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Do Not Steal My SVG Semantics
Auhtoring SVG became easier, but authoring tools have a tendency to forget the intended semantics. Please, do not steal my semantics. I want my square and circles.
- authoring
- svg
What would a new CSS validator look like?
What if the CSS Validator didn't exist, what if we decided to build it from scratch today. What would it be? What would you make it to be?
- css
- validation
- validator
- w3c
W3C Open Web Standards
Last week in Tokyo, there was the wonderful Web Directions East 2008. It was yet another opportunity to hear and discuss how people feel about W3C open Web standards. Two patterns often arise in these discussions: implementation first and specification first. Both lead to reproaches. What is the role of W3C?
- open-web
- social-platform
- specification
- standards
- w3c
- web-standards
- working-group
With real world implementations WCAG 2.0 steps closer to expected December 2008 publication
Today W3C WAI published WCAG 2.0 as a 'W3C Proposed Recommendation'. This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it has been used successfully in real websites. Up next: final publication as a Web standard, which we expect in December!
W3C TPAC 2008 - Listen, Read, Discuss
Not in Mandelieu for the W3C TPAC? You can still listen to the plenary day presentations, and even discuss with others on the IRC channel.
Normative References to Moving Targets are Dangerous
When creating a requirement in a specification should I link to it or should I include it. The answer depends on the context.
- conformance
- qa
- quality
- specification
- tpac
- tpac2008
- working-group