Editing World Wide Web Consortium (section)

{{Short description|International standards organization}}
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{{Distinguish|text=the [[World Wide Web Foundation]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = World Wide Web Consortium
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| caption                  = Logo since 1997
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| abbreviation             = W3C
| formation                = {{start date and age|1994|10|1|df=m}}
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| founder                  = [[Tim Berners-Lee]]
| type                     = [[Standards organization]]
| status                   = 
| purpose                  = Developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web
| headquarters             = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
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  |title      = 4 offices
| Main Office: [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]/[[CSAIL]], US
| ERCIM, France
| [[Keio University]]/[[Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus|SFC]], Japan
| [[Beihang University]], China<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/2013/01/china-host.html.en |title=W3C Invites Chinese Web Developers, Industry, Academia to Assume Greater Role in Global Web Innovation |publisher=W3C |date=2013-01-20 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref><br/>
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| region_served            = Worldwide
| membership               = 460 member organizations<ref name="MembersList2"/>
| leader_title             = CEO
| leader_name              = Seth Dobbs
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| num_staff                = 53
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| website                  = {{Official URL}}
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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 standards for the World Wide Web. {{As of|2025|May||post=,}} W3C has 350 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our members |url=https://www.w3.org/membership/list/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=W3C |language=en}}</ref> The organization has been led by CEO Seth Dobbs since October 2023.<ref name="1:1">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) welcomes Seth Dobbs as new Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2023/w3c-welcomes-seth-dobbs-as-new-ceo/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=W3C |language=en}}</ref> W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.