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Web Standards

Web Standards Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer Web 1.0 was about HTML, Web 2.0 is about XML Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about Google Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about broadband Web 1.0 was about hardware costs, Web 2.0 is about bandwidth costs

Web Standards Web is growing, but not without problems! Problem: incompatibility Companies support new markup tags that would only work in their particular product.

Web Standards Example: http://www.simplysavvycommunications.com

ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association International ECMAScript: Standardized Version of JavaScript

W3C - Web Standards HTML: Hypertext Markup Language XML: Extensible Markup Language CSS: Cascading Style Sheets DOM: Document Object Model

Web Standards

Web Standards

Web Standards

Web Standards DEMO HTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/ CC Validator http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

Benefits Web Standards Lower costs of developing and maintaining web sites Improved accessibility and user experience Maximum compatibility with current and future browsers Reduced Bandwidth Reach More Users Faster download speeds Better search engine rankings A competitive edge

W3C - Background This is a standards organization that pertains to the World Wide Web Founded by Tim Berners-Lee in 1994 He was also a key player in the creation of the World Wide Web

W3C - Background W3C has published over 90 standards since the creation of the organization In addition to creating standards, W3C also develops software and has a forum for web discussion.

W3C - Membership Over 40 countries participate 435 members as of October 19, 2007 Any country or organization can join including those outside the technology field

W3C - Goals “To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web” Their mission statement is their ultimate goal and to achieve this they have created 4 sub goals

W3C - Goals Web for everyone To make the benefits of the internet equal for everyone Web for everything Expanding the Web to other technology devices Knowledge base Breaking down the information in order to solve problems that before would have been too difficult to answer Trust and confidence Increasing the accountability, security, confidence, and confidentiality of the Web

W3C - Future To strive towards achieving their mission statement To do this, they will continue working towards their goals.

W3C - Downfalls Jeff Croft argues there are no web developers or designers It takes a while for W3C to come out with new versions of programs

Semantic Web A technical term for data web This is where databases would be connected together through the Web Will be able to take data from different applications and bring it together into one source such as a graph Beneficial to businesses because they will be able to share their data more easily