June 16th 2008 - Seoul
OECD Conference on the Future of the Internet
W3C Associate Chair,
Director of International Relations and Offices
These slides at http://www.w3.org/2008/06/dd-oecd.html
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an International Consortium where Member and External organizations, a full-time technical staff, and the public work together to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing Web standards such as protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.
A lot of debates nowadays for a common definition of Open
Standards(IGF, EC, etc)
W3C works with thousands of engineers using the Web and the Internet as a platform.
Many using Semantic Web technologies on the server, and accessible to participants with disabilities.
Like IETF, our process is one of our specification (bootstrap principle)
And much more!