Board and Technical Architecture Group have ratified our very own Brian Kardell for the 2026-28 term as one of the two appointments they will make for this term.

Brian, who started hacking on the web as early as 1996, has well over a decade of experience working in web standards and core technologies, contributing to its continued development, whether it be through championing for important yet underappreciated features or through advocating for the platform at large.

All in all, we believe Brian will be an excellent addition to the group and a champion for a free and extensible web. Congratulations to Brian as well as the W3C TAG on this appointment!