Our mission

W3C is leading the Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web.

Our vision

To achieve our vision to make the web work, for everyone, we uphold the following core values:

• The web is for all humanity.
• The web is designed for the good of its users.
• The web must be safe for its users.
• There is one interoperable world-wide web.

Our identity

• 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.

Source: The World Wide Web Consortium