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About W3C Groups
A variety of W3C groups enable W3C to pursue its mission through the creation of Web
standards
guidelines,
and supporting materials.
Community and Business Groups offer more
ways for innovators to bring work to W3C_
Working Groups
Working Groups typically produce deliverables (e.g , standards track technical reports,
software
test suites
and reviews of the deliverables of other groups)
List of Working Groups
Interest Groups
The primary
of an Interest Group is to bring together people who wish to evaluate potential
Web technologies and policies An Interest Group is a forum for the exchange of ideas
List of Interest Groups
Community and Business Groups
W3C has created Community and Business Groups to meet the needs of a growing community
of Web stakeholders_
Community Groups enable anyone to socialize their ideas for the Web at
the W3C for possible future standardization. Business Groups provide companies anywhere in
the world with access to the expertise and community needed to develop open Web technology:
New W3C Working Groups can then build mature Web standards on
of best of the
experimental work, and businesses and other organizations can make the most out of W3C's
Open Web Platform in their domain of interest.
Learn more about Community
Business Groups
List of Community Groups
List of Business Groups
Permanent Groups
In addition to these groups; W3C has chartered two permanent groups:
Technical Architecture Group (TAG)
W3C created the TAG to document and build consensus around principles of Web architecture
and to interpret and clarify these principles when necessary: The TAG also helps to resolve
Issues
involving general Web architecture brought to the TAG
and helps coordinate cross-
technology architecture developments inside and outside W3C . Some TAG Participants are
elected by by the W3C Members 
others are appointed by the W3C Director:
More Information about the Technical Architecture Group
Advisory Board (AB)
The Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the Team on issues of strategy; management;
legal matters_
process, and conflict resolution. The Advisory Board also serves the Members by
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