What is the W3C?
"The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time
staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards." –W3C.org
Why
are Web standards necessary?
"To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols
and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web." –W3C.org
What does it mean that "this web site conforms to W3C standards?"
Conforming to W3C standards means that this web site's code does not contain
errors, which means that different web browsers will be able to display
this web site as the designer/
developer intended.
As the W3C states, code validation shows "your
readers that you have taken the care to create an interoperable
Web page."
