The W3C mission is to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web. Below we discuss important aspects of this mission, all of which further W3C's vision of One Web.
To achieve our vision to make the web work, for everyone, we uphold the following core values:
We are an open forum where diverse voices from around the world and industries come together, incubate and build consensus for global standards for web technologies.
We are socially responsible and committed to ensure that the web is for everyone; we greatly emphasize accessibility, internationalization, privacy, and security.
We are committed to developing open and royalty-free standards with high focus on interoperability and collective empowerment.
The Web Consortium follows these essential design principles.
The social value of the web is that it enables human communication, commerce, and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C's primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people, strive for diversity and inclusion of participants from different geographical locations, cultures, languages, accessibility needs, gender identities, and more. Learn more about:
The web has transformed the way we communicate with each other. In doing so, it has also modified the nature of our social relationships. People now meet on the web and carry out commercial and personal relationships, in some cases without ever meeting in person. W3C recognizes that trust is a social phenomenon, but technology design can foster trust and confidence. As more activity moves on-line, it will become even more important to support complex interactions among parties around the globe. Learn more about:
The number of different kinds of devices that can access the web has grown immensely. Mobile phones, smart phones, interactive television systems, voice response systems, kiosks and even certain domestic appliances can all access the web. Learn about how the web transforms many business ecosystems, how the Web Consortium meets particular industry needs, and how everyone benefits: