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First started as an IETF application area, W3C laid the foundations of the Web with the development of HTML and XML at the end of the 1990ies. It still works closely with IETF on the http or the URL specifications and in other shared areas (e.g. crypto, security, video) today. Other well knows technologies developed by W3C are the WAI/WCAG guidelines for People with Disabilities, the Web Services stack or the Semantic Web/Linked Data activities.
First started as an IETF application area, W3C laid the foundations of the Web with the development of HTML and XML at the end of the 1990ies. It still works closely with IETF on the http or the URL specifications and in other shared areas (e.g. crypto, security, video) today. Other well knows technologies developed by W3C are the WAI/WCAG guidelines for People with Disabilities, the Web Services stack or the Semantic Web/Linked Data activities.
Since its creation, W3C has developed more than 350 [https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-status-stds Web Standards], which they refer to as ''"Recommendations."'' Each of these recommendations must pass through a set of stages which is known as the '''"Recommendation Track"'' which involves: review, reformulation, and finally implementation.<ref>[http://xhtml.com/en/web-standards/what-is-w3c/ W3C standard development]</ref>
Since its creation, W3C has developed more than 350 [https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-status-stds Web Standards], which they refer to as ''"Recommendations."'' Each recommendation was developed by working groups which consist of W3C members engineers and invited experts from the public who have experience in the applicable field.
Each recommendation was developed by working groups which consist of W3C members engineers and invited experts from the public who have experience in the applicable field.
A recommendation is steered by a Working Group, and must pass through the several steps (also called maturity levels):
A recommendation is steered by a Working Group, and must pass through the several steps (also called maturity levels):