Benefits of membership
The formation of the W3
consortium has promoted by demands from a wide range of
organizations.
These organizations are typically investing significant resources into the
web, in developing software products, in developing information products,
or most commonly in its use an enabling medium for their business or activity.
There has a been a strong desire that the stability of the web should be
maintained by a competent authority,
and many prospective consortium members have expressed their desire to provide
funding in support of that effort.An initial benefit, then,
is that to society as a whole that the organization would exist.