News Release: W3C Opens India Office during International Conference in New Delhi

W3C Opens India Office during International Conference in New Delhi

http://www.w3.org/ — 3 May 2010 — As part of its efforts to ensure that 
core Web standards meet global needs, the World Wide Web Consortium 
(W3C) announces today the opening of a new Office in India. The Office 
is hosted in New Delhi by the Technology Development for Indian 
Languages (TDIL) Programme, part of the India government's Department of 
Information Technology. W3C and TDIL will celebrate this collaborative 
effort at an opening ceremony on 6 May 2010, as part of a conference 
organized by TDIL on the topic of technology, standards and 
internationalization.

"We want to see the Web for All and Web on everything and help to lead 
the web to its full potential," Ms. Swaran Lata, Director & Head, Human 
Centered Computing Division and Manager of the new W3C India Office. "We 
look forward to promoting W3C standards all over India in all twenty-two 
constitutionally recognized Indian languages, and welcome this 
opportunity to bring together people in India who are interested in 
participating in the development of the future Web."

"Increased participation from India will strengthen W3C's international 
community," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "I look forward to partnering with 
TDIL so that we build the W3C community in India, including drawing 
Membership from key industrial and academic leaders. The upcoming 
conference is an important first step."

International Conference to Address Internationalization Challenges

Language diversity in India poses challenges to Web technology 
developers and users. To mark the opening of the new Office, TDIL has 
organized an international conference on 6-7 May in New Delhi: World 
Wide Web: Technology, Standards and Internationalization. Conference 
participants will discuss issues some of these challenges and how best 
to promote open standards participation and dissemination in India. The 
program begins with the formal opening of the new Office, then is 
followed by discussions on internationalization, mobile access, Web 
architecture, Semantic Web, Accessibility, and other areas of W3C work.

EDITOR's NOTES:
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Web Resources:
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This press release:
   - in English: http://www.w3.org/2010/05/india-pr.html.en
   - in other languages: http://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2010#x2010-india

W3C India Office Web site:
     http://www.w3cindia.in/

Technology, Standards and Internationalization Conference:
     http://www.w3cindia.in/conf-site/conference-index.htm

Media Contacts:
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Contact Americas, Australia —
     Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org>, +1.718.260.9447
Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East —
     Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33 6 76 86 33 41
Contact Asia —
     Naoko Ishikura, <keio-contact@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170

About Technology Development for Indian Languages Programme (TDIL)
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Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) programme, is a 
flagship programme of Department of Information Technology, Govt. of 
India involved in research, development, standardization and 
proliferation of Language Technology in India in twenty-two 
constitutionally recognized Indian languages. TDIL Programme is also 
associated with international standardization bodies like the Unicode 
Consortium and ELRA. For more information see http://www.tdil.mit.gov.in/

About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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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 primarily pursues its mission through the 
creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term 
growth for the Web. Over 350 organizations are Members of the 
Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and 
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European 
Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) 
headquartered in France and Keio University in Japan, and has additional 
Offices worldwide. For more information see http://www.w3.org/

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