History
Web of Things has reached its place at W3C after many years of discussions and work by different parties
April 2026
Discontinuation of the Interest Group
The Web of Things Interest Group concludes its operations after successful transition to standardization at the Working Group.
2020-Present
Ongoing Development
The Working Group continues work on new specifications including WoT Profiles and WoT Discovery, while maintaining newer versions of existing standards.
April 2020
First Recommendations Published
WoT Thing Description and WoT Architecture are published as W3C Recommendations, marking major milestones.
June 2019
Second WoT Workshop
The Second WoT Workshopis held in Munich to celebrate the finalization of the first charter's deliverables.
December 2016
Working Group Launched
The W3C WoT Working Group begins with its first charter, aiming to produce Thing Description and Architecture as normative specifications, plus Scripting API and Binding Templates as informative specifications.
October 2015
First WoT PlugFest
The first WoT PlugFest in Sapporo, Japan demonstrates interoperability between implementations from Siemens, FOKUS, KDDI, ETRI, ACCESS, and Fujitsu.
April 2015
First Face-to-Face Meeting
The first Face-to-Face meeting in Munich establishes task forces for Thing Description, Architecture, and Scripting API.
November 2014
Interest Group Formed
At the W3C TPAC in November 2014 in Silicon Valley, the next steps for the Web of Things are discussed and the WoT Interest Group is established to identify use cases and requirements for web standards.
June 2014
First WoT Workshop
The first W3C WoT workshop in Berlin, Germany attracts over 100 participants and generates significant interest. Positions and interests are formally submitted.
2013
WoT Community Group Created
The creation of the WoT Community Group in 2013 marks the beginning of standardization discussions.