The diagram contains 3 areas: one at the top, covered the other areas below it. The two areas below are placed on the left and the right. The top area contains the W3C Director, Tim Berners-Lee, and the W3C CEO, Jeff Jaffe. The bottom left areas contains the 5 domains of W3C: Ralph Swick is the Leader of the Information and Knowledge Domain, Philippe Le Hégaret is the Leader of the Interaction Domain, Wendy Seltzer is the Leader of the Technology & Society Domain, Philipp Hoschka is the Leader of the Ubiquitous Web Domain, and Judy Brewer is the Leader of the Web Accessibility Initiative. The bottom right areas contains several W3C functions: Veronica Thom leads Finance and Administration, Alan Bird leads Business Development, Ian Jacobs leads Marketing and Communication, Ted Guild leads System, Daniel Dardailler leads International Relations, and Doug Schepers leads Developer Relations.
The diagram contains 3 main areas: the Public and the W3C Members are on the left and right sides respectively of the diagram, with the steps to move from an idea to a Web Standards in the middle. First, ideas could appear in Community Groups and Workshop. Both experts from the Public and the W3C Members. The Public participates in Community Groups. The W3C Members help organize and sponsor the workshops. Second, a Working Group is formed using the input from Community Groups and Workshops. A Working Group may also be formed based on W3C Members submissions. The Public sends Invited Experts into the Working Groups. The W3C Members get to review the Charters, make patent commitments, and send participants into the W3C Working Groups. Third, the Working Group goes through the W3C Recommendation track, and receives from the Public and the W3C Members several contributions: technical reviews, tests and pilot implementations. Fourth, W3C publish the Web standard. the W3C Members are invited to participate in press activities using testimonials. Fifth, the Working Group continues to maintain the document, and W3C receives translations of the Web standard through the Public and the W3C Members.
This picture was taken on October 31, 2011, during the joint meeting between Web Applications, Web Fonts, Web Application Security and CSS Working Groups in Santa Clara, California. The room, used by the Web Applications Working Group, wasn't big enough to accommodate everyone (around 80 individuals?) to sit around the large U-shape set of tables. A third of the individuals were forced to sit in the back, were standing up, or sat on the floor.
The diagram contains 3 main areas: the Public and the W3C Members are on the left and right sides respectively of the diagram, with the steps to move to W3C Recommendation in the middle. First, a Working Draft gets published (the First Public Working Draft). It gets reviewed by the Public and the W3C Members. The main bulk of technical submissions come from the W3C Members. Second, W3C publishes a Last Call Working Draft. It gets reviewed by the Public and the W3C Members. Third, W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation. The Public and the W3C Members contribute technical reviews, tests and pilot implementations. Fourth, W3C publishes a Proposed Recommendation. The W3C Members gets to endorse the Proposed Recommendation. Fifth, W3C publishes a Recommendation. It is also possible to publish Proposed Edited Recommendation. The Public and the W3C Members contribute technical reviews, tests and pilot implementations. The W3C Members also gets to endorse the Proposed Recommendation.