!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([WHATWG]) is a [community of Interest] for in evolving the [web] through [standards] and [tests|Testing].[{$pagename}] was founded by individuals from [Apple], the [Mozilla] Foundation and [Opera] Software in [2004|Year 2004]. Since then, the editor of the [{$pagename}] [specifications], Ian Hickson, has moved to [Google]. Chris Wilson of [Microsoft] was invited but did not join, citing the lack of a [patent] [policy] to ensure all [specifications] can be implemented on a [royalty-free] basis.

[{$pagename}] has a small, invitation-only oversight committee called "Members", which has the power to impeach the editor of the [specifications]. Anyone can participate as a Contributor by joining the [{$pagename}] mailing list.

[{$pagename}] is on [GitHub] at [https://github.com/whatwg|https://github.com/whatwg|target='_blank']

[{$pagename}] is working on several [web] [standards]:
Compatibility
The Compatibility Standard describes a collection of non-standard (and often vendor-prefixed) CSS properties and DOM APIs that web browsers need to support for compatibility with the de facto web.

* Console - The [Console Standard] defines [APIs] for console [debugging] facilities.
* [DOM] - The DOM Standard defines the core infrastructure used to define the web.
* [Encoding] - The Encoding Standard defines how character encodings work on the web.
* [Fetch API] - The Fetch Standard defines the networking model for resource retrieval on the web.
* [Fullscreen API] - The Fullscreen API Standard defines how web pages can take over a user's entire screen (at the user's request), e.g. for gaming or to watch a video.
* [HTML|HTML Living Standard] - The HTML Standard is a kitchen sink full of technologies for the [web]. It includes the core markup language for the web, [HTML], as well as numerous [APIs] like [Web Sockets], [Web Workers], [localStorage], etc.
* Infra - The Infra Standard aims to define the fundamental concepts upon which standards are built.
* [MIME] Sniffing - The MIME Sniffing Standard defines algorithms used to determine the type of resources.
* [Notifications API] - The [Notifications] API [Standard] provides an [API] to display notifications to alert users outside the [context] of a web page.
* Quirks Mode - The Quirks Mode [Standard] describes behaviors in [CSS] and Selectors that are not yet defined in the relevant [specifications] but that are nonetheless widely implemented.
* [Storage] - The [Storage] [Standard] defines an [API] for persistent [storage] and quota estimates, as well as the platform storage [architecture].
* [Streams|Streams Standard] - The [Streams Standard] provides [APIs] for creating, composing, and consuming streams of [data] that map efficiently to low-level I/O primitives.
* [URL] - The URL Standard defines the infrastructure around [URLs] on the web.
* [XMLHttpRequest] - The [XMLHttpRequest] [Standard] defines the networking [API] exposed to scripts on the web.
!! More Information
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* [#1] - [WHATWG|Wikipedia:WHATWG|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-10-11-