The goal of the new Web Foundation is not only to narrow the digital divide through Web access, but to empower users with access to mobile technology and other innovations. The foundation will build on the standards effort of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, announced the creation
of the World Wide Web Foundation—an organization aimed at bringing the Web to
all people.
The World Wide Web Foundation's mission, according to Berners-Lee, is
threefold: to advance one Web that is free and open; to expand the Web's
capability and robustness; and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on
the planet. Berners-Lee announced the foundation at a ceremony at the Newseum
in Washington on Sept. 14.
"The Web is a tremendous platform for innovation, but we face a number
of challenges to making it more useful, in particular to people in underserved
communities," said Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) and co-director of the Web Science Research Initiative. "Through
this new initiative, we hope to develop an international ecosystem that will
help shape the future Web. A more inclusive Web will benefit us all."
Further, Berners-Lee said the foundation's goal is to enable all people to
share knowledge, access services, conduct commerce, participate in good
governance and communicate in creative ways. The foundation will raise funds
through a multifaceted strategy, beginning with a $5 million seed grant over
five years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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