Hacker News with Generative AI: Standards

The first SWHID publicly available specification is out (softwareheritage.org)
Identifying precisely software artifacts and their versions is of paramount importance for a variety of stakeholders, ranging from industry to academia, from cultural heritage to public administration.
Software, Open Source, Standards, Version Control, Software Heritage
5 points by Tomte 17 hours ago | 0 comments
ePub 3.3 Recommendations (w3.org)
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group (PMWG) is pleased to announce the final update of the W3C Recommendation for EPUB® 3.3.
Publishing, Standards, EPUB, W3C, Open Source
8 points by pentagrama 3 days ago | 0 comments
CVE fallout: The splintering of the standard vulnerability tracking system (theregister.com)
The splintering of the global system for identifying and tracking security bugs in technology products has begun.
Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, Standards
15 points by mdp2021 8 days ago | 1 comments
CVE Foundation (thecvefoundation.org)
The CVE Foundation has been formally established to ensure the long-term viability, stability, and independence of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program, a critical pillar of the global cybersecurity infrastructure for 25 years.
Cybersecurity, Standards, Non-profit Organizations
455 points by layer8 10 days ago | 73 comments
Everything wrong with MCP (sshh.io)
In just the past few weeks, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly grown into the de-facto standard for integrating third-party data and tools with LLM-powered chats and agents.
AI, Software, Standards
515 points by sshh12 12 days ago | 223 comments
PEP 750 – Template Strings (python.org)
This PEP introduces template strings for custom string processing.
Python, Programming Languages, String Manipulation, Software Development, Standards
437 points by grep_it 16 days ago | 336 comments
BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets (plugsocketmuseum.nl)
British standard plugs and sockets according to BS 1363 are introduced in the late 1940s. Used in the UK, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta and some countries in Africa and Asia.
Electrical Engineering, Hardware, UK, Standards
49 points by susam 16 days ago | 161 comments
Leveraging international standards to protect US consumers without Congress (techpolicy.press)
For decades, the US Congress has been unable to pass comprehensive online platform regulation.
US Policy, Technology, Standards, Consumer Protection
7 points by anigbrowl 17 days ago | 0 comments
China Develops HDMI Alternative: 192 Gbps Speeds and 480 W Power Delivery (techpowerup.com)
A consortium of over 50 Chinese companies, including names like Huawei, Hisense, and TCL, has unveiled a domestic alternative to HDMI that offers up to 192 Gbps bandwidth and 480 W of power delivery.
China, HDMI, Technology, Hardware, Standards
7 points by speckx 19 days ago | 0 comments
Z-Wave is remaking itself into an open source protocol (theverge.com)
Now an open-source protocol and with a new long-range technology, the path forward for Z-Wave looks clearer, with a little help from Matter.
Open Source, Home Automation, Smart Home, Technology, Standards
64 points by elsewhen 19 days ago | 12 comments
The Strategy Behind MCP (medium.com)
Model Context Protocol (MCP), first defined by Anthropic, is surfing a wave of enthusiasm right now. MCP has, incredibly quickly, become a de-facto standard for integration with LLMs. OpenAI’s announcement of support for MCP in the last week of March 2025 essentially confirms this position. New announcements of MCP support are emerging on an almost hourly basis.
Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Standards
3 points by mooreds 25 days ago | 0 comments
Python lock files have officially been standardized (python.org)
Python, Programming Languages, Standards, Open Source
36 points by ofek 26 days ago | 17 comments
A diagram of C23 basic types (wordpress.com)
This week on the C committee mailing list we had a discussion about how C’s types are organized into different categories. At the end I came up with a diagram with that organization. It basically translates the section “6.2.5 Types” of the C23 standard into a graph of inclusions.
C Programming, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Diagrams, Standards
6 points by ingve 28 days ago | 0 comments
C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023) (swtch.com)
The original ANSI C standard, C89, introduced the concept of “undefined behavior,” which was used both to describe the effect of outright bugs like accessing memory in a freed object and also to capture the fact that existing implementations differed about handling certain aspects of the language, including use of uninitialized values, signed integer overflow, and null pointer handling.
Programming Languages, Software Development, C, C++, Standards
93 points by endorphine 29 days ago | 129 comments
SpecTec Has Been Adopted (webassembly.org)
Two weeks ago, the Wasm Community Group voted to adopt SpecTec for authoring future editions of the Wasm spec.
WebAssembly, Standards, Community, Software
3 points by todsacerdoti 29 days ago | 0 comments
Adopting the Ferrocene Language Specification (rust-lang.org)
Some years ago, Ferrous Systems assembled a description of Rust called the FLS1. They've since been faithfully maintaining and updating this document for new versions of Rust, and they've successfully used it to qualify toolchains based on Rust for use in safety-critical industries. Seeing this success, others have also begun to rely on the FLS for their own qualification efforts when building with Rust.
Rust, Programming Languages, Standards, Safety-Critical Systems
10 points by rascul 30 days ago | 0 comments
IETF setting standards for AI preferences (ietf.org)
The “ietf-ipv6-mostly” WiFi SSID at IETF 122 Bangkok will allow devices to signal a preference for IPv6-only operation while still supporting IPv4 (if needed) via translation mechanisms. Onsite participants are encouraged to try this service when they connect to the IETF meeting network.
Networking, Standards, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Protocol
37 points by Mithriil 35 days ago | 12 comments
The contenteditable "plaintext-only" attribute value combination is now Baseline (web.dev)
Celebration: This web feature is now available in all three major browser engines, and becomes Baseline Newly available as of March 4, 2025.
Web Development, HTML, Browsers, Standards
5 points by feross 37 days ago | 0 comments
Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS (icann.org)
As of 28 January 2025, the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) will be the definitive source for delivering generic top-level domain name (gTLD) registration information in place of sunsetted WHOIS services.
Internet, Domain Names, Technology, Standards
886 points by radeeyate 40 days ago | 347 comments
The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time (thephd.dev)
After the Graz, Austria February 2025 WG14 Meeting, I am now confident in the final status of the defer TS, and it is now time.
Programming Languages, Standards, Technical Specifications
130 points by mattjhall 41 days ago | 68 comments
The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time (thephd.dev)
After the Graz, Austria February 2025 WG14 Meeting, I am now confident in the final status of the defer TS, and it is now time.
Programming Languages, C, Standards
11 points by todsacerdoti 41 days ago | 2 comments
RCS Encryption: A Leap Towards Secure and Interoperable Messaging (gsma.com)
In my last post, ‘RCS Now in iOS: a New Chapter for Mobile Messaging‘, I celebrated the integration of Rich Communication Services (RCS) with Apple’s iOS 18, a culmination of years of collaboration across mobile operators, device manufacturers, and technology providers. Today, I am pleased to announce the next milestone: the availability of new GSMA specifications for RCS  that include end-to-end encryption (E2EE) based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol.
Mobile Messaging, Security, Encryption, Standards
5 points by zdw 41 days ago | 1 comments
Open-UI: Maintain an open standard for UI and promote its adherence and adoption (github.com/openui)
It's time to modernize HTML once again, and standardize the underlying technology needed by web developers to create the most common patterns of form and website-level UI controls.
Web Development, Open Source, Standards, HTML, User Interface
347 points by ksec 48 days ago | 102 comments
Standards for ANSI Escape Codes (jvns.ca)
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes.
Standards, Programming, Terminal Emulators
24 points by nikbackm 49 days ago | 3 comments
Standards for ANSI Escape Codes (jvns.ca)
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes.
Standards, Programming, Terminal Emulators, Text Formatting
13 points by hanche 50 days ago | 1 comments
Most IT companies fail to serve security.txt for RFC 9116 in 2025 (hartwork.org)
Most IT companies fail to serve security.txt for RFC 9116 in 2025
Security, IT, RFC, Standards
43 points by spyc 54 days ago | 32 comments
Towards a test suite for TOTP codes (shkspr.mobi)
Because I'm a massive nerd, I actually try to read specification documents. As I've ranted ad nauseam about the current TOTP0 spec being irresponsibly obsolete.
Security, Cryptography, Standards, Software
107 points by ColinWright 55 days ago | 38 comments
Wi-Fi 7 Overview (2024) (mrncciew.com)
In this post, we will provide a high-level overview of Wi-Fi 7 (based on IEEE 802.11be, also known as EHT – Extremely High Throughput). IEEE began working on 802.11be in early 2019, with the following key objectives in mind.
Wi-Fi, Networking, Technology, Standards
44 points by speckx 59 days ago | 46 comments
Elementary Functions and Not Following IEEE754 Floating-Point Standard (2020) (hlsl.co.uk)
The IEEE-754 Standard for floating-point numbers was introduced initially in 1985 to solve the problem of diverse floating point implementations prevent code being portable and increase stability across platforms.
Mathematics, Programming, Standards
60 points by dreamer_soul 74 days ago | 32 comments
Evolution of Whois Protocol to RDAP (2019) (icann.org)
The Registration Data Access Protocol, known as RDAP, was created by the technical community in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an eventual replacement for the WHOIS protocol.
Internet, Protocols, Standards, Technology, Network Management
17 points by Eavolution 75 days ago | 6 comments