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The Web Application Security Working Group has published two Working Drafts:

• Content Security Policy: Cookie Controls: This document defines mechanisms by which web developers can limit the ways in which cookies may be set in the context of their sites and applications.
• Content Security Policy: Embedded Enforcement: This document defines a mechanism by which a web page can embed a nested browsing context if and only if it agrees to enforce a particular set of restrictions upon itself.

The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) has published User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG 2.0) and UAAG 2.0 Reference as W3C Working Group Notes. UAAG 2.0 defines how browsers, extensions, media players, and other “user agents” should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. UAAG 2.0 is complete, and provides practical guidance for browsers and user agents. Implementations for UAAG 2.0 features have been identified, but not formally tested. Although W3C does not have plans at this time to advance UAAG 2.0 to Recommendation, the need and opportunity to improve accessibility in user agents still exists. UAAG 2.0 provides specific accessibility guidance for user agent developers who want to build a better user experience for all.

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of CSS Writing Modes Level 3. CSS Writing Modes Level 3 defines CSS features to support for various international writing modes, such as left-to-right (e.g. Latin or Indic), right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew or Arabic), bidirectional (e.g. mixed Latin and Arabic) and vertical (e.g. Asian scripts).

The XML Query Working Group and the XSLT Working Group have published a Group Note of XQuery and XPath Full Text 3.0 Requirements and Use Cases. This document specifies requirements and use cases for Full-Text Search for use in XQuery 3.0 (XQuery 3.0: An XML Query Language) and XPath 3.0 (XML Path Language (XPath) 3.0).

The Technical Architecture Group has published a Group Note of Self-Review Questionnaire: Security and Privacy. This document lists a set of questions one could ask about the security and privacy impact of a new feature or specification. It is meant as a tool that groups or individuals can use as a guide during a self-review, pointing towards important questions in areas where expertise might be lacking. It is not meant as a “security checklist”, nor does an editor or groups use of this questionnaire obviate the editor or groups responsibility to obtain “wide review” of a specifications security and privacy properties before publication.

The Protocols and Formats Working Group has published Media Accessibility User Requirements as a Working Group Note. This document presents the accessibility requirements users with disabilities have with respect to audio and video on the web. Learn more from the WAI Interest Group announcement and blog post, and read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).