Tim Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) in collaboration with CERN. The W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth of the Web.

INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) became the European host of the W3C, furthering its international reach and collaboration.

The W3C continues to develop web standards, including HTML, CSS, XML, and others, ensuring that the Web remains open, accessible, and interoperable across different platforms and devices. Berners-Lee remained as the Director of W3C throughout this ongoing standardization process.