The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3).
Founded by Tim Berners-Lee at MIT and currently headed by him, 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 29 March 2012 (2012 -03-29), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has 351 members.
W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.
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