Proposal to endorse Vision for W3C as a W3C Statement

The W3C Advisory Board, in cooperation with the Vision Task Force, has updated the Group Note of Vision for W3C and now proposes advancing it to a W3C Statement.

The Vision for W3C articulates the values that underpin W3C’s mission, what W3C is, what it does and why that matters, and the principles by which it operates and makes decisions.

What is the web?

The World Wide Web was originally conceived as a tool for sharing information. It has evolved rapidly into a fundamental part of humanity, sparking major social change by providing and expanding access to knowledge, education, commerce and shopping, communication, social experiences, civic functions, entertainment, and more.

What is W3C?

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was founded as an organization to provide a consistent architecture across the rapid pace of progress in the Web, and to build a common community to support its development.

W3C’s Vision for the Web:

• The Web is for all humanity.
• The Web is designed for the good of all people.
• The Web must be safe to use.
• There is one interoperable world-wide Web.

Vision for W3C: 

The fundamental function of W3C is to provide an open forum where diverse voices from around the world and from different organizations and industries work together to evolve the web by building consensus on voluntary global standards for Web technologies. 

W3C Members will review the Vision for W3C. The intent is for this document to eventually become a W3C Statement. It will continue to evolve.