October 1, 1994
Tim Berners-Lee founds the W3C
Tim Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium on October 1, 1994 at MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology — a research university central to many computing breakthroughs. — stewarding web standards globally.
What it was for
W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium — the international body that maintains core web standards. standardized HTMLHyperText Markup Language — the standard markup for structuring web pages., CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages., HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol — the protocol browsers use to request and receive web pages., and accessibility guidelines — keeping the web interoperable across browsers and devices. Berners-Lee led it without commercializing his invention.
People
- Tim Berners-Lee — founder
Companies
- W3C
Why it's here
W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium — the international body that maintains core web standards. became the neutral forum for web standardization.
Why it mattered
It prevented proprietary fragmentation of the open web.
What it solved
Competing vendors needed a shared process to evolve web technologies.
Media
- ImageWorld Wide Web Consortium
World Wide Web Consortium, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- WorldWideWeb — first web browserDecember 1990
- CERN releases the web into the public domainApril 30, 1993