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• Business: Associations  (16)
• Business: Information Technology: Associations  (28)
• Computers: Internet: Organizations  (91)

W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium     www.w3.org The World Wide Web Consortium was created to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.

Good News Web Designers Association  gnwda.org Group advocating professionalism and Christian principles in web design work. Membership privileges include a free online course for improving your web site.

Independent Web Designers Portal  www.iwdp.co.uk Web development promotion site offering independent web designers, programmers and scripters. Includes profiles of work, contact details, and articles.

Inteactive Advertising Bureau  www.iab.net Global nonprofit group open to companies actively engaged in the sale of interactive advertising and marketing. Membership features IAB events, research tools, industry news, and a newsletter.

International Council of Online Professionals  www.i-cop.org Members build customer trust and credibility by placing an iCop seal of membership on their site.

Purdue Web Development Organization  webdev.purdue.org Student Organization at Purdue University, dedicated to furthering the interest and knowledge of our members in all aspects of web development.

UK Web Design Association  www.ukwda.org Promotes industry standards within the UK new media sector. Features free membership, a searchable directory, use of the UKWDA logo, a monthly newsletter, and dispute resolution service.

W3C Members  www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List List of current members of the World Wide Web Consortium.

Web Design and Developers Association  www.wdda.org Features industry news and web hosting packages.

Web Programmers Association  www.webprogrammer.org Not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing new and innovative Web based applications.

Web Standards Group  webstandardsgroup.org For web designers and developers who are interested in web standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT etc.) and best practices (accessible sites using valid and semantically correct code).

Web Standards Project  www.webstandards.org Promoting standards compliance on the Web.

Wise-Women  www.wise-women.org Resource for female (and male) web designers, developers and programmers, featuring tips and tutorials on a variety of web related subjects. Features several mailing lists including one for Java script.