NASA partners with Web Consortium to improve universal access
May 28th, 2010 - 3:16 am ICT by BNO NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – NASA announced Thursday that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure universal access to the internet.
“Standards will play a key role in making NASA’s content more accessible on the Internet and in the implementation of our Open Government plan,” said Chris Kemp, chief technology officer for Information Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
“Additionally, standards nurture technology innovation. We are especially interested in participating in those areas where NASA’s ongoing technical requirements overlap with the W3C’s standardization efforts,” Kemp added.
W3C is an international organization that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access. The consortium’s staff works with member organizations and the public to enhance long-term growth for the Web, having more than 350 members. It is run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics in France, and Keio University in Japan.
“W3C is delighted to welcome NASA back as a member,” said Jeff Jaffe, W3C chief executive officer. “The agency’s participation in W3C activities such as eGovernment, Linked Open Data and Semantic Web technologies will bring great depth and breadth of experience to these communities and opportunities for leadership in emerging technologies.”
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