The Internet Society has announced a $1 million donation to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in its continuing efforts to foster an open Internet ecosystem. This is the second installment of the Internet Society's 2009 pledge of $2.5 million over three years, to support the evolution of W3C as an organisation that creates open Web standards.
Both organisations have closely aligned views and strongly support the ongoing evolution of the open Internet as an invaluable platform for innovation. As active participants in the development of open standards that ensure that the various parts of the system interoperate, both the Internet Society and W3C work to forge the strong partnerships among the various organisations that form this Internet Ecosystem. These communities help ensure the stability and growth of the platform.
The W3C is an international consortium where member organisations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 350 organisations are members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide.
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