Hosts and Offices
Hosts and Offices have different roles and responsibilities!
Hosts (MIT, ERCIM, Keio):
are the administrative and financial centers of W3C, they manage
W3C member contracts
membership fees and W3C's operational budget
are the copyright holders for W3C Recommendations
W3C team is bound to (and mostly employed by…) hosts:
coordination of all technical work within W3C
management of the W3C Web site
primary press contacts, press releases
software development
etc
real “homes” of W3C
Offices: local representation of W3C
Ivan Herman
, W3C Head of Offices
© 1994-2005, W3C (MIT,ERCIM,Keio)
2005-04-18
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