The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was established in 1994 by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, to develop interoperable standards to lead the Web to its full potential.
We are an international multi-stakeholder community where member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to build a Web based on the principles of accessibility, internationalization, privacy and security.
Please be more curious than critical. Your interactions go to real people who care and do their best 🙏
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Happy holidays from the World Wide Web Consortium!
W3C logo turned into W30C. 1994-2024. Quote by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, which reads 'The Web is humanity connected by technology'. We wish you happy holidays and all the best for 2024! We're looking forward to what we'll accomplish together in 2024
Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web and Vint Cerf invented the Internet. Some people often talk about one but mean the other.
They once wore custom-made t-shirts to help identify which invention was theirs! #aboutW3C
a picture of Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf standing next to each other in front of a green and blue curtain. Tim, on left, is a smiling man with light hair. He's wearing a blue tshirt that says "I didn't invent the internet". Vint Cerf, a smiling man with a white beard, is on the right. He is wearing a white button up shirt and over it, a blue tshirt that says "I did not invent the Web"
Happy holidays from the World Wide Web Consortium!
W3C logo turned into W30C. 1994-2024. Quote by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, which reads 'The Web is humanity connected by technology'. We wish you happy holidays and all the best for 2024! We're looking forward to what we'll accomplish together in 2024