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(chuàng)立，它通過開發(fā)最常用的協(xié)議推進(jìn)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的革命，確保互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的協(xié)同工作能力，從而引領(lǐng)了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)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(wǎng)聯(lián)盟

W3C was created in October 1994
W3C 在1994年10月創(chuàng)立

W3C was created by Tim Berners-Lee
W3C 的創(chuàng)始人是Tim Berners-Lee

W3C was created by the Inventor of the Web
W3C 是Web的發(fā)明者創(chuàng)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(chuàng)建標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的網(wǎng)絡(luò)

W3C creates and maintains WWW Standards
W3C 創(chuàng)建和維護(hù)了 WWW 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

W3C Standards are called W3C Recommendations
W3C 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)被稱為 W3C 推薦

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How it Started
它是怎樣被創(chuàng)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(wǎng)（WWW）是作為歐洲原子能研究機(jī)構(gòu)組織（CERN）的一個項(xiàng)目而被創(chuàng)建出來的。在那里，Tim Berners-Lee 開發(fā)了萬維網(wǎng)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(wǎng)的創(chuàng)始人 - 現(xiàn)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(xué)（MIT）和歐洲原子能研究機(jī)構(gòu)組織（CERN）

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Standardizing the Web
標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化網(wǎng)絡(luò)

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(wǎng)絡(luò)（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(biāo)準(zhǔn)化組織合作，如：Internet 工程任務(wù)組。無線應(yīng)用協(xié)議（WAP）論壇和統(tǒng)一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)編碼協(xié)會。

W3C is hosted by three universities:
W3C 是由三所大學(xué)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(jī)構(gòu)

Keio University in Japan
日本慶應(yīng)大學(xué)（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?yàn)榫W(wǎng)絡(luò)是如此的重要（包括活動范圍和投資），因此，不可能出現(xiàn)單獨(dú)的一支機(jī)構(gòu)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(jī)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(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)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(yīng)商、內(nèi)容提供者、協(xié)作用戶、電信公司、學(xué)術(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)、研究實(shí)驗(yàn)室、標(biāo)準(zhǔn)團(tuán)體和政府。

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W3C Recommendations
W3C 推薦標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

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(fā)展用于描述交互式協(xié)議（如：HTML和XML）的網(wǎng)絡(luò)規(guī)則和其他網(wǎng)絡(luò)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(biāo)準(zhǔn)都是由W3C成員和邀請的專家所開發(fā)的。該團(tuán)體包括了來自于公司和其它組織的輸入信息，并創(chuàng)建了工作樣本，最終，將該協(xié)議作為推薦的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。大致上講，推薦的協(xié)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(biāo)準(zhǔn)公布于眾。