World Wide Web Consortium

• Located at MIT (Lab for Computer Science) and INRIA (French national C.S. research lab)
• Corporate memberships (over 100, 50% US, 50% European, starting Asian)
• "Enable the Web to reach its maximum potential"
• Produces specifications (not standards) and reference code
• All products available to the public after member review
• Technical core staff
• Fast response to member issues (HTML, PICS, JEPI)