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World Wide Web Consortium

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in the development of technical standards for the World Wide Web. As of March 2026, W3C has 331 members. The…

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Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Abbreviation
W3C
CEO
Seth Dobbs
Formation
1 October 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-01)
Founder
Tim Berners-Lee
Locations
4 offices Main Office: MIT/CSAIL, US ERCIM [fr], France Keio University/SFC, Japan Beihang University, China · Main Office: MIT/CSAIL, US · ERCIM [fr], France · Keio University/SFC, Japan · Beihang University, China

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World Wide Web Consortium

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Edges135
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Avg. degree1.99
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World Wide Web Consortium

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related to history · 26
World Wide Web Consortium → Agency, ARPANET, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, CERN, Computer Science, Consortium, Defense Advanced Research Projects, European Commission, European Organization, HTML, Incompatible, Internet, It, Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute, MIT, MIT Computer Science, Nuclear Research, October, Stata Center
Locations · 5
World Wide Web Consortium → 4 offices Main Office: MIT/CSAIL, US ERCIM [fr], France Keio University/SFC, Japan Beihang University, China, Beihang University, China, ERCIM [fr], France, Keio University/SFC, Japan, Main Office: MIT/CSAIL, US
related to External links · 5
World Wide Web Consortium → About, PublicationsW3C Process DocumentW3C HistoryHow, Technical Reports, W3C, World Wide Web ConsortiumW3C
Abbreviation · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → W3C
CEO · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → Seth Dobbs
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World Wide Web Consortium → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Formation · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → 1 October 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-01)
Founder · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → Tim Berners-Lee
Headquarters · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Members · 1
World Wide Web Consortium → 331 member organizations (2026)

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World Wide Web ConsortiumAbbreviationW3C1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumCEOSeth Dobbs1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumFormation1 October 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-01)1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumFounderTim Berners-Lee1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumHeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts, United States1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumLocations4 offices Main Office: MIT/CSAIL, US ERCIM [fr], France Keio University/SFC, Japan Beihang University, China1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumLocationsMain Office: MIT/CSAIL, US1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumLocationsERCIM [fr], France1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumLocationsKeio University/SFC, Japan1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumLocationsBeihang University, China1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumMembers331 member organizations (2026)1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumPurposeDevelop protocols and guidelines for the Web1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumRegion servedWorldwide1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumStaff53 (2025)1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumTypeStandards organization1.00infobox
World Wide Web ConsortiumWebsitewww.w3.org1.00infobox

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