Goals of W3C

• W3C develops recommendations ("Web Standards")
  • (mostly) functional specifications
  • they cover the core architecture of the World Wide Web
  • specifications are developed by W3C Working groups ...
  • ... and implemented by industry and academia at large
• Other activities at W3C
  • proof-of-concept software development (in open source)
  • education, outreach, guidelines
  • validator services (eg, for XHTML, CSS, RDF, Schemas, ...)
  • tutorials