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==W3C Standards==

==W3C Standards==

First started as an IETF application area at the beginning of the 1990ies, the Web standard stack, given it's foreseen size and application nature on top of the Internet, quickly spinned off in its own forum. The W3C then laid the foundations of the Web with the development of HTML 4 and XML at the end of the last century. It still works closely with IETF today on the http or URL specifications and in other areas of common interest that have to be worked out together (e.g. crypto, security, video). Other well knows technologies developed by W3C are the WAI/WCAG guidelines for People with Disabilities (largely adopted by governments and an ISO standard as well),  the Web Services stack or the Semantic Web/Linked Data activities.

First started as an IETF application area at the beginning of the 1990ies, the Web standard stack, given it's foreseen volume and applicative nature on top of the Internet protocols, quickly spined off its own forum. The W3C then laid the foundations of the Web with the development of HTML 4 and XML at the end of last century. It still works closely with IETF today, on the http or URL specifications and in other areas of common interest (e.g. crypto, security, video).  

 

Other well knows technologies developed by W3C include the WAI/WCAG guidelines for People with Disabilities (largely adopted by governments and an ISO standard as well),  the Web Services stack or the Semantic Web/Linked Data activities.

Since its creation, W3C has developed more than 350 [https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-status-stds Web Standards], which they refer to as ''"Recommendations."''  Each recommendation was developed by working groups which consist of W3C members engineers and invited experts from the public who have experience in the applicable field.

Since its creation, W3C has developed more than 350 [https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-status-stds Web Standards], which they refer to as ''"Recommendations."''  Each recommendation was developed by working groups which consist of W3C members engineers and invited experts from the public who have experience in the applicable field.

* the chartered groups, populated by Member representatives and invited experts, and which produce most of W3C's deliverables according to the steps of the W3C Process.

* the chartered groups, populated by Member representatives and invited experts, and which produce most of W3C's deliverables according to the steps of the W3C Process.

As of 2016, the W3C had 400 members.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List W3C member list]</ref> from various sectors and world regions. In order to be accessible to a wide range of international organizations, W3C offers membership fees on a sliding scale dependent on annual revenue, type of business, and the location of the organization's headquarters.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees W3C membership fees]</ref>

As of 2016, the W3C had 400 members.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List W3C member list]</ref> from various sectors and world regions. In order to be accessible to a wide range of international organizations, W3C offers membership fees on a sliding scale dependent on annual revenue, type of business, and the location of the organization's headquarters.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees W3C membership fees]</ref>

==References==

==References==