W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium 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. http://www.w3.org/

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

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

Internet Advertising Bureau 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. http://www.iab.net

Webbies Coolmaps Connects web developers to the global market through a geographic locator. http://webbies.coolmaps.com

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

The Digital Divas A network of digitally talented women on the Web. Articles, tutorials, software reviews, free downloads. http://www.digitaldivas.com/

Wise-Women 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. http://www.wise-women.org/

Chicago Creative Coalition The Chicago Creative Coalition (C3) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the professional growth of its members, creatives in the communication arts field. http://creative-chicago.org/

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

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

British Web Design and Marketing Association Offers standards advocacy, career training, marketing resources, and industry news regarding current trends. http://www.bwdma.com

UK Web Design Association 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. http://www.ukwda.org/

Afterlife Not-for-profit organization offers to archive Web sites after the author is deceased. Includes history of the organization and forms for site owners and volunteers. http://www.afterlife.org/

Web Developers Association of America Association for upscale web designers, web developers and web hosting providers. Provides state-by-state membership directory. http://www.wdaa.org

Web Standards Group 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). http://webstandardsgroup.org/

Jef Raskin A site by and about Jef Raskin, interactive systems design expert. http://humane.sourceforge.net/