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Ôï üñáìá ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, áðü ôçí ßäñõóÞ ôçò ìÝ÷ñé êáé óÞìåñá, åßíáé íá

ïäçãÞóåé ôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü óôï ìÝãéóôï ôùí äõíáôïôÞôùí ôïõ, äçìéïõñãþíôáò Ýíá äéá-ëåéôïõñãéêü

óçìáóéïëïãéêü éóôü åìðéóôïóýíçò, ðñïóâÜóéìï áðü üëá ôá Üôïìá êáé üëåò ôéò óõóêåõÝò. Áõôü ôï

üñáìá äéáôçñåß æùíôáíÞ êáé ðáñáãùãéêÞ ôçí Êïéíïðñáîßá, ãéá ðÜíù áðü äåêáôÝóóåñá ÷ñüíéá,

åíþíïíôáò ôá åêáôïíôÜäåò ÌÝëç ôçò, ôïõò ÷éëéÜäåò ðñïãñáììáôéóôÝò êáé ôïõò äéóåêáôïììýñéá

÷ñÞóôåò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, áíÜ ôïí êüóìï. Ôï Åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ

Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, Ý÷ïíôáò Þäç óõìðëçñþóåé äÝêá ÷ñüíéá ëåéôïõñãßáò, ìïéñÜæåôáé ôïõò óôü÷ïõò êáé

ôï üñáìá ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò êáé óõíôåëåß óôçí åíåñãÞ óõììåôï÷Þ ôçò åëëçíéêÞò êïéíüôçôáò óôçí

åîÝëéîç ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý.

Äñ. ÅéñÞíç ÖïõíôïõëÜêçÅðéêåöáëÞò Åëëçíéêïý Ãñáöåßïõ W3C

ÅíôåôáëìÝíç ÅñåõíÞôñéá Éíóôéôïýôï ÐëçñïöïñéêÞòºäñõìá Ôå÷íïëïãßáò êáé ¸ñåõíáò (ÉÔÅ)

The vision of the World Wide Web Consortium from its foundation until the present day, is to lead the

Web to its full potential by creating an interoperable Semantic Web of Trust, accessible by all people and

by all devices. This vision keeps the Consortium alive and productive for more than fourteen years, join-

ing its hundreds of members, thousands of programmers and billions of Web users, throughout the world.

The W3C Greece Office, has successfully completed ten years of operation, and by sharing the goals and

vision of the Consortium, contributes towards the improvement and participation of the Greek commu-

nity to the evolution of the World Wide Web.

Dr. Irini FundulakiHead of W3C Greece Office

Associate ResearcherInstitute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)

ôôï W3C

4 Åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôïõ W3C •• www.w3c.gr

Ç Êïéíïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, ãíùóôÞ ùò

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Ý÷åé ùò óôü÷ï íá

ïäçãÞóåé ôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü óôï ìÝãéóôï ôùí äõíá-

ôïôÞôùí ôïõ, áíáðôýóïíôáò ðñùôüêïëëá êáé ïäç-

ãßåò, ïé ïðïßåò åîáóöáëßæïõí ôç ìáêñï÷ñüíéá áíÜ-

ðôõîç ôïõ Web.

Ìå ôç óõììåôï÷Þ ôùí Ìåëþí ôçò, ôçò ÏìÜäáò ôçò

êáé ôïõ Êïéíïý, ç Êïéíïðñáîßá ðáñÜãåé ÓõóôÜóåéò

(Recommendations), ðïõ áðïôåëïýí ôá Ðñüôõðá

(Standards) ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, êáé Ïäçãßåò

(Guidelines). ¼ëá áõôÜ åðçñåÜæïõí ôçí åîÝëéîç ôïõ

Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, åîáóöáëßæïõí ôç äéá-ëåéôïõñãé-

êüôçôÜ ôïõ êáé óõíôåëïýí óôéò ôå÷íïëïãéêÝò åîå-

ëßîåéò.

Ôï W3C óõóôÜèçêå ôï 1994 áðü ôïí åöåõñÝôç ôïõ

Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, óôï Ðáíåðé-

óôÞìéï ÌÉT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

ôçò Ìáóá÷ïõóÝôçò ôùí ÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþí.

Ï Ãáëëéêüò Åñåõíçôéêüò Ïñãáíéóìüò INRIA (Institut

National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automa-

tique) Ýãéíå ï ðñþôïò åêðñüóùðïò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò

ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý óôçí Åõñþðç ôï 1995. Óôç

óõíÝ÷åéá, ôï 2003, ôç óêõôÜëç ðáñÝëáâå ôï ERCIM

(European Research Consortium on Informatics and

Mathematics), o ïñãáíéóìüò ðïõ áðïóêïðåß óôçí

ðñïþèçóç ôçò ÅõñùðáúêÞò ¸ñåõíáò êáé ÁíÜðôõîçò

óôï ÷þñï ôçò ÐëçñïöïñéêÞò êáé ôùí ÅöáñìïóìÝíùí

Ìáèçìáôéêþí. Ç áíÜëçøç ôïõ ñüëïõ ôïõ Åõñùðáß-

ïõ ïéêïäåóðüôç ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ

Éóôïý áðü ôï ERCIM óçìáôïäüôçóå ìßá íÝá åðï÷Þ

óõíåñãáóéþí êáé äçìéïõñãßáò äéêôýùí áíÜìåóá óå

öïñåßò, ðïõ äñáóôçñéïðïéïýíôáé óôéò ôå÷íïëïãßåò

ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý.

Åêðñüóùðïò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éó-

ôïý óôçí Áóßá, áðü ôï 1996, åßíáé ôï ÐáíåðéóôÞìéï

Keio ôçò Éáðùíßáò.

Ãéá íá ìðïñÝóåé íá åðéôý÷åé ôïõò óôü÷ïõò ôçò, ç Êïé-

íïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý Ý÷åé éäñýóåé 16 Ãñá-

öåßá áíÜ ôïí êüóìï.

Ôï Åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôïõ W3C öéëïîåíåßôáé, áðü ôï

1998, óôï Éíóôéôïýôï ÐëçñïöïñéêÞò ôïõ Éäñýìáôïò

Ôå÷íïëïãßáò êáé ¸ñåõíáò (ÉÔÅ), óôï ÇñÜêëåéï ôçò

ÊñÞôçò, êáé Ýêôïôå óõììåôÝ÷åé åíåñãÜ óôçí åíçìÝñù-

óç ôçò åëëçíéêÞò êïéíüôçôáò óå èÝìáôá ôïõ Ðáãêü-

óìéïõ Éóôïý.

aabout W3C

5W3C Greece Office •• www.w3c.gr

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an interna-

tional consortium whose mission is "To lead the World

Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols

and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the

Web".

With the participation of its Member organisations,

Team and Public, W3C defines Recommendations

(Standards) and Guidelines for the World Wide Web

which promote its evolution, interoperability, and con-

tribute to its developments.

The World Wide Web Consortium was founded in 1994

by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, at ÌÉÔ

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), USA.

INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique

et en Automatique) became the first European host of

W3C in 1995, followed by ERCIM (European Research

Consortium on Informatics and Mathematics) in 2003.

ERCIM is a Consortium which aims to promote collab-

orative work within the European research community

and increase co-operation with European industry. The

organisational transition of W3C in Europe from INRIA

to ERCIM, denotes the beginning of new collaborations

and the creation of networks among parties that are

active in Web technologies.

Keio University of Japan has been the host of W3C in

Asia since 1996.

In order to accomplish its goals, the World Wide Web

Consortium has established 16 Offices throughout the

world, one of which is located in Greece, hosted by the

Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Re-

search and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), in Heraklion,

Crete.

The W3C Greece Office operates since 1998 and par-

ticipates actively in the dissemination of Web-related-

information to the Greek Research and Industrial Com-

munities.

óóôü÷ïé ôïõ W3C


Ðáãêüóìéïò Éóôüò ãéá ‘Ïëïõò

Ç êïéíùíéêÞ áîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý ðñïêýðôåé

áðü ôç óõìâïëÞ ôïõ óôçí áíèñþðéíç åðéêïéíùíßá,

óôéò åìðïñéêÝò óõíáëëáãÝò êáé óôçí õðïóôÞñéîç

áðüêôçóçò êáé áíôáëëáãÞò ãíþóåùí.

¸íáò áðü ôïõò âáóéêïýò óôü÷ïõò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò

ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý åßíáé íá êÜíåé áõôÜ ôá ïöÝëç

äéáèÝóéìá óå üëïõò ôïõò áíèñþðïõò, áíåîÜñôçôá

áðü óõóêåõÝò, ëïãéóìéêü, õðïäïìÞ äéêôýïõ, ôïðéêÞ

ãëþóóá, êïõëôïýñá, ãåùãñáöéêÞ ôïðïèåóßá êáé

öõóéêÞ Þ íïçôéêÞ éêáíüôçôá.

Ðáãêüóìéïò Éóôüò óå ¼ëá

Ôï ðëÞèïò ôùí äéáöïñåôéêþí óõóêåõþí ðïõ ìðï-

ñïýí íá ðáñÝ÷ïõí ðñüóâáóç óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü

Ý÷åé áõîçèåß óçìáíôéêÜ: êéíçôÜ ôçëÝöùíá, ðñïóù-

ðéêïß øçöéáêïß âïçèïß, áëëçëåðéäñáóôéêÜ óõóôÞìá-

ôá ôçëåüñáóçò, óõóôÞìáôá öùíçôéêÞò áðÜíôçóçò.

Óôü÷ïò ôïõ W3C åßíáé íá êÜíåé ôçí ðñüóâáóç óôïí

Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü, áðü ïðïéáäÞðïôå óõóêåõÞ, ôüóï

áðëÞ êáé åýêïëç, üóï åßíáé áðü Ýíáí ðñïóùðéêü

õðïëïãéóôÞ.

ÂÜóç Ãíþóçò

Ï Ðáãêüóìéïò Éóôüò ìðïñåß íá èåùñçèåß ùò ìßá

âÜóç äåäïìÝíùí ðïõ, áí ó÷åäéáóôåß ðñïóåêôéêÜ,

ìðïñåß íá åðéôñÝøåé óôïõò õðïëïãéóôÝò íá ðñï-

óöÝñïõí Ýíá óýíïëï áðü ðëïýóéåò õðçñåóßåò, ïé ï-

ðïßåò âïçèïýí ôïõò áíèñþðïõò óôçí åðßëõóç

ðñïâëçìÜôùí, ðïõ áðáéôïýí êïõñáóôéêÝò Þ ðïëý-

ðëïêåò äéåñãáóßåò.

Åìðéóôïóýíç

¸íáò áðü ôïõò âáóéêïýò óôü÷ïõò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò

ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý åßíáé ç áíÜðôõîç êáé ç ðñï-

áãùãÞ ôå÷íïëïãéþí, ðïõ óôçñßæïõí ðåñéâÜëëïíôá

óõíåñãáóßáò, óôá ïðïßá ðñáãìáôïðïéïýíôáé áóöá-

ëåßò óõíáëëáãÝò ìå Ýìðéóôïõò öïñåßò, åßôå áõôïß åß-

íáé Üíèñùðïé, ïñãáíéóìïß, Þ õðçñåóßåò.

wW3C Goals


Web for Everyone

The social value of the Web is that it enables human

communication, commerce, and supports knowledge

sharing. One of the main objectives of W3C is to make

the above benefits available to all people, whatever

their devices, software, network infrastructure, lan-

guage, culture, geographical location and physical or

mental ability.

Web on Everything

Nowadays an increasing number of different kinds of

devices can access the Web: mobile phones, personal

digital assistants, interactive television systems, voice

response systems. One of the goals of W3C is to make

Web access from any kind of device as simple, easy

and convenient as Web access from a desktop.

Knowledge Base

The World Wide Web can be considered as a huge

database which, if properly designed, allows comput-

ers to offer a set of valuable services that support

diverse user communities in the resolution of prob-

lems that otherwise demand tedious or complex pro-

cedures.

Trust and Confidence

One of the main objectives of the World Wide Web

Consortium is to develop and promote technologies

that enable collaborative environments in which

secure transactions with trusted people, organisations

or services, occur.

ôôå÷íïëïãßåò


Ôï W3C ðñïùèåß ôç äéá-ëåéôïõñãéêüôçôá áíÜìåóá

óå óõóêåõÝò êáé ëïãéóìéêü ðïõ Ý÷ïõí ðñüóâáóç óôï

Web, ó÷åäéÜæïíôáò êáé ðñïùèþíôáò áíïé÷ôÜ êáé

óõìâáôÜ ìåôáîý ôïõò Ðñùôüêïëëá, áðïöåýãïíôáò

Ýôóé ôïí êáôáêåñìáôéóìü ôçò áãïñÜò.

Ïé Ôå÷íïëïãßåò ôïõ W3C ïìáäïðïéïýíôáé óå Ôå÷íï-

ëïãßåò Åöáñìïãþí Éóôïý (Web Applications), Ðñü-

óâáóçò óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü ìÝóù KéíçôÞò óõ-

óêåõÞò (Mobile), ÖùíÞò (Voice), Õðçñåóéþí Éóôïý

(Web Services), Óçìáóéïëïãéêïý Éóôïý (Semantic

Web) êáé Éäéùôéêüôçôáò êáé ÁóöÜëåéáò (Privacy, Se-

curity).

Ïé Ôå÷íïëïãßåò áõôÝò âáóßæïíôáé óå èåìåëéþäåéò

ãëþóóåò êáé ðñùôüêïëëá ôïõ W3C, üðùò åßíáé ôá

URIs, ôï HTTP, ç XML, ç RDF, êá., êáé ÷ñçóéìïðïé-

ïýíôáé óôçí áíÜðôõîç åöáñìïãþí ðïõ éêáíïðïé-

ïýí ôéò áðáéôÞóåéò Ðñïóâáóéìüôçôáò (Web Accessi-

bility), Äéåèíïðïßçóçò (Internationalisation), Áíåîáñ-

ôçóßáò Óõóêåõþí (Device Independence), ÊéíçôÞò

Ðñüóâáóçò (Mobile Access) êáé ÄéáóöÜëéóçò Ðïéü-

ôçôáò (Quality Assurance).

¼ëåò áõôÝò ïé Ôå÷íïëïãßåò óõìâÜëëïõí óôç ðñáã-

ìáôïðïßçóç åíüò Web.

ttechnologies


W3C promotes interoperability among devices and

software that access the Web, by designing and pro-

moting open and compatible protocols with one

another, in order to avoid the market fragmentation of

the past.

The Technologies of W3C are grouped in the following

categories: Web Applications, Mobile, Voice, Web Ser-

vices, Semantic Web, and Trust and Security.

They are built on top of foundational languages and

W3C protocols such as URIs, HTTP, XML and RDF, and

are used in developing applications related to Web

Accessibility, Internationalisation, Device Indepen-

dence, Mobile Access and Quality Assurance.

All of the above technologies contribute to the realisa-

tion of one Web.

ääñáóôçñéüôçôåò


Äñáóôçñéüôçôåò: 24

ÏìÜäåò Åñãáóßáò: 46

ÏìÜäåò ÅíäéáöÝñïíôïò: 14

ÏìÜäåò Óõíôïíéóìïý: 5

Tï W3C áíáðôýóóåé Äñáóôçñéüôçôåò óôéò

ðáñáêÜôù èåìáôéêÝò ðåñéï÷Ýò, ó÷åôéêÝò ìå

ôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü:

Áëëçëåðßäñáóç (Interaction)

Ôå÷íïëïãßá êáé Êïéíùíßá

(Technology & Society)

Ðáíôá÷ïý Ðáñüí Éóôüò

(Ubiquitous Web)

Ðñïóâáóéìüôçôá (Web Accessibility)

Ãéá êÜèå Äñáóôçñéüôçôá ïñßæïíôáé ÏìÜäåò

Åñãáóßáò (Working Groups), õðåýèõíåò ãéá

ôå÷íéêÜ æçôÞìáôá, ÏìÜäåò ÅíäéáöÝñïíôïò

(Interest Groups), ïé ïðïßåò áó÷ïëïýíôáé ìå

ãåíéêüôåñá èÝìáôá, êáé ÏìÜäåò Óõíôïíéóìïý

(Coordination Groups), ïé ïðïßåò óõíôïíßæïõí

ôçí åðéêïéíùíßá áíÜìåóá óå óõó÷åôéæüìåíåò

ÏìÜäåò.

Oé ïìÜäåò áõôÝò ðáñÜãïõí ôïí êýñéï üãêï

ôùí áðïôåëåóìÜôùí ôïõ W3C êáé áðáñôß-

æïíôáé áðü ôá ÌÝëç êáé ôçí ÏìÜäá W3C,

êáèþò êáé ôõ÷üí ðñïóêåêëçìÝíïõò åìðåéñï-

ãíþìïíåò.

ÅðéðëÝïí, åßíáé õðåýèõíåò ãéá ôçí åðéêïéíù-

íßá ìå Üëëïõò ïñãáíéóìïýò ôõðïðïßçóçò, áë-

ëÜ êáé ìå êïéíüôçôåò ÷ñçóôþí, ðïõ áó÷ï-

ëïýíôáé ìå ôå÷íéêÜ æçôÞìáôá ó÷åôéêÜ ìå ôïí

Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü.

aactivities


Activities: 24

Working Groups: 46

Interest Groups: 14

Coordination Groups: 5

W3C is engaged in Activities related to the fol-

lowing thematic Web areas:

Interaction

Technology & Society

Ubiquitous Web

Web Accessibility

Activities are generally organised into groups:

Working Groups (for technical developments),

Interest Groups (for more general work), and

Coordination Groups (for communication

among related groups).

The above groups produce the bulk of W3C's

results (technical reports, Web standards and

open source software among others) and are

comprised of participants from the W3C Mem-

ber organisations, the Team and Invited Experts.

Additionally, they are responsible for the coor-

dination with other standard bodies and techni-

cal communities.

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Ôï W3C äéïéêåßôáé áðü ìßá êåíôñéêÞ OìÜäá êáé

Ýñ÷åôáé óå åðáöÞ ìå ôéò êáôÜ ôüðïõò êïéíüôçôåò äé-

åèíþò, ìÝóù ôùí Ãñáöåßùí ôïõ. Óôçí áíÜðôõîç

ôùí ôå÷íïëïãéþí ôïõ óõíåéóöÝñïõí ôá åããåãñáì-

ìÝíá ÌÝëç ôïõ, êáèþò êáé ôï åõñý êïéíü.

Ç ÏìÜäá ôïõ W3C (W3C Team) ðåñéëáìâÜíåé

ðåñéóóüôåñïõò áðü åîÞíôá åñåõíçôÝò êáé ìç÷á-

íéêïýò óå üëï ôïí êüóìï, ïé ïðïßïé çãïýíôáé ôùí

ôå÷íéêþí ÄñáóôçñéïôÞôùí ôïõ W3C êáé äéá÷åéñßæïí-

ôáé ôá ïñãáíùôéêÜ èÝìáôá, ðïõ ó÷åôßæïíôáé ìå áõ-

ôü. Ôá ðåñéóóüôåñá ìÝëç ôçò ÏìÜäáò W3C âñßóêïí-

ôáé óôá ôñßá öéëïîåíïýíôá ôï W3C Éäñýìá-

ôá / Ïñãáíéóìïýò, ðïõ åßíáé ôï MIT óôéò ÇíùìÝíåò

Ðïëéôåßåò, ôï ERCIM óôçí Åõñþðç êáé ôï Ðáíåðé-

óôÞìéï Keio óôçí Éáðùíßá.

16 Ãñáöåßá ôïõ W3C (W3C Offices) ëåéôïõñãïýí, óå

éóÜñéèìåò ãåùãñáöéêÝò ðåñéï÷Ýò: Áõóôñáëßá, Âñá-

æéëßá, Ãåñìáíßá-Áõóôñßá, ÅëëÜäá, ÇíùìÝíï Âáóßëåéï-

Éñëáíäßá, Éóðáíßá, ÉóñáÞë, Éôáëßá, ÊÜôù ×þñåò

(Ïëëáíäßá-Ëïõîåìâïýñãï -ÂÝëãéï), Êßíá, ÊïñÝá,

Ìáñüêï, Íüôéá ÁöñéêÞ, Ïõããáñßá, Óïõçäßá êáé

Öéëáíäßá. Kýñéá áðïóôïëÞ ôùí Ãñáöåßùí åßíáé íá

åñãáóôïýí ìå ôéò ôïðéêÝò êïéíüôçôåò, ãéá ôçí õéïèÝ-

ôçóç ôùí ÓõóôÜóåùí ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêï-

óìßïõ Éóôïý áðü ôïõò ðñïãñáììáôéóôÝò êáé ôïõò õ-

ðåõèýíïõò áíÜðôõîçò åöáñìïãþí êáé ðñïôýðùí.

ÅðéðëÝïí, åíèáññýíïõí ôç óõììåôï÷Þ êÜèå åíäéáöå-

ñïìÝíïõ öïñÝá Þ éäéþôç óôç äçìéïõñãßá ìåëëïí-

ôéêþí ÓõóôÜóåùí. Ôá Ãñáöåßá åßíáé åîïõóéïäïôç-

ìÝíá ãéá ôçí åããñáöÞ íÝùí Ìåëþí óôï W3C.

Ãéá íá öÝñïõí åéò ðÝñáò ôçí áðïóôïëÞ ôïõò, ôá

Ãñáöåßá äéïñãáíþíïõí êáé óõììåôÝ÷ïõí óå åêäçëþ-

óåéò, ðïõ ó÷åôßæïíôáé ìå ôïõò óôü÷ïõò ôïõ W3C,

åßíáé õðåýèõíá åðéêïéíùíßáò ìå ôçí ôïðéêÞ êïéíü-

ôçôá êáé óõíôçñïýí ôéò äéêÝò ôïõò éóôïóåëßäåò, ïé ï-

ðïßåò ðåñéëáìâÜíïõí áíáöïñÝò óôéò éóôïóåëßäåò

ôïõ W3C, åíçìåñùìÝíåò ìå ôá ÍÝá ôïõ W3C, êÜ-

ðïéá áðü ôá ïðïßá ìåôáöñÜæïíôáé óôçí ôïðéêÞ

ãëþóóá, áëëÜ êáé ÍÝá ôïõ Ãñáöåßïõ, ðïõ åíäéáöÝ-

ñïõí ôçí ôïðéêÞ êïéíüôçôá.

Ï óõíôïíéóìüò êáé ç Ýãêáéñç åíçìÝñùóç ôùí

Ãñáöåßùí ãéá ôéò åîåëßîåéò óôéò ôå÷íïëïãßåò êáé äñá-

óôçñéüôçôåò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ É-

óôïý åðéôõã÷Üíïíôáé ìÝóù ôçò ôáêôéêÞò åðéêïéíù-

íßáò áíÜìåóá óôïõò åêðñïóþðïõò ôùí Ãñáöåßùí

êáé ôçí ÏìÜäá W3C, åßôå ìÝóù ôçëåöþíïõ (óå ìç-

íéáßá âÜóç) åßôå áðåõèåßáò (ôïõëÜ÷éóôïí ìßá öïñÜ

åôçóßùò). Åðßóçò, êÜèå ÷ñüíï ðñáãìáôïðïéåßôáé ìßá

ãåíéêÞ óõíÜíôçóç ôçò ÏìÜäáò W3C êáé ôùí Ìåëþí

ôçò, üðïõ ãßíåôáé áíáóêüðçóç ôùí ðåðñáãìÝíùí

êáé óõæçôéÝôáé ç ðåñáéôÝñù ðïñåßá ôùí åñãáóéþí

ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò.

Åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôïõ W3C •• www.w3c.gr

oorganisation

13

The W3C Team leads the activities of the Consortium

and stays in contact with the local communities in var-

ious countries through the W3C Offices. The role of

the W3C Members and the broader public is crucial for

the Web technologies and protocols developed by

W3C.

The W3C Team includes more than sixty researchers

and engineers from around the world who lead the

technical Activities at W3C and manage the operations

of the Consortium. Most of the Team works physically

at the three host institutions which are MIT in the Unit-

ed States, ERCIM in Europe, and Keio University of

Japan.

16 W3C Offices operate in an equal number of geo-

graphical locations: Australia, Benelux (Holland-Lux-

embourg-Belgium), Brazil, China, Finland, Germany-

Austria, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Korea, Moroc-

co, Southern Africa, Spain, Sweden, and United King-

dom-Ireland.

The principle mission of the Offices is to work with

local communities in order to promote the adoption of

W3C Recommendations by programmers, application

developers, standard authors as well as to encourage

inclusion of stakeholder organisations in the creation

of future recommendations. The Offices are also

authorized to recruit new W3C Members.

To accomplish their mission, the Offices organise and

participate in events related to the goals of W3C. They

are responsible for the dissemination of information in

the local communities, management of their Web

pages which include links to W3C pages, translation of

W3C news, as well as Office news that is of interest to

the local community.

The coordination and up to date briefing of the W3C

Offices about the technologies and activities of the

Consortium, is achieved through frequent communica-

tion between the Office representatives and the W3C

Team either through monthly phone or annual face-to-

face meetings. In addition, every year a general assem-

bly of the W3C Team and Members take place where

the past achievements and the future plans of the Con-

sortium are discussed.

W3C Greece Office •• www.w3c.gr

W3C OfficeW3C Host

ïïñãÜíùóç


Ôï W3C Ý÷åé ðåñéóóüôåñá áðü 400 ÌÝëç, óå ðåñéó-

óüôåñåò áðï 40 ÷þñåò, óôá ïðïßá óõãêáôáëÝãïíôáé

áêáäçìáúêïß êáé åñåõíçôéêïß ïñãáíéóìïß Þ éäéùôéêÝò

åôáéñåßåò. Ôï W3C ùöåëåßôáé óçìáíôéêÜ áðü ôá

ðåäßá ãíþóçò ôùí Ìåëþí ôïõ êáé ëáìâÜíåé ôç óõíåé-

óöïñÜ êÜèå ÌÝëïõò, ùò ìïíáäéêÞ óôç óõíïëéêÞ

ðñïóðÜèåéá.

Ôá ÌÝëç Ý÷ïõí ôç äõíáôüôçôá íá åðçñåÜóïõí ôéò

åîåëßîåéò óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü, óõììåôÝ÷ïíôáò óôéò

äéáäéêáóßåò åêêßíçóçò íÝùí ÄñáóôçñéïôÞôùí, äéáôõ-

ðþíïíôáò ôéò áðáéôÞóåéò ôïõò ó÷åôéêÜ ìå ôéò õðü

ìåëÝôç ÐñïäéáãñáöÝò, óõììåôÝ÷ïíôáò óôç ëÞøç á-

ðïöÜóåùí êáé ëáìâÜíïíôáò ìÝñïò óå ïìÜäåò êáé

äßêôõá. ÌÝóù ôçò óõììåôï÷Þò ôïõò óôéò Äñáóôçñéü-

ôçôåò ôïõ W3C, ôá ÌÝëç ìðïñïýí íá áíôáëëÜóïõí

áðüøåéò ìå åìðåéñïãíþìïíåò, ðïõ óõíåñãÜæïíôáé ìå

ôï W3C, íá óõììåôÝ÷ïõí óå åêäçëþóåéò, óôéò ïðïßåò

ðáñïõóéÜæïíôáé êáé óõæçôïýíôáé äéÜöïñá ôå÷íéêÜ

èÝìáôá êáé íá Ý÷ïõí Ýãêáéñç ðñüóâáóç óå êñßóéìåò

ðëçñïöïñßåò.

ÄåäïìÝíçò ôçò áõîáíüìåíçò óçìáóßáò ôïõ Web ãéá

Ýíá ìåãÜëï áñéèìü áíèñþðéíùí äñáóôçñéïôÞôùí, ç

áíÜðôõîç Ðñïôýðùí êáé Ôå÷íïëïãéþí ôïõ Ðáãêü-

óìéïõ Éóôïý óôçí ïðïßá óõììåôÝ÷åé ôï Åõñý Êïéíü

åßíáé êáèïñéóôéêÞò óçìáóßáò ãéá ôï W3C.

Ôï W3C äßíåé ôç äõíáôüôçôá óôï Åõñý Êïéíü íá

óõììåôÜó÷åé óôéò ÄñáóôçñéüôçôÝò ôïõ, ðñïÜãùíôáò

ôçí áíÜëçøç õðåõèõíïôÞôùí, ìå äéÜöïñïõò ôñü-

ðïõò, ìåôáîý ôùí ïðïßùí åßíáé ç óõììåôï÷Þ óå ôå-

÷íéêÝò óõæçôÞóåéò êáé åêäçëþóåéò (çìåñßäåò, óõíÝ-

äñéá), ç óõíåéóöïñÜ Áíïéêôïý Ëïãéóìéêïý êáé ïé ìå-

ôáöñÜóåéò ôùí ÍÝùí êáé ôùí ôå÷íéêþí áíáöïñþí

ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò.

Äéáäéêáóßá

Ç Êïéíïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý ïñßæåé ìéá

áõóôçñÞ äéáäéêáóßá, ïýôùò þóôå ìéá ôå÷íéêÞ

áíáöïñÜ, ðñïúüí óõæçôÞóåùí ìåôáîý åíäéáöåñüìå-

íùí ìåëþí, íá ÷áñáêôçñéóôåß ùò Óýóôáóç. Ç äéá-

äéêáóßá áõôÞ åîáóöáëßæåé ôçí éêáíïðïßçóç ôùí á-

ðáéôÞóåùí, ïé ïðïßåò ôÝèçêáí áñ÷éêÜ áðü ôá åíäé-

áöåñüìåíá ìÝëç (ÌÝëç êáé ÏìÜäá ôïõ W3C üðùò

êáé Åõñý Êïéíü), áëëÜ êáé ôçí õøçëÞ ðïéüôçôá ôùí

áðïôåëåóìÜôùí.

Ôá åíäéáöåñüìåíá ìÝëç óõììåôÝ÷ïõí óå üëá ôá

óôÜäéá ôçò äéáäéêáóßáò, ôá ïðïßá áöïñïýí ôéò

óõæçôÞóåéò êáé ôçí óõããñáöÞ ôùí ÊåéìÝíùí Õðü

Äéáìüñöùóç (Working Draft êáé Last Call Working

Draft) êáé ôùí ÕðïøÞöéùí, Ðñïôåéíüìåíùí êáé

Ôåëéêþí ÓõóôÜóåùí (Candidate, Proposed and W3C

Recommendation).

oorganisation


W3C has over 400 Members from more than 40 coun-

tries. W3C Members includes academic and research

institutions as well as companies from the private sec-

tor. The work of the Consortium benefits significantly

through the knowledge fields that its Membership cov-

ers, making each Member's contribution complementa-

ry and unique to the overall effort.

The Members have the ability to influence the Web

evolvements by participating in the process of initiating

new Activities and in decision-making, expressing their

points of view and expectations for the specifications

and participating in several groups and networks. Final-

ly, through their participation in the W3C Activities,

they have timely access to critical information and spe-

cialists who collaborate with the W3C, while they can

participate in events with the potential to create net-

works.

Because of the growing importance of the Web to a

large number of human activities, it is critical that W3C

engage the broader public as part of the development of

the core Web standards and that W3C be accountable

to this public audience. Through its procedures, W3C

provides the ability to the public to engage in the Activ-

ities of the Consortium through participation in techni-

cal discussions and events, such as conferences and

workshops, contribution of Open Software and transla-

tion of news and technical reports of the Consortium.

Process

W3C follows a strict procedure to characterise a tech-

nical report, which is a product of a series of discus-

sions between interested parties, as a Recommenda-

tion. This procedure ensures the gratification of the

requirements by the interested parties (such as W3C

Members, Team and broader public) as well as the high

quality of the results. The interested parties can partici-

pate in all stages of the procedure such as the compo-

sition of Working Draft and Last Working Draft docu-

ments as well as the Recommendations (Candidate,

Proposed and Final).

óóçìáíôéêÝò Ôå÷íïëïãßåò êáé Ðñùôïâïõëßåò ôïõ W3C


Ïêôþâñéïò 1996: Åêäüèçêå ç ðñþôç Óýóôáóç ôïõ

W3C, Portable Network Graphics (PNG), ðïõ áöïñïý-

óå öïñçôÜ ãñáöéêÜ äéêôýïõ.

ÄåêÝìâñéïò 1996: Åêäüèçêå ç ÐñïäéáãñáöÞ Cascad-

ing Style Sheets (CSS) Level 1, ç ïðïßá äéá÷ùñßæåé ôï

ðåñéå÷üìåíï åíüò åããñÜöïõ áðü ôç äïìÞ ôïõ.

ÖåâñïõÜñéïò 1997: ÓõóôÜèçêå ç Ðñùôïâïõëßá

Ðñïóâáóéìüôçôáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, Web

Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

ÄåêÝìâñéïò 1997: Åêäüèçêå ç HyperText Markup Lan-

guage (HTML) 4.0, ç ïðïßá Ýíáíôé ôçò ðñïçãïýìåíçò

ÝêäïóÞò ôçò óõìðåñéÝëáâå ðßíáêåò, style sheets êáé

ìç÷áíéóìïýò äéåèíïðïßçóçò êáé ðñïóâáóéìüôçôáò

óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü, óôïé÷åßá ôá ïðïßá åðÝôñåøáí

óôïõò ÷ñÞóôåò, íá äçìéïõñãÞóïõí óåëßäåò óôïí Ðáã-

êüóìéï Éóôü ìå ðëïõóéüôåñï ðåñéå÷üìåíï.

ÖåâñïõÜñéïò 1998: Åêäüèçêå ç Extensible Markup

Language (XML) 1.0, ç ïðïßá ðñïÜãåé ôç äéá-ëåéôïõñ-

ãéêüôçôá êáé ôçí åðéóÞìáíóç åããñÜöùí (markup) êáé

Ýêôïôå áðïôåëåß ôç âÜóç äåêÜäùí Ðñïôýðùí, üðùò

åßíáé ôï Óõíôáêôéêü êáé Êáíüíåò Åðåîåñãáóßáò Øçöé-

áêþí Õðïãñáöþí (XML-Signature Syntax and Process-

ing), ïé Öüñìåò ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý (XForms) êáé ç

Ðëáôöüñìá ïñéóìïý ÐñïôéìÞóåùí ãéá ÐñïóùðéêÜ

ÄåäïìÝíá (Platform for Privacy Preferences - P3P).

Áýãïõóôïò 2000: Áíáðôý÷èçêå êáé ðñïôÜèçêå ç

÷ñÞóç ôçò ãëþóóáò Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

1.0, ç ïðïßá õðïóôçñßæåé ôç ÷ñÞóç äéáíõóìáôéêþí

ãñáöéêþí óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü.

ÌÜéïò 2001: ÐñïôÜèçêå ç ãëþóóá XML Schema, ç

ïðïßá áðïôåëåß Ýíá áðáñáßôçôï åñãáëåßï ãéá ôç

äçìéïõñãßá ëåîéëïãßùí/ó÷çìÜôùí XML, ôá ïðïßá

÷ñçóéìïðïéïýíôáé óå ðïéêßëåò åöáñìïãÝò.

ÉáíïõÜñéïò 2002: Tï W3C äçìéïõñãåß ôç Äñáóôç-

ñéüôçôá ôùí Õðçñåóéþí ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý, Web

Services Activity, ïé ïðïßåò âáóßæïíôáé óôç ãëþóóá

XML, ðáñÝ÷ïõí Ýíá ðñüôõðï ôñüðï äéá-ëåéôïõñãßáò

ìåôáîý äéáöïñåôéêþí åöáñìïãþí ëïãéóìéêïý êáé

ìðïñïýí íá åêôåëåóôïýí óå ðïéêßëåò ðëáôöüñìåò.

ÌÜéïò 2003: ÕéïèåôÞèçêå ç ÐïëéôéêÞ Åõñåóéôå÷íéþí

ôïõ W3C, Patent Policy, ç ïðïßá áöïñÜ ôç äéá÷åßñéóç

åõñåóéôå÷íéþí êáôÜ ôç äéáäéêáóßá äçìéïõñãßáò Ðñï-

ôýðùí ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý êáé åíèáññýíåé ôç äç-

ìéïõñãßá áíïé÷ôþí Ðñïôýðùí áðáëëáãìÝíùí áðü

ðíåõìáôéêÜ äéêáéþìáôá.

ÖåâñïõÜñéïò 2004: Äçìïóéåýôçêáí ôá Ðñüôõðá

Resource Description Framework (RDF) êáé Web

Ontology Language (OWL) ôïõ Óçìáóéïëïãéêïý Éóôïý,

ôá ïðïßá ðáñÝ÷ïõí Ýíá ðëïýóéï ðëáßóéï äéá÷åßñéóçò

ðüñùí ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý êáé õðïóôçñßæïõí ôç

äõíáôüôçôá äçìéïõñãßáò äïìçìÝíùí ðåñéãñáöþí êáé

ïíôïëïãéþí.

ÌÜñôéïò 2004: Tï W3C äßíåé öùíÞ óôïí Ðáãêüóìéï

Éóôü ìå ôç VoiceXML 2.0.

ÄåêÝìâñéïò 2004: Äçìïóéåýåôáé ôï êåßìåíï ìå ôßôëï

"Áñ÷éôåêôïíéêÞ ãéá ôïí Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü", ôï ïðïßï

ðñïôåßíåé Ýíá óýíïëï áñ÷þí, ðïõ áðïôåëïýí ðïëý-

ôéìç âÜóç ãéá ôç ó÷åäßáóç ìåëëïíôéêþí Ðñïôýðùí

ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý.

iimportant W3C Technologies and Initiatives


October 1996: The first W3C Recommendation pub-

lished is Portable Network Graphics (PNG).

December 1996: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Level 1

Specification that separates structure from content is

published.

February 1997: Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is

launched.

December 1997: HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

4.0 extends HTML 3.2 with tables, scripting, style

sheets, internationalization, and accessibility features to

Web publishing that enable the authors to create signif-

icantly richer Web content.

February 1998: Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0

promotes interoperability and domain-specific markup.

XML is slowly becoming the lingua franca of the Web

and serves as the basis for a number of standards

including from digital signatures (XML-Signature Syntax

and Processing) and Web forms (XForms), to privacy

technologies (Platform for Privacy Preferences - P3P).

August 2000: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0

enriches Web graphics.

May 2001: XML Schema Language is an essential tool

for the creation of XML vocabularies and schemas

which are used in a variety of applications.

January 2002: W3C launches the Web Services Activity.

Web Services are based on the XML language and offer

a standard means of interoperating between different

software applications, running on a variety of platforms

and/or frameworks.

May 2003: The W3C Patent Policy governs the handling

of patents in the process of producing Web standards

and explicitly encourages the development of open,

royalty-free standards.

February 2004: The Resource Description Framework

(RDF) and Ontology Web Language (OWL) are W3C

standards for the Semantic Web which provide a rich

framework for the management of Web resources and

deliver structured descriptions and Web-based ontolo-

gies.

March 2004: W3C gives voice to the Web with

VoiceXML 2.0.

CSS 1

PNG

PICS Labels

PICS Rating

PICSRules

HTML 3.2

HTML 4.0

XML 1.0

MathML 1.0

HTML 4.0

PICS DSig

SMIL 1.0

DOM 1

WCAG 1.0

Style Sheets PI

MathML 1.01

XPath 1.0

XSLT 1.0

HTML 4.01

RDF (Old Version)

Namespaces

WebCGM

DOM 2 Core

DOM 2 Events

DOM 2 Style

DOM 2 Traversal

DOM 2 Views

XHTML Basic

XML 1.0

XHTML 1.0

ATAG 1.0

Schema Struct.

Schema Types

Ruby

XHTML 1.1

XLink 1.0

XML Base

Schema Primer

MathML2

Canonical XML

SVG 1.0

SMIL 2.0

SMIL Animation

WebCGM

XLS 2.0

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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

óóçìáíôéêÝò Ôå÷íïëïãßåò êáé Ðñùôïâïõëßåò ôïõ W3C


ÍïÝìâñéïò 2005: Ôï W3C äçìéïõñãåß ôçí OìÜäá EíäéáöÝ-

ñïíôïò “Óýíäåóç ôçò Âéïìç÷áíßáò ÉáôñéêÞò Ôå÷íïëïãßáò ìå ôï

Óçìáóéïëïãéêü Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü”, Linking Medical Industry with

Semantic Web, ôçò ïðïßáò ï âáóéêüò óôü÷ïò åßíáé íá âåë-

ôéþóåé ôç óõíåñãáóßá êáé ôçí õéïèÝôçóç ôçò Ýñåõíáò êáé áíÜ-

ðôõîçò óôçí ðåñéï÷Þ ôçò õãåßáò, êáé ôùí âéïåðéóôçìþí.

ÄåêÝìâñéïò 2006: Åêäüèçêå ç Extensible Stylesheet Language

(XSL) 1.1, ç ïðïßá, Ýíáíôé ôçò ðñïçãïýìåíçò Ýêäïóçò ôçò,

õðïóôçñßæåé åõñåôÞñéá (indexes), ðïëëáðëÝò ñïÝò êáé óåëéäï-

äåßêôåò. ¸íá XSL stylesheet ðåñéãñÜöåé ðþò Ýíá XML Ýããñáöï

ìðïñåß íá ìåôáôñáðåß óå Ýíá Ýããñáöï HTML Þ XML ìåôáîý

Üëëùí.

ÉáíïõÜñéïò 2007: Äçìïóéåýåôáé ôï ÌïíôÝëï XML ÄåäïìÝíùí

ãéá ôéò ãëþóóåò åðåñþôçóçò XQuery 1.0 êáé XPath 2.0, XQuery

1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model.

ÄåêÝìâñéïò 2008: Ôï W3C äçìïóéåýåé ôç Óýóôáóç SPARQL

Query Language for RDF, ç ïðïßá ïñßæåé ôç ãëþóóá åðåñþ-

ôçóçò RDF äåäïìÝíùí, SPARQL.

WebCGM

P3P 1.0

XPath Filter

XML Canonicalization

XHTML 1.0

UAAG1.0

Decrypt Transform

XML Encryption

2002 2003 2004

XPTR Element

XPTR Framewk.

XPTR Xmlns

SOAP Adjuncts

SOAP Framewk.

SVG Mobile

DOM-Level-2-HTML

SVG 1.1

XForms 1.0

SOAP Primer

SOAP Tests

PNG (2nd)

XML Events

MathML 2.0

RDF/XML

Speech Recognition

VoiceXML 2.0

DOM 3 Core

DOM 3 L & S

RDF Test Cases

RDF Schema

RDF Semantics

Schema Struct. (2nd)

Speech Synthesis

Schema Primer (2nd)

XInclude

Schema Types (2nd)

WebArch

RDF Primer

OWL Use Cases

RDF Concepts

OWL Tests

OWL Reference

OWL Semantics

OWL Overview

XML 1.1

OWL Guide

XML 1.0 (3rd)

Infoset (2nd)

Namespaces 1.1

DOM 3 Validation

CC/PP

SOAP MTOM

XOP

XKMS Bindings

Char Model

XKMS

SMIL 2.1

QA Framework

xml:id

WSA SOAP Binding

Namespaces (2nd.)

XML 1.1 (2nd.)

Namespaces 1.1 (2nd.)

XML 1.0 (4th)

XSL 1.1

XHTML-Print

XInclude (2nd)

RRSHB

SMIL 2.0 (2nd ed.)

WSA Core

XForms 1.0 (2nd)

2005 2006

iimportant W3C Technologies and Initiatives


December 2004: W3C's Technical Architecture Group (TAG)

publishes "Architecture of the World Wide Web" which promotes

a set of principles that constitute a valuable foundation for the

design of future Web Standards.

November 2005: W3C creates "Linking Medical Industry with

Semantic Web" Initiative with principle objective to improve the

collaboration between interested parties and the adoption of

research in the areas of Health Care and Life Sciences.

December 2006: Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 1.1 is pub-

lished, which, extends its previous version with indexes, multiple

flows and bookmark support. An XSL Stylesheet defines how an

XML document can be transformed into an HTML or XML docu-

ment.

January 2007: XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model is pub-

lished.

December 2008: W3C publishes the Recommendation: SPARQL

Query Language for RDF.

2007

VoiceXML 2.1

WSDL 2.0 Adjuncts

WSDL 2.0 Core

WSDL 2.0 Primer

SAWSDL

SOAP Tests (2nd)

SOAP Framewk. (2nd)

SOAP Primer (2nd)

WSP 1.5 Framework

WSA Metadata

WSP 1.5 Attachment

XForms 1.0 (3rd)

GRDDL

GRDDL Tests

SOAP Adjuncts (2nd)

ITS

SISR

WebCGM 2.0

XQueryX

XSLT 2.0

XQuery Serialization

Query Formal Semantics

XQuery Functs. and Ops.

XQuery Data Model

XPath 2.0

XQuery 1.0

RDFa

XML 1.0 (5th)

mobileOK tests

SMIL 3.0

DDR API

SVG Tiny 1.2

WCAG 2.0

Element Traversal

EMMA

XML Base (2nd)

PLS

XHTML M12n 1.1

2008 2009

SPARQL Protocol

SPARQL Return Format

Canonical XML 1.1

CSS2

REC-CSS1

XHTML Basic 1.1

XML Sig. (2nd.)

MobiWeb BP

SPARQL Language

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ìáôïò Ôå÷íïëïãßáò êáé ¸ñåõíáò (ÉÔÅ), óôï ÇñÜêëåéï

ôçò ÊñÞôçò. Ç âáóéêÞ ôïõ áðïóôïëÞ åßíáé íá åíçìå-

ñþóåé êÜèå åíäéáöåñüìåíï åëëçíéêü ïñãáíéóìü êáé

öïñÝá, ãéá ôéò åîåëßîåéò ó÷åôéêÝò ìå ôéò ôå÷íïëïãßåò

áé÷ìÞò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, áë-

ëÜ êáé íá ðñïùèÞóåé ôéò ÓõóôÜóåéò óôïõò õðåõ-

èýíïõò áíÜðôõîçò åöáñìïãþí êáé ðñïôýðùí üðùò

êáé óôïõò ðñïãñáììáôéóôÝò.

Ç åíçìÝñùóç ôùí åëëçíéêþí ïñãáíéóìþí êáé öïñÝùí

ãéá ôéò äñáóôçñéüôçôåò ôïõ W3C ãßíåôáé ìÝóù ôùí

éóôïóåëßäùí ôïõ åëëçíéêïý ãñáöåßïõ êáé ìÝóù åíüò

ìçíéáßïõ newsletter, ôï ïðïßï áðïóôÝëëåôáé çëåêôñï-

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íéêïý ãñáöåßïõ åßíáé áíïé÷ôÝò êáé ðñïóâÜóéìåò óå

üëïõò êáé ðáñÝ÷ïõí ðëÞñç êáé åðßêáéñç åíçìÝñùóç,

óôçí åëëçíéêÞ ãëþóóá, ãéá ôá äñþìåíá óôï W3C. Ôï

åëëçíéêü ãñáöåßï ôïõ W3C åßíáé åîïõóéïäïôçìÝíï ãéá

ôçí åããñáöÞ íÝùí Ìåëþí óôçí ÅëëÜäá.

Ç ðïñåßá ôïõ åëëçíéêïý ãñáöåßïõ áðü ôçí ßäñõóÞ

ôïõ ìÝ÷ñé óÞìåñá õðÞñîå óôáèåñÜ áíïäéêÞ, ðñïóåë-

êýïíôáò óõíå÷þò íÝá ÌÝëç, êáé êñáôþíôáò åíÞìåñï

ôï åõñý êïéíü.

Ôá ÌÝëç ôïõ W3C óôçí ÅëëÜäá åßíáé äéåèíïýò êýñïõò

áêáäçìáúêÜ êáé åñåõíçôéêÜ éäñýìáôá, ðïõ áíáðôýó-

óïõí âáóéêÞ êáé åöáñìïóìÝíç Ýñåõíá óôïõò ôïìåßò

ôçò ÐëçñïöïñéêÞò êáé ôùí Ôçëåðéêïéíùíéþí.

ÏöÝëç ÅããñáöÞò óôï W3C

¸íá ÌÝëïò ôïõ W3C áðïêôÜ Ýãêáéñç ðñüóâáóç óå

êñßóéìç ãíþóç êáé ôå÷íïëïãßåò, ðïëý ðñéí áõôÜ

ãßíïõí ðñüôõðá ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ Éóôïý. Ôï ãåãïíüò

áõôü ïäçãåß óôç ìåßùóç ôçò ðéèáíüôçôáò õéïèÝôçóçò

ìç ôõðïðïéçìÝíùí ôå÷íïëïãéþí. ÅðéðëÝïí, õðÜñ÷åé

ç äõíáôüôçôá óõíåñãáóßáò ìå Üëëá ÌÝëç ôïõ W3C

ìÝóá áðü ôéò Äñáóôçñéüôçôåò ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò, ïé

ïðïßåò ðáñÝ÷ïõí åõêáéñßåò ìåôáöïñÜò ãíþóçò, áëëÜ

êáé åðéêïéíùíßáò ìå ôïõò åìðåéñïãíþìïíåò ôïõ W3C.

ÌÝóá áðü ôéò óõãêåêñéìÝíåò óõíåñãáóßåò, äçìéïõñ-

ãïýíôáé ìïíáäéêÝò åðé÷åéñçìáôéêÝò åõêáéñßåò ãéá ôá

ÌÝëç ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò, ôá ïðïßá ìðïñïýí íá óõì-

âÜëïõí óôï ó÷çìáôéóìü ôïõ ìåëëïíôéêïý Ðáãêüóìé-

ïõ Éóôïý êáé íá åðçñåÜóïõí ôçí åîÝëéîÞ ôïõ. Ç óõì-

ìåôï÷Þ ôùí Ìåëþí óôç äéáìüñöùóç ðñïôýðùí,

ôïõò äßíåé ôç äõíáôüôçôá íá êåñäßóïõí Ýíá óçìáí-

ôéêü ìÝñïò ôçò áãïñÜò, äçìéïõñãþíôáò äéá-ëåéôïõñ-

ãéêÜ ðñïúüíôá, óõìâáôÜ ìå ôá ìåëëïíôéêÜ ðñüôõðá.

ÌÝóá áðü ôá äßêôõá ðïõ ôï êÜèå ÌÝëïò äçìéïõñãåß,

áðïêôÜ ðñüóâáóç êáé ãíþóç óå íÝïõò ôñüðïõò

åñãáóßáò, õéïèåôþíôáò âÝëôéóôåò ðñáêôéêÝò.

ôï åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôïõ W3C

wW3C Greece Office


The W3C Greece Office was founded in 1998 and is

hosted in the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation

for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Herak-

lion Crete. The goal of the Office is to inform the Greek

organisations and the interested parties in general

about the evolvements related to the important tech-

nologies of the World Wide Web, as well as to promote

the adoption of W3C standards by the programmers,

the application developers and the standard setters.

Greek organisations and institutions are informed about

the activities of W3C through the web pages of the

W3C Greece Office and a monthly newsletter sent by e-

mail to the interested parties. The Web pages of the

W3C Greece Office are open to all interested parties

and provide a complete and up to date briefing in Greek

about W3C activities and events. The W3C Greece

Office is authorized to register new Members in

Greece.

The course of the W3C Greece Office since its estab-

lishment has been steadily upward, constantly attract-

ing new Members and keeping the broader public

informed on the W3C cutting edge technologies, and

their applications.

The Greek Members of W3C are internationally

renowned academic and research institutions which are

involved in basic and applied research in the areas of

Information Technology and Telecommunications.

Benefits of Enrollment to W3C

An ïrganisation that becomes a W3C Member gains

timely access to critical knowledge and technologies,

before these become Web standards, therefore avoid-

ing the adoption of non-standardized technologies for

its products. W3C Members have the possibility to co-

operate with one another through the Actitivities of the

Consortium. Such co-operations provide the opportuni-

ties for knowledge transfer and access to W3C experts.

Through this co-operation and the technology transfer

that occurs, unique business opportunities are created

for W3C Members who can contribute to the shaping of

the future Web and influence its evolution. Their partic-

ipation in the creation of Standards provides them with

the opportunity to gain a significant part of their market,

by developing interoperable produtcs, compatible with

future Standards. Through the networks developed,

each member gains access and knowledge in new ways

of collaboration by adopting the best available prac-

tices.

ååðßëïãïò - epilogue


Åðßëïãïò

Ðñéí áðü äåêáôÝóóåñá ÷ñüíéá, üôáí äçìéïõñãÞèçêå ç Êïéíïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, Þôáí äýóêïëï íá

ðñïâëÝøåé êáíåßò ôéò áëëáãÝò, ðïõ èá Ýöåñíå ôï Äéáäßêôõï êáé ï Ðáãêüóìéïò Éóôüò óôç æùÞ ìáò.

ÓÞìåñá, ìðïñïýìå íá äïýìå êáèáñÜ ôçí åðßäñáóç ôùí ôå÷íïëïãéþí áõôþí óå Ýíá ìåãÜëï áñéèìü áíèñù-

ðßíùí äñáóôçñéïôÞôùí, üðùò åßíáé ãéá ðáñÜäåéãìá ç åêðáßäåõóç, ôï åìðüñéï, ç øõ÷áãùãßá, ç éáôñéêÞ, ç

åðéóôÞìç êáé ç ôå÷íïëïãßá.

Ç íÝá ðñüêëçóç ãéá ôçí Êïéíïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý áöïñÜ óôï ó÷åäéáóìü ôïõ ìåëëïíôéêïý Web, ï

ïðïßïò åîáóöáëßæåé üôé Ýíá óýóôçìá, áðü ôï ïðïßï åîáñôÜôáé Ýíáò ìåãÜëïò áñéèìüò áíèñþðéíùí äñáóôç-

ñéïôÞôùí, ðñÝðåé íá ðáñáìÝíåé óôáèåñü, áîéüðéóôï êáé áóöáëÝò.

Ôüóï ç Êïéíïðñáîßá ôïõ Ðáãêüóìéïõ Éóôïý, üóï êáé ôï Åëëçíéêü Ãñáöåßï ôçò Êïéíïðñáîßáò åßíáé Ýôïéìïé íá

áíôéìåôùðßóïõí ôéò ðñïóêëÞóåéò êáé íá çãçèïýí áõôþí ôùí áëëáãþí óå ìßá ðïñåßá, ðñïò Ýíá äéá-

ëåéôïõñãéêü, ðñïóâÜóéìï, óçìáóéïëïãéêÜ ðëïýóéï, Ýìðéóôï êáé áóöáëÝò Ðáãêüóìéï Éóôü.

Epilogue

Fourteen years ago, when the World Wide Web Consortium was founded, it was difficult to predict the changes

that the Internet and the Web would bring to our lives.

Today we can see clearly the impact of these technologies on a number of phases of human activities and most

importantly in education, commerce, entertainment, medicine, science and technology.

The challenge for W3C is that the design of the Web of the future ensures that a system on which the majority of

human activities depends on, remains stable, trusted and secure.

The World Wide Web Consortium, as well as its Greece Office, are ready to face the challenges and to lead the

way towards an interoperable, accessible, semantically rich, trusted and secure World Wide Web.

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