Information is listed alphabetically up till the Disclaimers at the bottom.
Antitrust and competition policy
Please take the opportunity to review our copyrights page.
Corporation
W3C is an international public-interest non-profit organization.
See the W3C External contributions policy governs the cases where W3C Working Groups receive reviews or input from parties who are not participants in the Working Groups.
External funding
W3C is principally a Member funded organization. It generally receives approximately 70-80% of its funding from Member dues, with the rest coming from all other sources including Sponsorships, education programs, donations, and government funded programs.
The parameters and practices for externally funded programs are described in the approved adoption of a Patent Policy. In February 2004, W3C adopted a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. See the Patent Policy FAQ for additional information.
Privacy policy
URI persistence policy
When information is made available on the Web, it is important for the integrity of the Web, and the society based upon it, that the URIs used to reference information be used well into the future, and that the information persist as identified.
Read in W3C's W3C Trademark and Servicemark License.
Reporting Copyright Infringement
If you are or represent a copyright owner and material on Web Platform Docs infringes your copyrights, you may file a notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
A notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication that includes:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material— the page URL, including a more specific reference if only a portion of the page is claimed to be infringing.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Notifications of claimed infringement may be sent by email to [email protected].
If you knowingly misrepresent that material or activity is infringing, you may be subject to liability for damages.
Repeat Infringers
It is site policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers.