1.2: Web Standards
Advance one Web that works for all Other Information:
Challenge: The Technology Gap. More than one billion people who read poorly, read only languages not well-supported on the
Web, or have disabilities are inhibited from creating and consuming Web content because of the current state of technology
and practice. In addition, the introduction of incompatible and proprietary technologies, uninformed policies, censorship
and other challenges threaten the vision of the Web as a single, universal medium for the sharing of information. The Web
Standards Program is based on the knowledge that Web technology serves users as well as it does because the fundamental technologies
that make it work are free to use, open for review and globally agreed. To ensure that Web technologies fill identified gaps,
and that technologies work together, the Foundation works with the World Wide Web Consortium, which develops free and open
technical specifications and guidelines. Standards work aimed at removing barriers to Web access because of literacy, language
and ability are particularly important for the success of our Web in Society program. We must ensure that existing and new
Web technologies work increasingly better across an expanding variety of devices used around the world. We also facilitate
community-driven solutions to complex technology and policy issues.
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