Leading the web to its full potential WSC STANDARDS PARTICIPATE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT W3C W3C About W3C W3C Mission Skip ABOUT W3C W3C MISSION W3C Mission On this page open standards principles design principles vision Facts About W3C The W3C mission is tO lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by Press and developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Analysts Web Below we discuss important aspects of this mission; all of which further W3C's vision of One Web Sponsorships and Donations Open Standards Principles Jobs and Fellowships On 29 August 2012 five leading global open organizations jointly signed an agreement to Contact affirm and adhere to a set of Principles in stand Help and FAQ support of The Modern Paradigm for Standards; Knenatern Mard omo an open and collectively empowering model that sandan- will help radically improve the way people around the world develop new technologies and innovate for humanity: Learn more about OpenStand: the modern paradigm for standards 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; physical or mental ability: Learn more about: Web Accessibility Initiative Internationalization