World Wide Web Consortium

Located at MIT (Lab for Computer Science) and INRIA (French national C.S. research lab)
Corporate memberships (over 100, 50% US, 50% European, starting Asian)
"Enable the Web to reach its maximum potential"
Produces specifications (not standards) and reference code
All products available to the public after member review
Technical core staff
Fast response to member issues (HTML, PICS, JEPI)