empolis became a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in December 2007.
"The World Wide Web Consortium is very pleased to welcome empolis among its members. empolis is a renowned specialist in the area of information logistics with a long tradition of applying open standards. Through empolis' role as consortium leader in the Theseus* project, it has once again proven its commitment to web technologies and open standards. The German-Austrian W3C Office is looking forward to a very productive future", states Thomas Tikwinski, Director of the German-Austrian W3C Office.
empolis has focused on Java and XML industry standards since the mid-90s. empolis' Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Mario Lenz, comments: "We are looking forward to know-how and knowledge exchange with other international experts and enhancement of our strategic network in our business spectrum. Representing the entire Theseus consortium, we will actively play a role in shaping the standardization of the semantic web, ontology management or descriptive languages".
About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]
The World Wide Web Consortium (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. The W3C Consortium has over 400 Member organizations from more than 40 countries. Most of the Team works physically at the three host institutions: MIT/CSAIL in the United States, ERCIM headquarters in France, and Keio University in Japan, in addition to a worldwide network of W3C offices. For further information: http://www.w3.org/.
About the German-Austrian W3C [W3C.DE/AT]
