World Wide Web Consortium
W3C
The main international standards organization for the World Wide Web, developing open web standards and guidelines.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the principal international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, W3C develops standards and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and accessibility of the web. Its work encompasses core web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and XML, as well as metadata-relevant specifications including RDF, OWL, SKOS, and JSON-LD that form the backbone of the Semantic Web and linked data ecosystems.
Standards (33)
Activity Streams 2.0
(AS2)A JSON-LD vocabulary for representing social activities, powering ActivityPub and the fediverse.

ActivityPub
A W3C protocol for decentralized social networking, enabling server-to-server federation across the fediverse.
CSV on the Web
(CSVW)A W3C standard for annotating CSV files with datatypes, relationships, and conversion rules.
Data Catalog Vocabulary
(DCAT)A W3C vocabulary for describing datasets and data services in federated catalogs on the web.
Data Privacy Vocabulary
(DPV)Provides structured concepts for describing personal data processing, privacy rights, and legal bases.
Data Quality Vocabulary
(DQV)Provides an RDF vocabulary for describing and assessing data quality dimensions, metrics, and certificates.
EPUB
(EPUB)The dominant open format for reflowable digital books, packaging HTML, CSS, and media in one file.

Hydra Core Vocabulary
(Hydra)Describes hypermedia-driven Web APIs in machine-readable form, enabling clients to discover operations at runtime.
JSON-LD 1.1
(JSON-LD)Embeds linked data semantics in ordinary JSON using a lightweight context mechanism.
Lexicon Model for Ontologies (OntoLex-Lemon)
(OntoLex)Represents lexicographic and linguistic data as RDF, linking lexical entries to ontology concepts and meanings.
Linked Data Platform
(LDP)Defines HTTP conventions for reading, creating, updating, and deleting linked data resources and containers.
Mathematical Markup Language
(MathML)A W3C standard for encoding mathematical notation and semantics in XML for the web.
Open Digital Rights Language
(ODRL)Expresses machine-readable policies for permissions, prohibitions, and obligations over digital content.
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
(OWL)A knowledge representation language for building formal, machine-reasoned ontologies on the Semantic Web.

PROV: Provenance Data Model and Supporting Definitions
(PROV)Models the provenance of data and things by tracking entities, activities, and the agents responsible.
R2RML: RDB to RDF Mapping Language
(R2RML)Expresses customized mappings from relational database schemas and data to RDF datasets using a standard language.
RDF Data Cube Vocabulary
Publishes multi-dimensional statistical and aggregate data as linked data using RDF and SDMX concepts.
RDF Schema
(RDFS)Adds classes, properties, and type hierarchies to raw RDF triples for simple ontological modeling.
Resource Description Framework
(RDF)The graph-based data model of subject-predicate-object triples that underpins the entire Semantic Web.

Resource Description Framework in Attributes
(RDFa)Embeds structured RDF metadata directly within HTML and XML markup using simple element attributes.
Semantic Sensor Network Ontology
(SSN/SOSA)Models sensors, actuators, and their observations for IoT, scientific monitoring, and smart cities.
Shapes Constraint Language
(SHACL)Validates RDF graphs against shape definitions that constrain structure, types, and values.
Simple Knowledge Organization System
(SKOS)Represents thesauri, taxonomies, and classification schemes as machine-readable linked data.
Solid Protocol
(Solid)A decentralized web platform that gives individuals control over their personal data through linked data pods.
SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
(SPARQL)The standard query language and protocol for retrieving and manipulating data stored in RDF format.
Terse RDF Triple Language
(Turtle)A compact, human-readable syntax for writing RDF graphs using subject-predicate-object triples.
The Organization Ontology
(ORG)A core ontology for publishing organizational structures, membership, and hierarchy as linked data.
Time Ontology in OWL
(OWL-Time)An OWL ontology for temporal concepts including instants, intervals, durations, and calendar systems.
vCard Ontology
An OWL ontology that brings contact information from the vCard standard into the Semantic Web.
Verifiable Credentials Data Model
(VC)A data model for issuing tamper-evident digital credentials that holders can present and verifiers can trust.
Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets
(VoID)An RDF vocabulary for describing the structure, access methods, and linkage of published datasets.
W3C Basic Geo Vocabulary (WGS84)
(WGS84 Geo)Provides simple latitude, longitude, and altitude properties for describing geographic locations in RDF graphs.
Web Annotation Data Model
A structured model for attaching comments, tags, and other content to specific parts of web resources.