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Media Queries

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CSS

RDF

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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
2 translations for RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax
français
日本語

RDF 1.1 N-Quads

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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
1 translation for RDF 1.1 N-Quads
日本語
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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
1 translation for RDF 1.1 N-Triples
日本語
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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
1 translation for RDF 1.1 Semantics
日本語

RDF 1.1 TriG

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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group

RDF 1.1 Turtle

Standard
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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
1 translation for RDF 1.1 Turtle
日本語
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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
1 translation for RDF 1.1 XML Syntax
日本語

RDF Schema 1.1

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Data
Deliverers
RDF Working Group
3 translations for RDF Schema 1.1
dansk
日本語
português
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Data
1 translation for rdf:PlainLiteral: A Datatype for RDF Plain Literals (Second Edition)
日本語

RDF Primer

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Data
4 translations for RDF Primer
français
magyar
日本語
中文(简体)

RDF Semantics

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Data
2 translations for RDF Semantics
français
magyar

RDF Test Cases

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Data
2 translations for RDF Test Cases
français
magyar
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Data
6 translations for Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax
français
magyar
日本語
русский
中文(简体)
中文(繁體)

WAI-ARIA

ARIA in HTML

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Accessibility
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Accessibility
1 translation for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2
日本語
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Accessibility
1 translation for Accessible Name and Description Computation 1.1
日本語
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Accessibility
Graphics
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Accessibility
Graphics
1 translation for WAI-ARIA Graphics Module
日本語
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Accessibility
1 translation for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1
日本語
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Accessibility
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Accessibility
1 translation for Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0
日本語
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Accessibility
3 translations for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0
български
magyar
日本語
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Accessibility
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Accessibility
1 translation for Role Attribute 1.0
한국어

TTML

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Media
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Accessibility
CSS
HTML

CSS Box Model

Web of Things

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WoT
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WoT
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WoT
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WoT
2 translations for Web of Things (WoT) Architecture
日本語
中文(简体)
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WoT
1 translation for Web of Things (WoT) Thing Description
日本語

Accessibility of content

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Accessibility
7 translations for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
العربية
català
français
italiano
Nederlands
português (Brasil)
中文(简体)
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Accessibility

Web Share API

Web Share API

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Web API
1 translation for Web Share API
português

EPUB

EPUB 3.3

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Digital Publishing
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Accessibility
Digital Publishing
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Digital Publishing

XML

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XML
Deliverers
Math Working Group
1 translation for XML Entity Definitions for Characters (3rd Edition)
日本語
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CSS
XML
1 translation for Associating Style Sheets with XML documents 1.0 (Second Edition)
русский
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XML
3 translations for Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition)
日本語
русский
українська
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2 translations for XML Base (Second Edition)
Deutsch
українська
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XML
2 translations for Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)
日本語
svenska
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XML
2 translations for Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (Second Edition)
svenska
Türkçe
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XML
5 translations for Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition)
فارسی
日本語
русский
Türkçe
українська
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XML
6 translations for XML Information Set (Second Edition)
español
日本語
polski
русский
Türkçe
中文(简体)

WebRTC

CSS Containment

Web Payments

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1 translation for Payment Method Identifiers
日本語
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Web API
1 translation for Payment Request API
日本語

Geolocation API

Geolocation API

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Web API
1 translation for Geolocation API
日本語
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Web API
1 translation for Geolocation API Specification 2nd Edition
日本語

DID

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Privacy
Security
5 translations for Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0
日本語
한국어
português (Brasil)
Tagalog
中文(简体)

WOFF

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Web Fonts
1 translation for WOFF File Format 2.0
Tagalog
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Web Fonts

Verifiable Credentials

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Privacy
Security
3 translations for Verifiable Credentials Data Model v1.1
日本語
한국어
Tagalog

CSS Color

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CSS

Distributed Tracing

Trace Context

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Performance

DOM

DOM

Standard
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DOM
Deliverers
HTML Working Group

Web Audio API

Web Audio API

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Media
Web API
Deliverers
Audio Working Group

Web Authentication

Xquery & XSLT

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XML
Deliverers
XSLT Working Group
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XML

XQueryX 3.1

Standard
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XML
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XML
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XML

XQueryX 3.0

Standard
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XML
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XML
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XML
4 translations for XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0
Deutsch
español
日本語
Türkçe
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XML
Deliverers
XSLT Working Group
1 translation for XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0
Türkçe

CSS Cascading and Inheritance

HTML

HTML

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HTML Working Group
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HTML
Media
Web API
3 translations for HTML Media Capture
日本語
한국어
русский

XML Events

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DOM
XML
3 translations for XML Events
Deutsch
français
polski

Ruby Annotation

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HTML
i18n
4 translations for Ruby Annotation
Deutsch
français
日本語
polski

Audiobooks

Audiobooks

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Digital Publishing
2 translations for Audiobooks
日本語
中文(繁體)

Web Publications

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Digital Publishing
1 translation for Publication Manifest
日本語

JSON-LD

JSON-LD 1.1

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Data
1 translation for JSON-LD 1.1
日本語
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Data
1 translation for JSON-LD 1.1 Framing
日本語
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Data

DCAT

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Data
1 translation for Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) - Version 2
日本語

CSS Writing Modes

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CSS
1 translation for CSS Writing Modes Level 3
日本語

WebAssembly

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Performance
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Performance
Web API
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Performance

Performance instrumentation

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Performance
Web API
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Performance
Web API
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Performance
Web API
2 translations for Performance Timeline
日本語
한국어
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Performance
Web API
3 translations for Navigation Timing
français
日本語
русский

Accessibility Conformance Testing

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Accessibility
1 translation for Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0
日本語

Pointer and Touch Events

Pointer Events

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Web API
1 translation for Pointer Events
日本語

Touch Events

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Web API

Selectors

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CSS

CSS Fonts

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CSS
i18n
Web Fonts
1 translation for CSS Fonts Module Level 3
日本語

CSS Basic User Interface

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CSS
1 translation for CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3 (CSS3 UI)
日本語

EXI

Canonical EXI

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XML

WebDriver

WebDriver

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Web API

ODRL

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Data
1 translation for ODRL Information Model 2.2
日本語
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Data
1 translation for ODRL Vocabulary & Expression 2.2
日本語

Indexed Database API

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Web API
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Web API

Social Web Protocols

ActivityPub

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1 translation for ActivityPub
日本語

WebSub

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Micropub

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Data
1 translation for Linked Data Notifications
日本語

Webmention

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1 translation for Webmention
日本語

Semantic Sensor Network

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Data

EME

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HTML
Web API

SHACL

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Data

Web Annotations

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Data
1 translation for Web Annotation Data Model
日本語
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Data
1 translation for Web Annotation Protocol
日本語
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Data
1 translation for Web Annotation Vocabulary
日本語

Data on the Web Best Practices

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Data
2 translations for Data on the Web Best Practices
日本語
português (Brasil)

Web Crypto

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Security
Web API

CSP

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Security

MSE

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HTML
Web API

Pointer Lock

Pointer Lock

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Web API

Vibration API

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Web API

Subresource Integrity

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Security

Tabular Data

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Data
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Data
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Data

ATAG

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Accessibility
1 translation for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0
中文(简体)
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Accessibility
4 translations for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
français
italiano
日本語
한국어

SCXML

RDFa

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Data
HTML
Deliverers
RDFa Working Group
1 translation for HTML+RDFa 1.1 - Second Edition
日本語
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Data
HTML
Deliverers
RDFa Working Group
1 translation for RDFa Core 1.1 - Third Edition
日本語
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Data
HTML
Deliverers
RDFa Working Group
2 translations for RDFa Lite 1.1 - Second Edition
français
日本語
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Data
HTML
Deliverers
RDFa Working Group
1 translation for XHTML+RDFa 1.1 - Third Edition
日本語

Linked Data Platform

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Data
1 translation for Linked Data Platform 1.0
日本語

EmotionML

MathML

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Math Working Group
1 translation for Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 2nd Edition
日本語
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CSS
Deliverers
Math Working Group
1 translation for A MathML for CSS Profile
日本語

CSS Namespaces

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CSS
3 translations for CSS Namespaces Module Level 3
日本語
한국어
polski

Media Resources

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Media
Web API
1 translation for Metadata API for Media Resources 1.0
日本語
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Media
1 translation for Ontology for Media Resources 1.0
日本語

RDF Vocabulary

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Data
3 translations for The Organization Ontology
dansk
日本語
português (Brasil)
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Data
1 translation for The RDF Data Cube Vocabulary
日本語

CSS Style Attributes

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CSS
HTML
4 translations for CSS Style Attributes
Deutsch
한국어
polski
русский

ITS

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Data
HTML
i18n
1 translation for Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0
日本語
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i18n
1 translation for Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0
français

PROV

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Data
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Data
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Data
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Data
1 translation for PROV-O: The PROV Ontology
日本語

XML Encryption

XML Signature

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XML
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XML
2 translations for XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0)
español
français
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XML
1 translation for XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) Bindings
français
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XML
1 translation for Decryption Transform for XML Signature
français
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XML
1 translation for XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0
español

SPARQL

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Data
1 translation for SPARQL 1.1 Entailment Regimes
Ελληνικά
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Federated Query
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
1 translation for SPARQL 1.1 Graph Store HTTP Protocol
Ελληνικά
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Data
3 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Overview
Ελληνικά
日本語
中文(简体)
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Protocol
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Query Language
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Query Results CSV and TSV Formats
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON Format
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Service Description
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL 1.1 Update
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
2 translations for SPARQL Query Results XML Format (Second Edition)
Ελληνικά
日本語
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Data
3 translations for SPARQL Protocol for RDF
فارسی
français
日本語
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Data
3 translations for SPARQL Query Language for RDF
español
français
日本語

RIF

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Data

OWL

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Data
Deliverers
OWL Working Group
1 translation for OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview (Second Edition)
日本語
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Data
Deliverers
OWL Working Group
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Data
Deliverers
OWL Working Group
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Data
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Data
8 translations for OWL Web Ontology Language Overview
español
français
magyar
日本語
日本語
русский
中文(简体)
中文(繁體)
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Data
5 translations for OWL Web Ontology Language Reference
français
magyar
日本語
日本語
中文(简体)
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Data
5 translations for OWL Web Ontology Language Semantics and Abstract Syntax
français
magyar
日本語
日本語
日本語
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Data
3 translations for OWL Web Ontology Language Test Cases
français
magyar
日本語
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Data
4 translations for OWL Web Ontology Language Use Cases and Requirements
français
magyar
日本語
русский

MMI

RDB2RDF

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Data
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Data

Media Fragments

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Media
1 translation for Media Fragments URI 1.0 (basic)
日本語

XML Schema

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XML
1 translation for XML Schema Part 0: Primer Second Edition
português
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XML
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XML

SOAP

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1 translation for XML-binary Optimized Packaging
português

Web Services

InkML

SVG

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Graphics
Deliverers
SVG Working Group
1 translation for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)
日本語
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Graphics
Deliverers
SVG Working Group
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Graphics
Deliverers
SVG Working Group
1 translation for Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic
Deutsch

CCXML

CSS

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CSS
1 translation for Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification
日本語

Mobile Best Practices

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HTML
1 translation for Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
français

SSML

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Media
1 translation for Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1
日本語
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Media
2 translations for Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0
français
italiano

Web Security UI

XProc

XLink

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XML
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XML
2 translations for XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.0
Deutsch
français

WebCGM

WebCGM 2.1

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Graphics

PICS

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XForms

XForms 1.1

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XML
Deliverers
Forms Working Group

POWDER

SKOS

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Data
3 translations for SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference
dansk
français
日本語

SML

EMMA

Device Description

SMIL

SMIL Animation

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2 translations for SMIL Animation
français
日本語
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Deliverers
SYMM Working Group
5 translations for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification
français
italiano
日本語
한국어
中文(繁體)

PLS

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Media
1 translation for Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0
日本語

XML Canonicalization

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XML
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XML
1 translation for Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0
français

GRDDL

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Data
Deliverers
GRDDL Working Group
2 translations for Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (GRDDL)
français
日本語

GRDDL Test Cases

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Data
Deliverers
GRDDL Working Group

Web Services Addressing

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2 translations for Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core
español
中文(简体)

Web Services Policy

WSDL

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1 translation for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language
français
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1 translation for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts
français

Voice Browsers

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Media
1 translation for Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0
français

SISR

XSL

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XML
Deliverers
XSLT Working Group
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XML
Deliverers
XSLT Working Group
2 translations for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.0
français
日本語

XInclude

QA Framework

Character Model for the World Wide Web

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i18n
Web Fonts
2 translations for Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals
français
日本語

Web Architecture

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4 translations for Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One
čeština
français
italiano
português (Brasil)

Speech Recognition Grammar

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Media
1 translation for Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0
français

CC/PP

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Data
1 translation for Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0
français

PNG

Xpointer

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1 translation for XPointer element() Scheme
français
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1 translation for XPointer Framework
français
- history
2 translations for XPointer xmlns() Scheme
Deutsch
français

UAAG

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Accessibility
1 translation for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
français