These are a set of position papers submitted by participants attending the W3C Workshop on High Quality from the Web, April 25th '96, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PANOSE is particularly well suited to the World Wide Web, given the Web's emphasis on flexibility in document display, rather than on strict document layout conformance. PANOSE is now owned by Hewlett Packard Co., as a result of its recent acquisition of ElseWare Corp. While PANOSE is currently a commercial standard, HP is actively working to place it into the hands of an appropriate standards body.
This document is a discussion of features culled from the layouts of many current web and printed pages. It is not meant to be a complete proposal or specification. It is meant to stimulate discussion into areas where improvements can and need to be made.