Standards Setting and the W3C

Developing Standards at W3C

• Clear and effective Process, which encourages:
  • Vendor neutrality
  • Member and public participation
  • Consistent architecture
    • Architecture of the World Wide Web, Vol 1
  • Coordination and consensus and interoperability
    • No "rubber stamping"
    • Must engineer dependencies (inside and outside of W3C)
      

• Clear Patent Policy, with royalty-free objective

  
  

Views of the Process: Life of Working Group, Recommendation Track

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