The social value that contributes the Web, is that this one makes the human communication, the commerce and the opportunities to share knowledge possible. One of the primary objectives of the W3C is to cause independently that these benefits are available for everybody, of the hardware, software, infrastructure of network, language, culture, geographic location, or physical or mental ability.

 The W3C continues expanding their influence through initiatives that directly support the diffusion of the technologies Web and its benefits in the countries developing. The work made in areas like accessibility Web, internationalization, device independence, and movable Web it is specially important since the W3C works to reach a Web after all. At the same time, through the Offices of the W3C and, also, through other efforts to increase the participation, the W3C is committed to create an accessible Web for more people in the world.

The document on World-wide Participation in the Partnership World Wide Web summarizes the efforts that have been carried out to increase the world-wide participation in the work of the W3C, and to guarantee that the results obtained in the Partnership benefit a still greater community.