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The World Wide Web Consortium, often called W3C, is a global group focused on making the internet useful for everyone. It's a place where different organizations come together to shape the main technologies that power the web. Members share ideas with leaders in business and research, looking at how the web is changing industries. Some of the well-known members include NHK from Japan, the University of Oxford, and organizations like Understood.org and Centre For Accessibility Australia.

W3C recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. This big event happened at their yearly meeting called TPAC, where they looked back at how much the web has grown over three decades and thought about what's next for the internet. The celebration included talks and a special dinner.

TPAC is W3C's main yearly gathering. It's where the community discusses and works together to move forward the efforts of its various groups. This event tackles tough technical and social issues affecting the web and brings together W3C members, technical teams, and leadership.

Web standards created by W3C are the basic rules that help make our digital world work consistently. These standards are used in browsers, websites, search engines, and other software that we use every day online.

W3C works with technology, business needs, and what society needs. It encourages many people and groups to join in and help create web standards.