W3C 簡介

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 W3C was started in 1994 to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
W3C 在1994年創立，它通過開發最常用的協議推進互聯網的革命，確保互聯網的協同工作能力，從而引領了互聯網的潮流。

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What it Is
什么是W3C？
W3C Stands for the World Wide Web Consortium
W3C 代表了萬維網聯盟

W3C was created in October 1994
W3C 在1994年10月創立

W3C was created by Tim Berners-Lee
W3C 的創始人是Tim Berners-Lee

W3C was created by the Inventor of the Web
W3C 是Web的發明者創建的

W3C is organized as a Member Organization
W3C 是一個成員組織

W3C is working to Standardize the Web
W3C 致力于創建標準化的網絡

W3C creates and maintains WWW Standards
W3C 創建和維護了 WWW 標準

W3C Standards are called W3C Recommendations
W3C 標準被稱為 W3C 推薦

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How it Started
它是怎樣被創建的？

The World Wide Web (WWW) began as a project at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), where Tim Berners-Lee developed a vision of the World Wide Web.
萬維網（WWW）是作為歐洲原子能研究機構組織（CERN）的一個項目而被創建出來的。在那里，Tim Berners-Lee 開發了萬維網的第一個可視化版本。

Tim Berners-Lee - the inventor of the World Wide Web - is now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Tim Berners-Lee - 萬維網的創始人 - 現在是W3C的總指揮。

W3C was created in 1994 as a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the European Commission.
W3C 是由美國麻省理工大學（MIT）和歐洲原子能研究機構組織（CERN）

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Standardizing the Web
標準化網絡

W3C is working to make the Web accessible to all users (despite differences in culture, education, ability, resources, and physical limitations)
W3C 致力于讓所有人都能夠訪問網絡（包括不同的文化、教育程度、能力、資源和物理限制）

W3C also coordinates its work with many other standards organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Wireless Application Protocols (WAP) Forum and the Unicode Consortium.
W3C 通常與其它的標準化組織合作，如：Internet 工程任務組。無線應用協議（WAP）論壇和統一標準編碼協會。

W3C is hosted by three universities:
W3C 是由三所大學主辦：

Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.
美國麻省理工

The French National Research Institute in Europe
歐洲法國國家研究機構

Keio University in Japan
日本慶應大學（Keio University）

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W3C Members
W3C 成員

Because the Web is so important (both in scope and in investment) that no single organization should have control over its future, W3C functions as a member organization.
因為網絡是如此的重要（包括活動范圍和投資），因此，不可能出現單獨的一支機構來掌控它的將來，W3C就是作為這樣的一個成員組織。

Some well known members are:
很多著名的成員包括：

IBM [國際商用機器]

Microsoft [微軟]

America Online [美國在線]

Apple [蘋果公司]

Adobe [Adobe公司]

Macromedia [Macromedia 公司]

Sun Microsystems [Sun 微型計算機系統公司]

The Full List of Member Organisations includes a variety of software vendors, content providers, corporate users, telecommunications companies, academic institutions, research laboratories, standards bodies, and governments.
成員組織列表包含了所有的軟件供應商、內容提供者、協作用戶、電信公司、學術機構、研究實驗室、標準團體和政府。

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W3C Recommendations
W3C 推薦標準

The most important work done by the W3C is the development of Web specifications (called "Recommendations") that describe communication protocols (like HTML and XML) and other building blocks of the Web.
W3C最重要的工作就是發展用于描述交互式協議（如：HTML和XML）的網絡規則和其他網絡組件。

Each W3C Recommendation is developed by a work group consisting of members and invited experts. The group obtains its input from companies and other organizations, and creates a Working Draft and finally a Proposed Recommendation. In general the Recommendation is submitted to the W3C membership and director, for a formal approval as a W3C Recommendation.
每個W3C推薦標準都是由W3C成員和邀請的專家所開發的。該團體包括了來自于公司和其它組織的輸入信息，并創建了工作樣本，最終，將該協議作為推薦的標準。大致上講，推薦的協議都要提交給W3C成員和總指揮審查，而后作為正式的W3C推薦標準公布于眾。