Design Principles
The following design principles guide W3C's work:
Web for AlI
The social value of the Web is that it enables human communication;
commerce, and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C"s primary
goals is to make these benefits available to all people
whatever their
hardware
software
network infrastructure , native language
culture
geographical location,
or physical or mental ability: Learn more about:
Web Accessibility Initiative
Internationalization
Web on
Everything
The number of different kinds of devices that can access the Web has
grown immensely: Mobile phones
smart phones, personal digital assistants,
interactive television systems_
voice response systems, kiosks and even
certain domestic appliances can all access the Web: Learn more about:
Web of Devices
Mobile Web Initiative
Browsers and Other Agents
Vision
W3C's vision for the Web involves participation, sharing knowledge, and
thereby building trust on a global scale.
Web for Rich Interaction
The Web was invented as
communications tool intended to allow anyone_
anywhere to share information:
For many years, the Web was a
read-only"
tool for many: Blogs and wikis brought more authors to the Web
and social
networking emerged from the flourishing market for content and
personalized Web experiences. W3C standards have supported this
evolution thanks to strong architecture and design principles_
Learn more
about:
Web Design and Applications
Web Architecture
Web of Data and Services
Some people view the Web as a giant repository of linked data while others
as
giant set of services that exchange messages. The two views are