- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:39:45 -0500
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- Cc: timbl@w3.org, public-cdf@w3.org, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>, process-issues@w3.org
On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 21:22 +0100, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: > Ian > > > What action has been taken in the past nine months to commission an > external review? None, to my knowledge. _ Ian > > regards > > > my logo > Jonathan Chetwynd > > j.chetwynd@btinternet.com > http://www.openicon.org/ > > +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 > > > > > > > Full Potential: Who's counting? > > > Ian, > > > Who is tasked with measuring and reporting on how or indeed whether > W3C is fulfilling it's stated objective? > > > Is this an external and independent body? > > > Where are their reports published? > > > regards > > Jonathan Chetwynd > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > http://www.w3.org/1998/02/Potential.html > The first phase of the Web is human communication though shared > knowledge. > > > The Consortium exists as a place for those companies for whom the Web > is essential to meet and agree on the common underpinnings that will > allow everyone to go forward. > > > http://www.w3.org/ > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable > technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead > the Web to its full potential. > > > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/org.html#public > W3C Members include vendors of technology products and services, > content providers, corporate users, research laboratories, standards > bodies, and governments, all of whom work to reach consensus on a > direction for the Web. > > > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Points/ > W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential, which it does > by developing technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and > tools) that will create a forum for information, commerce, > inspiration, independent thought, and collective understanding. > > > Today this universe benefits society by enabling new forms of human > communication and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C's > primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people, > whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native > language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental > ability. > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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