W03c: World Wide Web Consortium ------------------------------- Objectives ---------- A. Define the role of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) B. Locate documentation and standards information on the W3C website Questions --------- (Answers are at the end of this document) 1. What is the purpose of the World Wide Web Consortium? [W03cA1s] 2. What is the Web address (URL) of the World Wide Web Consortium? [W03cB1s] 3. What type of people and organizations make up the membership of the World Wide Web Consortium? [W03cA2s] Answers ------- 1. The purpose of W3C is to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability [W03cA1s] 2. www.w3.org or www.w3c.org [W03cB1s] 3. Companies that do business related to the Web; experts in technologies related to the Web. [W03cA2s]