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.

A voice in W3O affairs

Specific benefits arising form membership are a closer relationship with the W3O teams. Consortium members are able to feed their specific concerns and priorities through the formal channel of the Consortium Board as well as though many informal links which will be created in the context of specific work areas.

Direct access

Consortium members likewise benefit from more direct access to working papers and code of the W3 teams. Although such papers and code are eventually made freely available to the public, consortium members have the privilege of access to them during development, so as to be able to ensure that their own developments are synchronized with any W3O enhancements.

Sponsor visibility

The World-Wide Web has been a phenomenon with few parallels in history, in terms of growth rate and potential to change society's workings, and its scope for boundless opportunity. As such, it has a high media profile, and the indirect benefits accruing from visibility of as member of the W3 Consortium should not be underestimated.
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