World Wide Web Consortium

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World Wide Web Consortium
Abbreviation	W3C
Motto	Leading the Web to Its Full Potential...
Formation	October 1994
Type	Standards organization
Purpose/focus	Developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.
Location	MIT/CSAIL in USA, ERCIM in France, Keio University in Japan and many other offices around the world
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	317 member organizations[1]
Director	Tim Berners-Lee
Staff	62
Website	w3.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3).

Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee,^[2] the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web. As of 10 July 2011, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has 317 members.^[1]

W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.