The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The consortium is an international organisation that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access.
According to Chris Kemp, chief technology officer for Information Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington, standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet and in the implementation of the Open Government plan. He expressed special interest in participating in those areas where NASA's ongoing technical requirements overlap with the W3C's standardisation efforts.
W3C's staff works with member organisations and the public to enhance long-term growth for the Web. The organisation has more than 350 members. It is run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics in France, and Keio University in Japan.
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