Work at W3C

• W3C develops recommendations ("Web Standards")
  • developed by Working Groups
  • Working Groups are staffed by members
  • all members can be represented in working groups
  • neutrality and consensus are our keywords
  • the process also includes:
    • public comments
    • calls for implementations
• Other activities at W3C
  • proof-of-concept software development (open source)
  • education, outreach, guidelines
  • tutorials
  • validator services (eg, for XHTML, CSS, RDF, Schemas, ...)