W3C celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Web
Today we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Web and in a few months, we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the W3C developing open standards and guidelines that foster innovative applications, profitable commerce, and the free flow of information and ideas.
In March 1989, while at CERN, Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote “Information Management: A Proposal” outlining the World Wide Web. 30 years ago today, Tim's memo was about to revolutionize communication around the globe.
Committed to core values of an open Web that promotes innovation, neutrality, and interoperability, W3C and its community are setting the vision and standards for the Web, ensuring the building blocks of the web are open, accessible, secure, international and have been developed via the collaboration of global technical experts.
Today we celebrate a Web that is:
- Universal, International and truly “World Wide”.
- Available on any device, for any type of information, in any language.
- Accessible by people with disabilities.
- Royalty-free and built on open standards.
- Powerful – The Open Web Platform makes Web pages themselves powerful tools.
- Transformational for how business gets done; improving delivery, enhancing user satisfaction, and reducing cost.
You can read more about the celebration and listen to what Sir Tim Berners-Lee said when asked what part of the W3C's work he's the most proud in the W3C blog.
