Helping the Web Reach Its Full Potential

an introduction to W3C

J. Alan Bird W3C Global Business Development Leader

July 2016

of the connected world is using W3C technologies.

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About W3C: “Leading the Web to its Full Potential”

Tim Berners-LeeWEB INVENTOR AND W3C DIRECTOR

• Standards setting body for the World Wide Web

• Founded 1994; celebrating 21 years

• Over 420 members, including most key players in ICT, Web

• Founded by Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee

• Key foundational principles:• Interoperability• Openness• Royalty-free patent policy

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The Web landscape

Works on anyconnected device

Anyone canparticipate

Openecosystem

Not controlled by a singlecommercial entityRoyalty-free

Sampling of Members

W3C Membership Benefits

Open Web Platform Transforming Industry

What is the Open Web Platform?

• The Open Web Platform is a full-fledged programming environment for rich, interactive, cross-platform applications.

• HTML5 is the cornerstone

Web of Things (aka IOT for the Web)

• W3C held Web of Things Workshop in June 2014 in Munich, Germany

• Market potential for IOT held back by fragmentation and lack of common approach to enabling services:• Increased interest in use of scripting

languages for defining services;

• Need for APIs for drivers for specific IOT technologies; underlying use of HTTP for RESTful services

• Early stage work at W3C has been done in areas such as Near Field Communications, Semantic Sensor Networks

Bridging the Silos

Isolated IoT products create data silos

Silos hinder creation of services that combine different data

How to enable easy integration of data sources?

The Web is the framework that offers a unifying approach

Beyond WoT W3C is driving Web Standards that affect the rest of YOUR business:

Web Payments Web of Things Security &

Privacy

Automotive

Payments Activity Participants

IDPF and W3C Collaboration: Digital Publishing at W3C

IDPF Focus: Standards for the Book Reading Experience (EPUB)

IDPF/EPUB built on W3C standards

W3C Focus: Standards for General Web Technologies

Advance publishing industry requirements for the Open Web Platform through a focused Digital Publishing Interest Group (IG)and related Working Groups(e.g. HTML, CSS)

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NATAS Recognition: W3C Wins Emmy ® Award for Accessible Video Content

W3C’s Timed Text Working Group receives 2016 Emmy ® Award in Las Vegas for standards work on accessible captioning and subtitles for web video content.

News: IMSC1 Profile for TTML is now a W3C Recommendation.

Summary

• A growing, global community• Next generation technology innovation• Transforming society and business• Ability to shape and influence web of the future

We appreciate your interest in this exciting organization!