Web Standards
Web standards make Web development easier.
Why Web Standards?
To make internet a better place, for both developers and end-users, it is
important that both browsers and Web developers follow the Web standards.
When developers follow the Web standards, the development is
simplified, since it is easier for a developer to understand another's
coding.
Using Web standards will help you to ensure that all browsers, will
display your Web site properly, without frequent and time-consuming rewrites.
Web pages that conforms to the standard are easier for search engines to access and
index, easier to convert to other formats, and easier to access with program code (like
JavaScript and the DOM).
Tip: Make a habit of validating your pages with a
validation service. Validation keeps your documents up to the standards, and free
for errors.
Accessibility
Accessibility is an important part of the HTML standard.
Web standards make it easier for people with disabilities to use the
Web.
Blind people can use computers that read Web pages for them. People with
poor sight can rearrange and magnify standard Web pages. Simple Web standards like HTML 4 and CSS,
will make your Web pages much easier to understand by special devices.
W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
W3C creates the Web standards.
W3C, founded in 1994, is an
international consortium dedicated to "lead
the Web to its full potential".
As developers, especially when creating educational
Web sites, we can help them turn this dream into reality.
More about W3C
ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECMA, founded in 1961, in order to meet the need
for standardizing computer languages
and input/output codes.
ECMA is not an official standardization institute, but an association
of companies that
collaborate with other official institutes like the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
For Web developers, the most important standard is ECMAScript, the
standardization of JavaScript.
With JavaScript, DOM objects can then be added, deleted, or changed.
The latest ECMAScript specification is ECMA-262:
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
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