W3C was started in 1994 to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
1994 年W3C 开始通过开发公共协议引领WEB的全部潜能，并促进它的演变与其共用。
What it Is 它是什么
- W3C Stands for the World Wide Web Consortium
W3C 代表万维网组织 - W3C was created in October 1994
W3C 成立于1994 年10月 - W3C was created by Tim Berners-Lee
W3C 由Tim Berners Berners-Lee 成立 - W3C was created by the Inventor of the Web
W3C 由WEB的发明者建立 - W3C is organized as a Member Organization
W3C 由组织成员所组成 - W3C is working to Standardize the Web
W3C 为WEB标准而工作 - W3C creates and maintains WWW Standards
W3C 建立和维护万维网标准 - W3C Standards are called W3C Recommendations
W3C 标准被称为W3C 推荐标准
How it Started 它的开始
The World Wide Web (WWW) began as a project at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), where Tim Berners-Lee developed a vision of the World Wide Web.
万维网(WWW) 起初是欧洲核研究组织(CERN)的一个项目, 在那里Tim Berners -Lee[搞不是好是华人哦^_^]开发了万维网的一个版本。
Tim Berners-Lee - the inventor of the World Wide Web - is now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Tim Berners Lee- 万维网的发明者- 是现在万维网组织的主任(W3C) 。
W3C was created in 1994 as a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the European Commission.
W3C 作为麻省理工学院(麻省理工学院)和欧洲核研究组织(CERN)之间的合作创建于1994年, 并且有美国国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)与欧共体的支持
Standardizing the Web 标准化
W3C is working to make the Web accessible to all users (despite differences in culture, education, ability, resources, and physical limitations)
W3C 正在使WEB容易让所有用户应用而工作着(尽管在不同的文化, 教育, 能力, 资源, 和物理上有所局限)
W3C also coordinates its work with many other standards organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Wireless Application Protocols (WAP) Forum and the Unicode Consortium.
W3C 还与许多其它标准组织譬如网际工程特别工作组, 无线应用协议(WAP) 论坛和Unicode 组织协调它的工作。
W3C is hosted by three universities:
W3C 由三所大学主持:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.
美国的麻省理工学院 - The French National Research Institute in Europe
在欧洲的法国全国研究所 - Keio University in Japan
在日本的Keio 大学
W3C 成员
Because the Web is so important (both in scope and in investment) that no single organization should have control over its future, W3C functions as a member organization.
因为WEB是非常重要的(在应用范围和投资上)所以不能有单个的组织来掌控它的未来发展，W3C是一个成员组织
Some well known members are:
有些知名的成员有:
- IBM
- Microsoft
- America Online[美国在线]
- Apple
- Adobe
- Macromedia
- Sun Microsystems
The Full List of Member Organisations includes a variety of software vendors, content providers, corporate users, telecommunications companies, academic institutions, research laboratories, standards bodies, and governments.
完整的成员组织名单包括各种各样的软件商, 内容供应商, 公司用户, 电信公司, 学术机构, 研究实验室, 标准机体, 并且政府。
W3C Recommendations W3C 推荐标准
The most important work done by the W3C is the development of Web specifications (called "Recommendations") that describe communication protocols (like HTML and XML) and other building blocks of the Web.
由W3C 要完成最重要的工作是万维网的发展说明(叫做"推荐标准")它描述了公共协议 (象HTML 和XML) 以及万维网的其它构件。
Each W3C Recommendation is developed by a work group consisting of members and invited experts. The group obtains its input from companies and other organizations, and creates a Working Draft and finally a Proposed Recommendation. In general the Recommendation is submitted to the W3C membership and director, for a formal approval as a W3C Recommendation.
W3C 每个推荐标准都由组织成员和被邀请的研发专家所组成的工作团体开发。小组从公司和其他组织得到输入(类似加入壮大的意思)，建立一份工作草稿和最后的推荐标准提议。总之推荐标准递交给W3C 资格会员和主任, 就成为正式被认同作的 W3C 推荐标准。