Standards and Best Practices for the Multilingual Web

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops base standards for the Web, such as HTML, CSS, SVG, XML, the Semantic Web and so on. Since the beginning, “Web for All” has been a fundamental goal of the W3C. Richard’s talk will look at the work of the W3C and some other key organizations that are helping to develop standards and best practices that make the World Wide Web international — what has been done and what is currently in progress. It will also introduce a new initiative, funded by the European Commission, to investigate, provide information about and recommend work on standards and best practices for the multilingual web