W3C does its work in the open. W3C hosts thousands of mailing lists for our group members and the general public to discuss and send feedback on Web standards work at W3C.
We are an open forum where diverse voices from around the world and industries come together, incubate and build consensus for global standards for web technologies.
We are socially responsible and committed to ensure that the web is for everyone; we greatly emphasize accessibility, internationalization, privacy, and security.
We are committed to developing open and royalty-free standards with high focus on interoperability and collective empowerment. #aboutW3C https://www.w3.org/mission/
For its work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles, W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award. For its work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for its work standardizing font technology for custom downloadable fonts and typography for web and TV devices, W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. #aboutW3C
Did you know? The W3C Team includes 45 people working from locations across the globe.
With a truly international flavor, the Team includes experts from more than 10 different countries. The role of the staff is to coordinate technology development and to manage the operations of the Consortium.
Did you know that our oldest Web standard dates back from October 1994? It was the specification of Portable Network Graphics (PNG) https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-961001
W3C re-convened a PNG working group in 2021 to work on PNG Third Edition and plan a Fourth Edition aimed to standardize new features such as animation extension, or adding support for HDR imagery. https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/png/
Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C https://vimeo.com/110256895
Did you know that we’re an award-winning Consortium? W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award for our work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles. For work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for our work standardizing fonts W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. 🏆 #aboutW3C
Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C https://vimeo.com/110256895
Web technologies that meet the varied needs of society do not happen by chance. They are designed and standardized, not by one company, country, or community, but through the work of the Web Consortium.
To achieve our vision to make the web work, for everyone, W3C upholds the following core values:
The web is for all humanity.
The web is designed for the good of its users.
The web must be safe for its users.
There is one interoperable world-wide web.
Short video footage from October 2014, at #w3c 20th anniversary, when Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee donned / revealed t-shirts that @amyvdh and @koalie had custom-made, and they were good sports to agree to wear!
The audience enjoyed the memorable and unexpected stunt!
An image is worth a thousand words:
• Tim Berners-Lee invented the #Web (and in 1994 founded @w3c )
• Vinton Cerf invented the Internet.