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If you have feedback on the W3C website, please definition in Wikipedia: "The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)."
The Web, on the other hand, is defined in W3C's Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume I as follows: "The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)."
The Web is an information space. The first three specifications for Web technologies defined URLs, HTTP, and HTML.
It's such a common mistake to confuse the two that we made special t-shirts that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and Vinton Cerf, inventor of the Internet, wore during the W3C 20th anniversary event of October 2014.
W3C became its own legal entity, moving to a public-interest non-profit organization after 28 years with an atypical organizational structure where legal and fiduciary roles were assumed by four historical host institutions across the planet: MIT (USA), W3C Evangelists in various locations.
How is W3C funded?
W3C sources of revenue include:
You found "w3.org" in the source of a web page or email
If you view the source code of a web page or email message, you are likely to see references to W3C's web site, for example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-/W3C/DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional/EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">or:
<svg width="32" height="32" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">This means that the document uses a format that was standardized by W3C — in the cases above, strictly prohibited from our mailing lists.
Somebody forged email to make it look like it was sent by W3C
Unfortunately, people at times forge email addresses. Many W3C email addresses are very visible to the public, and this makes them targets for forgery. Thus, you may receive spam appearing to be sent from a w3.org address, but this only means that the address has been used to send a forged email.
Do you allow guest posts or paid content?
No. We do not allow guest posts and paid content on the W3C Blog or W3C Website. See "endorsement".
Will W3C endorse my product?
No. W3C is a vendor-neutral organization, and as such W3C does not endorse vendors or vendor products, or any particular product, service, or website.
Will W3C link to my product from w3.org?
W3C does not endorse any particular software. However, because it is useful to provide links to software that implements a specification, we often link to multiple products or services (thus: many, not one). If you do not find at the bottom of a page any contact information for the person responsible for updating links on that page, please write to [email protected].
W3C has a validation service. Does W3C approve all web pages?
No. W3C does provide web form based login system for resources that are restricted or personalized.
Why is my application being rate-limited by W3C's site?
W3C's site receives a lot of automated traffic from software making requests for XML Schema files, DTDs, namespaces and other resources. In order to keep our site available and responsive we restrict the rate at which these requests can be made.
If you are receiving HTTP 429 Too Many Requests responses from our site please update your software to reduce the frequency of requests. If you are using XML processing software an Membership