<Table> World Wide Web Consortium <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Td> W3C </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Motto </Th> <Td> Leading the Web to Its Full Potential </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Formation </Th> <Td> 1 October 1994; 23 years ago (1994 - 10 - 01) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Standards organization </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Purpose </Th> <Td> Developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long - term growth for the Web . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> MIT / CSAIL, USA, (Main Office); ERCIM, France; Keio University, Japan; Beihang University, China and many other offices around the world </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Region served </Th> <Td> Worldwide </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Membership </Th> <Td> 463 member organizations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Director </Th> <Td> Tim Berners - Lee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Staff </Th> <Td> 62 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.w3.org </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Td> W3C </Td> </Tr>

When was the world wide web consortium created and for what purpose
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