World Wide Web Consortium

Title: World Wide Web Consortium Category: Computers & Internet Clicks: 2 Listing added: Mar 2, 2007 PageRank: 10/10 Tags: Consortium,organizations,standards Tags: Consortium,organizations,standards

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are Members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, Keio University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide.