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back link

From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15) | Glossary for this source

A link in one direction implied from the existence of an explicit limk in the other direction. See: Building back-links
background image interference

From User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2002-12-17) | Glossary for this source

The requirement of checkpoint 3.1 to allow the user to turn off rendering of background images does not extend to multi-layered rendering.
backward compatible

From Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (1999-05-05) | Glossary for this source

Design that continues to work with earlier versions of a language, program, etc.
backwards compatibility feature

From XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A processor that claims conformance with the backwards compatibility featuremust support the processing of stylesheet instructions and XPath expressions with backwards compatible behavior, as defined in .
base output URI

From XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

The base output URI is a URI to be used as the base URI when resolving a relative URI allocated to a final result tree. If the transformation generates more than one final result tree, then typically each one will be allocated a URI relative to this base URI.
base text

From Ruby Annotation (2001-05-31) | Glossary for this source

Run of text that has a ruby text associated with it.
base URI declaration

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A base URI declaration specifies the base URI property of the static context. The base URI property is used when resolving relative URIs within a module.
base URI.

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

Base URI. This is an absolute URI, used when necessary in the resolution of relative URIs (for example, by the fn:resolve-uri function.)
base URI.

From XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

Base URI. This is an absolute URI, used when necessary in the resolution of relative URIs (for example, by the fn:resolve-uri function.)
baseline

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

The baseline is an imaginary alignment line upon which a glyph without a descender rests. The baseline is an intrinsic property of the glyph (namely a horizontal line). Often baselines are aligned (joined) during typesetting.
basic readability:

From XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes (2001-05-02) | Glossary for this source

Textual, rather than binary, literals are used. This makes hand editing, debugging, and similar activities possible.
basic XSLT processor

From XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A basic XSLT processor is an XSLT processor that implements all the mandatory requirements of this specification with the exception of certain explicitly-identified constructs related to schema processing.
binding

From XForms 1.0 (2003-10-14) | Glossary for this source

A "binding" connects an instance data node to a form control or to a model item constraint by using a binding expression as a locater.

An [XPath 1.0] PathExpr used in a binding.

binding

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source

  1. An association between an interface, a concrete protocol and a data format. A binding specifies the protocol and data format to be used in transmitting messages defined by the associated interface. [WSD Reqs]

  2. The mapping of an interface and its associated operations to a particular concrete message format and transmission protocol.

  3. See also SOAP binding.

binding expression

From XForms 1.0 (2003-10-14) | Glossary for this source

An [XPath 1.0] PathExpr used in a binding.

binding sequence

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

The value of the expression associated with a variable in a for clause is called the binding sequence for that variable.
bit depth

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

for indexed-colour images, the number of bits per palette index. For other images, the number of bits per sample in the image. This is the value that appears in the IHDR chunk .
black box

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

The bounding box of the actual size taken up by the viewable portion (ink) of a glyph or expression.
bopomofo

From Ruby Annotation (2001-05-31) | Glossary for this source

37 characters and 4 tone marks used as phonetics in Chinese, especially standard Mandarin.
bot

From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11) | Glossary for this source

n. A software agent found on IRC channels. e.g. Zakim

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