Goals of W3C
W3C develops recommendations (“Web Standards”)
(mostly) functional specifications
they cover the core architecture of the World Wide Web
specifications are developed by W3C Working groups…
… and implemented by industry and academia at large
Other activities at W3C
proof-of-concept software development (in open source)
education, outreach, guidelines
validator services (eg, for XHTML, CSS, RDF, Schemas, …)
tutorials
Ivan Herman
, W3C Head of Offices
Madrid, 22 October, 2003
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