Back W3C Afrikaans رابطة الشبكة العالمية Arabic World Wide Web Consortium AST W3C Azerbaijani W3C Bashkir Кансорцыум Сусветнага павуціння Byelorussian World Wide Web Consortium Bulgarian ওয়ার্ল্ড ওয়াইড ওয়েব কনসোর্টিয়াম Bengali/Bangla World Wide Web Consortium Breton World Wide Web Consortium BS
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| Abbreviation | W3C |
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| Formation | 1 October 1994 |
| Type | Standards organization |
| Purpose | Developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web. |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′43″N 71°05′26″W / 42.36194°N 71.09056°WCoordinates: 42°21′43″N 71°05′26″W / 42.36194°N 71.09056°W |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 460 member organizations[2] |
Director | Tim Berners-Lee |
Staff | 63 |
| Website | www |
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 and led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web. As of 5 March 2023[update], W3C had 462 members.[3][2] W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.
- ^ "W3C Invites Chinese Web Developers, Industry, Academia to Assume Greater Role in Global Web Innovation". W3.org. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Current Members - W3C". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ W3C. "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) About the Consortium". Retrieved 21 March 2022.