"W3C is where the future of the Web is made. Our Members work
together to design and standardize technologies that build on
the Web's universality. W3C creates the power to communicate,
to exchange information and to write dynamic applications for
anyone, anywhere, anytime, using any device."
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide
Web.
empolis has become a member of the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C). W3C is an international consortium where Member
organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together
to develop Web standards. W3C's mission is to lead the World
Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and
guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web. W3C
primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web
standards and guidelines. Since 1994, W3C has published more
than ninety such standards, called W3C Recommendations. W3C
also engages in education and outreach, develops software, and
serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web. In order
for the Web to reach its full potential, the most fundamental
Web technologies must be compatible with one another and allow
any hardware and software used to access the Web to work
together. W3C refers to this goal as "Web interoperability."
By publishing open (non-proprietary) standards for Web
languages and protocols, W3C seeks to avoid market
fragmentation and thus Web fragmentation.
