W3C - The Web Standards Authority!

Making the web work

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops standards and guidelines to help everyone build a web based on the principles of accessibility, internationalization, privacy and security.

Working with stakeholders of the web

A range of organizations join the World Wide Web Consortium as Members to work with us to drive the direction of core web technologies and exchange ideas with industry and research leaders. We rotate randomly a few of our Member organizations' logos underneath.

The Web Consortium and its members, with help from the public and the web community, focus on a range of business ecosystems that the web transforms, including E-commerce, Media & Entertainment, Publishing and several other areas.

Movement for an Open Web

Bocoup

UsableNet

Hugging Face

Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd.

Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar

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W3C @ 30th Anniversary!

1 October 2024 was W3C's 30th anniversary. We celebrated at our annual TPAC! Our three decades, advances in the web, the impact of our standards on the world, imagined a bright future, and enjoyed ourselves at an authentic evening of talks and a gala.

TPAC, our major annual event, gathers our community for thought-provoking discussions and coordinated work to advance the invaluable work of our Groups, and resolve challenging technical and social issues that the web faces. TPAC brings together W3C Members and technical groups, the Board of Directors, the Advisory Board, and the Technical Architecture Group.

«« Join us in celebrating 30 years of the Web! »»

W3C@30 video & mementos »

Web standards

Web standards are the building blocks of a consistent digitally connected world. They are implemented in browsers, blogs, search engines, and other software that power our experience on the web.

W3C is an international community where Members, full-time staff, and the public work together to develop web standards.

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