International Standards: W3C
by
Liam Quin
Table of contents
International Standards
Introduction
About W3C Specifications
...that can be implemented
Building Consensus
W3C Document Stages
Gathering Feedback
Independent Implementation
Freely Implementable
Hijacked Working Groups
The Extensible Markup Language (XML)
XML Looks Like HTML
XML Has Been Very Successful
XML and Web Architecture
Open Sharing of Structured Information
The Web is for Everyone
Ability To Share
More Users, More Benefits
The Web Is For Everyone
Open Source and XML
Data rots all by itself
It's dead, Jim
Why You Should Care
Control Your Own Future
A plea:
Control Your Own Destiny
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