World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Introduction

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3).

Founded by Tim Berners-Lee at MIT and currently headed by him, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web. As of 12 April 2013, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has 379 members.

W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.

References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3C
  2. http://www.w3.org
  3. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp
  4. http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS
  5. http://www.w3.org/XML
  6. http://www.w3.org/WAI
  7. http://www.w3.org/TR