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Talkback Surely your dev team have heard of web standards (www.webstandards.org) accessibility and the DDA? If not who have you got in charge of development? I notice you removed the BETA tag from your logo top left but you should not be asking about how to...
[November 18, 2007, 14:54]
Web standards advocates go into hibernation
News After more than three years of prodding software companies into following common rules for software design, the Web Standards Project is putting its advocacy organisation on ice. At this time, the Web Standards Project, which has been winding down...
[December 17, 2001, 11:13]
Opera: Web standards could eclipse Flash
News The open web standards included in HyperText Markup Language version 5 (HTML 5) provide a viable alternative to Adobe's proprietary Flash for the delivery of rich media web content, Jon von Tetzchner told ZDNet UK on Wednesday.
[May 22, 2009, 16:33]
Web standards group examining Apple patent
News The consortium, which oversees standards including the HTML for web-page publishing and the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format, is working on a draft standard called Widgets 1.0: Updates that governs how web-based applications can update...
[June 18, 2009, 8:54]
Web standards body finalises anti-patent policy
News The Web's leading standards body on Tuesday finalised a patent policy banning the use of most royalty-bearing technology in its technical recommendations, an issue that sparked a clash between open-source advocates and software makers.
[May 22, 2003, 7:46]
Web services standards fail to unite
News The proof-of-concept will take place at a meeting of the Web Services Reliability technical committee of the standards body Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (Oasis).
[September 5, 2003, 15:05]
Web standards group outlines core principles
News After nine months of public analysis and debate, the Web's leading standards organisation has outlined the core principles and practices behind the Web's technologies. The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Technical Architecture Group (TAG) on...
[September 2, 2002, 10:51]
Web standards group to tackle spam
News An influential Internet standards-setting body has begun a close scrutiny of the mounting problem of email spam, in an effort that could have broad-ranging implications for future email use and security.
[March 6, 2003, 14:01]
Video: Microsoft learns a web-standards lesson
News Microsoft has learned some very serious lessons when it comes to complying with web standards after taking heavy criticism from the industry and, more importantly, a beating in the browser market share.
[July 19, 2007, 13:07]
KDE browser pips Firefox in Web standards test
News The people behind the latest version of the Linux desktop environment, KDE, say the main benefits will be better standards support in its Web browser, Konqueror. The KDE project team said on Tuesday that the browser in KDE 3.5 has passed the Acid2...
[November 30, 2005, 15:05]
Another ALA article - a good read about Web Standards in large companies
Blog They even have managers who listen when they talk about web standards, or at least trust them enough not to interfere with their daily front-end work. Have a read of the new ALA article concerning standards and large companies: http://www...
[May 31, 2007, 13:07]
3D Web standards move closer
News A group pushing for industry standards for 3D on the Web released its final working draft of a key specification, bringing the technology one step closer to international standardisation. The Web3D Consortium (W3DC) made its draft of Extensible 3D...
[July 24, 2002, 11:25]
Critics clamour for Web services standards
News As the computer industry increasingly focuses on Web services, the Web's premier standards body is weathering vociferous criticism from members and analysts alike that it is dropping the ball on this hot trend.
[February 13, 2002, 6:31]
Split threatens Web services standards
News IBM, Microsoft and BEA Systems plan to submit a high-profile Web services proposal to the Oasis standards body, company executives said, despite an ongoing effort by the World Wide Web Consortium to sort through similar proposals.
[April 16, 2003, 12:59]
A List Apart - How to Grok Web Standards
Blog Recently, they have a new article entitled "How To Grok Web Standards", which is well worth a read for sure - even if you don't hand-code on a day to day basis. And i think that's one of the reasons why Web Standards is so greatly under-valued and...
[January 22, 2007, 16:09]
Digital signatures get web standards nod
News A standards group has completed work on digital signature technology designed to ensure data authenticity between interacting web servers. Oasis governs many emerging standards in the domain of web services, a term that refers to sophisticated...
[June 8, 2007, 8:45]
Patent fight holds up Web standards
News A key Web standards body has deadlocked over how to handle patented technology that comes with royalties attached, raising questions about the future architecture of the Net. Longtime Microsoft foe Sun Microsystems, for one, is trying to ensure...
[July 11, 2002, 14:01]
MSDN Webcast: Designing Standards-Based Web Sites With Microsoft Expression Web (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast introduces the viewer to the new Expression Web tool, created to help professional designers collaborate with developers to build standards-based Web sites. Expression Web provides full access to industry standards such as Cascading...
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
New front opens in Web standards war
News Web standards advocates are declaring victory in their battle over browsers, but as they turn up the heat on their next adversary it's clear that their longstanding crusade on behalf of elegant design principles is far from over.
[July 12, 2001, 12:45]
Developers asked to speak out on Web standards
News The standards will benefit people with visual impairments, or those needing Web access that does not require the use of their hands or eyes, said Dave Raggett, who leads the organisation's voice browser activity.
[June 28, 2002, 15:54]
