World Wide Web Consortium to move European Host to ERCIM. (Internet Focus).The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). ), the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and, Control (INRIA INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique ) and the European Research Consortium for Informatics Same as information technology and information systems. The term is more widely used in Europe. and Mathematics (ERCIM ERCIM - European Research Consortium on Informatics and Mathematics. An association of European research organisations promoting cooperative research on key issues in Information Technology. ) jointly announced organizational changes which aim to strengthen research relationships throughout Europe to improve Web technology development. The change of W3C European Host from INRIA to ERCIM took place on 1 January 2003. The change allows W3C to improveb research relationships throughout Europe, while maintaining its historically strong relationship to INRIA, one of the ERCIM founders. The W3C has equal presence in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. W3C identifies not-for profit institutions to serve as regional headquarters and provide physical locations for staffing. These institutions are identified as W3C 'hosts.' Moving From TNRIA to ERCIM Is Natural for European Expansion As the Web has grown into a more widespread and essential resource for industry, academia, governments and their citizens, there is a pronounced need for an even more diverse infrastructure and support network. Establishing the W3C's European base at ERCIM will be beneficial to all involved. www.w3.org |
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