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Participation in <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities">W3C groups</a> (Working, Interest, Incubator, Coordination, TAG, and Advisory Board) is open to W3C Members and other invited parties. W3C groups work with the public through specification reviews as well as contributions of use cases, tests, and implementation feedback. </p> </div> <ul class="theme_ext hierarchy"><li class="participate_calendar theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/eventscal.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Calendar <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">Talks, workshops, membership meetings, endorsed confs, …</span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Talks/">talks</a> - presentations of W3C work by the community</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops">workshops</a> - W3C meetings to discuss new ideas for work</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/meetings">meetings of W3C members</a> - working group, advisory committee, technical plenary (TPAC)</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/otherevents/">conferences endorsed by W3C</a> - support for standards in the broader community</li></ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_news theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/discussion.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Discussion Forums <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">Mailing lists, blogs and microblogs, news and newsletter, tutorials, video, …</span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Mail/">mailing lists</a> - discussion fora for W3C groups</li> <li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/blog/">blogs</a> - group and W3C staff blogs, status updates via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110520173748/http://www.twitter.com/W3C">twitter</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110520173748/http://www.identi.ca/w3c">identi.ca</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/News/">news</a> - archived home page news</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/News/Public/">newsletter</a> - weekly news summary and upcoming events and talks</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/2002/03/tutorials">tutorials and courses</a> - introductions to W3C technology</li><li> <a href="podcastsvideo">podcasts and video</a> </li></ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_specifications theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/review.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Technical Feedback <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">Reviews of specifications, charters, …</span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="review#specs">specification reviews</a> - help improve technology through feedback</li><li> <a href="review#charters">charter reviews</a> - share your thoughts about proposed work</li></ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_implementation theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/implementation.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Code <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">Implementations, test suites, open source software, … </span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="implementation#implement">implementation of W3C specifications</a> - share news of your implementation</li><li> <a href="implementation#testsuite">test suite contributions</a> - test cases can significantly improve interoperability</li><li> <a href="implementation#evaluate">evaluations of implementations</a> - help W3C link to useful implementations</li><li> <a href="implementation#opensource">contributions</a> to <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Status.html">W3C open source software</a> - help develop the validator and other tools</li></ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_promotion theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/participate/promote.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Standards Promotion <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">Translations, tools, logos, education and outreach, … </span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/">translations of specifications</a> - community translations ensure global impact</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/">tools to help use standards</a> - validation services and more to help standards-based design</li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/logo-usage-20000308">logos and icons</a> - badges for W3C, validators, and more</li><li> <a href="promote#education">education and outreach efforts</a> - help others learn about standards</li><li> <a href="promote#orgs">other organizations that promote Web standards</a> - organizations known for their standards support</li></ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_groups theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities.html"> <span class="icon"></span>Groups <img src="/web/20110520173748im_/http://www.w3.org/2008/site/images/header-link" alt="Header link" width="13" height="13" class="header-link"/> </a> </h2> <div class="expand_block closed"> <h3 class="h4"> <span class="expand_section">List of groups, instructions for joining, … </span> </h3> <ul class="expand_description padding"><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities#wgs">working groups, interest groups, incubator groups, etc.</a> </li><li> <a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities#about">about W3C groups</a> - group types, the Advisory Board, the TAG, closed groups</li> <li><a href="/web/20110520173748/http://www.w3.org/Guide/">participant guidebook</a> (Member-only)</li> </ul> </div> </li><li class="participate_liaisons theme_ext_item"> <h2 class="w3c_topic"> <a 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