#aboutw3c — Public Fediverse posts
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On the W3C blog "WOFF 1.0: a milestone on W3C’s journey of fonts on the web" by @svgeesus
Chris described the story of a very interesting historical milestone on the decades-long road of W3C’s work on fonts on the web.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/woff-1-0-a-milestone-on-w3cs-journey-of-fonts-on-the-web/
We invite you to support the community that develops web standards, the building blocks of our digitally connected world (like fonts on the web).
https://www.w3.org/support-us/
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On the W3C blog "WOFF 1.0: a milestone on W3C’s journey of fonts on the web" by @svgeesus
Chris described the story of a very interesting historical milestone on the decades-long road of W3C’s work on fonts on the web.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/woff-1-0-a-milestone-on-w3cs-journey-of-fonts-on-the-web/
We invite you to support the community that develops web standards, the building blocks of our digitally connected world (like fonts on the web).
https://www.w3.org/support-us/
#GivingTuesday #WebFonts #AboutW3C -
Did you know W3C has a YouTube channel?
Check out videos of W3C speakers including recent talks from the Smart Voice Agents workshop:
#YouTube #WebStandards #SmartVoiceAgents #AboutW3C
https://www.youtube.com/@W3COfficial/videos -
Did you know W3C has a YouTube channel?
Check out videos of W3C speakers including recent talks from the Smart Voice Agents workshop:
#YouTube #WebStandards #SmartVoiceAgents #AboutW3C
https://www.youtube.com/@W3COfficial/videos -
Are you interested in CSS and i18n?
The W3C Internationalization (i18n) "Styling underlines" article is currently out for public review. It explores various ways in which CSS can be used to manage underlines for non-Latin scripts.
Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/i18n-wg/
#AboutW3C #Internationalization #WebStandards -
Are you interested in CSS and i18n?
The W3C Internationalization (i18n) "Styling underlines" article is currently out for public review. It explores various ways in which CSS can be used to manage underlines for non-Latin scripts.
Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/i18n-wg/
#AboutW3C #Internationalization #WebStandards -
"Past, present and future: An update on W3C’s Strategic Objectives on the 37th anniversary of the Web proposal" by @seth
"Today’s anniversary of "Information Management: A Proposal" that Tim Berners-Lee wrote on 12 March 1989 prompts me to stop and reflect on the importance of the web, and the key role the World Wide Web Consortium plays in making the web work — for everyone"
#AboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/past-present-and-future-an-update-on-w3cs-strategic-objectives-on-the-37th-anniversary-of-the-web-proposal/ -
"Past, present and future: An update on W3C’s Strategic Objectives on the 37th anniversary of the Web proposal" by @seth
"Today’s anniversary of "Information Management: A Proposal" that Tim Berners-Lee wrote on 12 March 1989 prompts me to stop and reflect on the importance of the web, and the key role the World Wide Web Consortium plays in making the web work — for everyone"
#AboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/past-present-and-future-an-update-on-w3cs-strategic-objectives-on-the-37th-anniversary-of-the-web-proposal/ -
Encourage your organization to join W3C to drive the development of web standards and work with technology leaders in a transparent, open, vendor-neutral forum. W3C members collaboratively create royalty-free standards that make the web work for everyone. #aboutW3C See more at: https://www.w3.org/membership/
Check out our video "Benefits and Roles of W3C Members"
https://youtu.be/y8tEWtxd8uw?si=1hPPUJUTIIfvel_3 -
Encourage your organization to join W3C to drive the development of web standards and work with technology leaders in a transparent, open, vendor-neutral forum. W3C members collaboratively create royalty-free standards that make the web work for everyone. #aboutW3C See more at: https://www.w3.org/membership/
Check out our video "Benefits and Roles of W3C Members"
https://youtu.be/y8tEWtxd8uw?si=1hPPUJUTIIfvel_3 -
The W3C community provides a great service through volunteer translations of technical reports and other documentation. You can search the translations database and volunteer your own translation (or collaborate with someone else wishing to translate the same document). #AboutW3C
See more at:
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The W3C community provides a great service through volunteer translations of technical reports and other documentation. You can search the translations database and volunteer your own translation (or collaborate with someone else wishing to translate the same document). #AboutW3C
See more at:
https://www.w3.org/get-involved/promote/#translations -
Our role is to get people to agree. We can't police. We don't legislate. Adoption of our Web Standards is voluntary. Web Standards are free for all to adopt. We are working with Members and the public on how the web CAN work, for everyone. #aboutW3C
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Our role is to get people to agree. We can't police. We don't legislate. Adoption of our Web Standards is voluntary. Web Standards are free for all to adopt. We are working with Members and the public on how the web CAN work, for everyone. #aboutW3C
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Web inventor @timbl 🎊
We made a 2:27 video using graphic elements and text running on a timeline from 1989 to 2024 to highlight milestones for #W3C and the Internet.
(It is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0TfUBuIZkmQ )
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Web inventor @timbl 🎊
We made a 2:27 video using graphic elements and text running on a timeline from 1989 to 2024 to highlight milestones for #W3C and the Internet.
(It is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0TfUBuIZkmQ )
Version without audio description:
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Web inventor @timbl 🎊
We made a 2:27 video using graphic elements and text running on a timeline from 1989 to 2024 to highlight milestones for #W3C and the Internet.
(It is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AA8EP5UPa-k )
Version with audio description:
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Web inventor @timbl 🎊
We made a 2:27 video using graphic elements and text running on a timeline from 1989 to 2024 to highlight milestones for #W3C and the Internet.
(It is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AA8EP5UPa-k )
Version with audio description:
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Web standards are blueprints –or building blocks– of a consistent and harmonious digitally connected world. They are implemented in browsers, blogs, search engines, and other software that power our experience on the web. #aboutW3C
Learn more at:
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Web standards are blueprints –or building blocks– of a consistent and harmonious digitally connected world. They are implemented in browsers, blogs, search engines, and other software that power our experience on the web. #aboutW3C
Learn more at:
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📣 We released today the 2024 diversity report, as part of our commitment and continued focus on diversity and inclusion since 2018.
In the report, we focus on gender and geography for several of our governance bodies: the W3C Advisory Board @ab , the W3C Technical Architecture Group @tag , the W3C Board of Directors (BoD), and W3C Management (W3M).
https://www.w3.org/about/diversity/diversity-report-2024/
#diversity #inclusion #aboutW3C
#w3c
#inclusion
#diversity
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📣 We released today the 2024 diversity report, as part of our commitment and continued focus on diversity and inclusion since 2018.
In the report, we focus on gender and geography for several of our governance bodies: the W3C Advisory Board @ab , the W3C Technical Architecture Group @tag , the W3C Board of Directors (BoD), and W3C Management (W3M).
https://www.w3.org/about/diversity/diversity-report-2024/
#diversity #inclusion #aboutW3C
#w3c
#inclusion
#diversity
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W3C validators are some of our most popular tools.
Of the top 100 searches and just in the past 3 months, validators and checkers crop up 41 times in many forms, in English, French and even Russian!See more about our validators and tools at:
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W3C validators are some of our most popular tools.
Of the top 100 searches and just in the past 3 months, validators and checkers crop up 41 times in many forms, in English, French and even Russian!See more about our validators and tools at:
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Did you know, our Nu HTML validator checks:
~3 documents every second
~10,000+ documents every hour
~250,000+ documents a day
~2 million documents a week
~8 million documents a month
~100 million documents a year
~1 billion documents over the last 10 years -
Did you know, our Nu HTML validator checks:
~3 documents every second
~10,000+ documents every hour
~250,000+ documents a day
~2 million documents a week
~8 million documents a month
~100 million documents a year
~1 billion documents over the last 10 years -
Curious about W3C? You can find answers to questions such as:
What is the difference between the Web and the Internet?
What does W3C do?
How is W3C organized?
Where is W3C located?
How is W3C funded?
W3C has a validation service. Does W3C approve all web pages?
Why get a W3C account?and more on our W3C help page:
https://www.w3.org/help/ #aboutW3C -
Curious about W3C? You can find answers to questions such as:
What is the difference between the Web and the Internet?
What does W3C do?
How is W3C organized?
Where is W3C located?
How is W3C funded?
W3C has a validation service. Does W3C approve all web pages?
Why get a W3C account?and more on our W3C help page:
https://www.w3.org/help/ #aboutW3C -
W3C offers tools and validators including:
Nu HTML Checker: Checks HTML documents.
Link Checker: Checks web pages for broken links.
Internationalization Checker: Checks level of internationalization
EPUBCheck: Conformance checker for EPUB publications.
CSS Validator: Checks your CSS.
RDF Validator: Checks and visualizes RDF documents.
RSS Feed Validator: Validator for syndicated feeds (RSS and Atom feeds).
#aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/developers/tools/ -
W3C offers tools and validators including:
Nu HTML Checker: Checks HTML documents.
Link Checker: Checks web pages for broken links.
Internationalization Checker: Checks level of internationalization
EPUBCheck: Conformance checker for EPUB publications.
CSS Validator: Checks your CSS.
RDF Validator: Checks and visualizes RDF documents.
RSS Feed Validator: Validator for syndicated feeds (RSS and Atom feeds).
#aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/developers/tools/ -
Want to learn more about W3C work and hear from our experts? We've got videos!
Check out our YouTube channel. #aboutW3C
https://www.youtube.com/@W3COfficial/videos -
Want to learn more about W3C work and hear from our experts? We've got videos!
Check out our YouTube channel. #aboutW3C
https://www.youtube.com/@W3COfficial/videos -
Why W3C web standards?
W3C develops technical specifications according to the W3C Process, which is designed to maximize consensus, ensure quality, earn endorsement and adoption by W3C Members and the broader community.
W3C web standards are optimized for interoperability, security, privacy, web accessibility, and internationalization.
W3C's proven web standards process is based on fairness, openness, royalty-free, we make the web work, for everyone. #aboutW3C
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Why W3C web standards?
W3C develops technical specifications according to the W3C Process, which is designed to maximize consensus, ensure quality, earn endorsement and adoption by W3C Members and the broader community.
W3C web standards are optimized for interoperability, security, privacy, web accessibility, and internationalization.
W3C's proven web standards process is based on fairness, openness, royalty-free, we make the web work, for everyone. #aboutW3C
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A variety of W3C groups enable W3C to pursue its mission through the creation of Web standards, guidelines, and supporting materials.
Working Groups typically produce deliverables (e.g., standards track technical reports, software, test suites, and reviews of the deliverables of other groups).
The primary goal of an Interest Group is to bring together people who wish to evaluate potential Web technologies and policies. #aboutW3C
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A variety of W3C groups enable W3C to pursue its mission through the creation of Web standards, guidelines, and supporting materials.
Working Groups typically produce deliverables (e.g., standards track technical reports, software, test suites, and reviews of the deliverables of other groups).
The primary goal of an Interest Group is to bring together people who wish to evaluate potential Web technologies and policies. #aboutW3C
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W3C does its work in the open. W3C hosts thousands of mailing lists for our group members and the general public to discuss and send feedback on Web standards work at W3C.
The corresponding mailing list archives contain millions of messages dating back to the earliest days of the Web, eg:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-talk/1991SepOct/0001.htmlFind more about our mailing lists at:
https://www.w3.org/email/ #aboutW3C -
W3C does its work in the open. W3C hosts thousands of mailing lists for our group members and the general public to discuss and send feedback on Web standards work at W3C.
The corresponding mailing list archives contain millions of messages dating back to the earliest days of the Web, eg:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-talk/1991SepOct/0001.htmlFind more about our mailing lists at:
https://www.w3.org/email/ #aboutW3C -
We are an open forum where diverse voices from around the world and industries come together, incubate and build consensus for global standards for web technologies.
We are socially responsible and committed to ensure that the web is for everyone; we greatly emphasize accessibility, internationalization, privacy, and security.
We are committed to developing open and royalty-free standards with high focus on interoperability and collective empowerment.
#aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/mission/ -
We are an open forum where diverse voices from around the world and industries come together, incubate and build consensus for global standards for web technologies.
We are socially responsible and committed to ensure that the web is for everyone; we greatly emphasize accessibility, internationalization, privacy, and security.
We are committed to developing open and royalty-free standards with high focus on interoperability and collective empowerment.
#aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/mission/ -
Did you know? W3C has won several Emmy Awards.
For its work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles, W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award. For its work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for its work standardizing font technology for custom downloadable fonts and typography for web and TV devices, W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. #aboutW3C
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Did you know? W3C has won several Emmy Awards.
For its work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles, W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award. For its work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for its work standardizing font technology for custom downloadable fonts and typography for web and TV devices, W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. #aboutW3C
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Did you know? The W3C Team includes 45 people working from locations across the globe.
With a truly international flavor, the Team includes experts from more than 10 different countries. The role of the staff is to coordinate technology development and to manage the operations of the Consortium.
Meet the W3C Team:
https://www.w3.org/staff/ #aboutW3C -
Did you know? The W3C Team includes 45 people working from locations across the globe.
With a truly international flavor, the Team includes experts from more than 10 different countries. The role of the staff is to coordinate technology development and to manage the operations of the Consortium.
Meet the W3C Team:
https://www.w3.org/staff/ #aboutW3C -
Did you know that our oldest Web standard dates back from October 1994? It was the specification of Portable Network Graphics (PNG) https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-961001
W3C re-convened a PNG working group in 2021 to work on PNG Third Edition and plan a Fourth Edition aimed to standardize new features such as animation extension, or adding support for HDR imagery. https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/png/
You can query our Standards base https://www.w3.org/standards/stats/ #aboutW3C
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Did you know that our oldest Web standard dates back from October 1994? It was the specification of Portable Network Graphics (PNG) https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-961001
W3C re-convened a PNG working group in 2021 to work on PNG Third Edition and plan a Fourth Edition aimed to standardize new features such as animation extension, or adding support for HDR imagery. https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/png/
You can query our Standards base https://www.w3.org/standards/stats/ #aboutW3C
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Did you know that Web Consortium's impact even extends beyond this planet?
NASA regularly uses W3C standards in both the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers and space exploration missions. 🪐 #aboutW3C
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Did you know that Web Consortium's impact even extends beyond this planet?
NASA regularly uses W3C standards in both the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers and space exploration missions. 🪐 #aboutW3C
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Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C
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Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C
https://vimeo.com/110256895 -
Short video footage from October 2014, at #w3c 20th anniversary, when Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee donned / revealed t-shirts that @amyvdh and @koalie had custom-made, and they were good sports to agree to wear!
The audience enjoyed the memorable and unexpected stunt!
An image is worth a thousand words:
• Tim Berners-Lee invented the #Web (and in 1994 founded @w3c )
• Vinton Cerf invented the Internet. -
Short video footage from October 2014, at #w3c 20th anniversary, when Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee donned / revealed t-shirts that @amyvdh and @koalie had custom-made, and they were good sports to agree to wear!
The audience enjoyed the memorable and unexpected stunt!
An image is worth a thousand words:
• Tim Berners-Lee invented the #Web (and in 1994 founded @w3c )
• Vinton Cerf invented the Internet. -
Did you know that we’re an award-winning Consortium? W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award for our work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles. For work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for our work standardizing fonts W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. 🏆 #aboutW3C
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Did you know that we’re an award-winning Consortium? W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award for our work to make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles. For work to standardize a Full TV Experience on the Web, W3C received a 2019 Emmy Award. And for our work standardizing fonts W3C received a 2021 Emmy Award. 🏆 #aboutW3C
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Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C
https://vimeo.com/110256895 -
Do you know what are Web standards useful for? W3C standards and technical specifications as well as guidelines are widely deployed on the Web:
• Rendering of web pages
• Enabling access from any device
• Architecture of the web
• Linking data and services
• Authoring tools
Learn more about the potential and promises of web standards. #aboutW3C
https://vimeo.com/110256895 -
Web technologies that meet the varied needs of society do not happen by chance. They are designed and standardized, not by one company, country, or community, but through the work of the Web Consortium.
Discover the value for organizations to join as Members. #aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/membership/ -
Web technologies that meet the varied needs of society do not happen by chance. They are designed and standardized, not by one company, country, or community, but through the work of the Web Consortium.
Discover the value for organizations to join as Members. #aboutW3C
https://www.w3.org/membership/