3. History
vs.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The Web Standards Project
4. “HTML, XML, CSS and the DOM are more
than just a set of interesting technologies.
They are a way of creating Web pages that
will facilitate the twin goals of sophisticated
and appropriate presentation and
widespread accessibility. “
-WaSP mission statement of 1998
5. What we’ll cover
What are web standards?
Apply Web Standards
• DOCTYPE
• Semantics
• Validation
• Presentation layer
• Behavior layer
• Recycling content
6. Why use Web standards
• Accessibility
• Stability
• Performance
Tools
• Opera Web Standards Curriculum
Resources
• WaSP
• W3C
Q&A
17. CSS: presentation layer
• Old (incorrect) model:
HTML to describe content and
presentation
• Web standards:
(X)HTML to describe content
CSS to describe presentation