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Accessibility (All)
More about Accessibility (All)…
| 2008-12-11 | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 | Recommendation |
| 2002-12-17 | User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2000-02-03 | Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 1999-05-05 | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 | Recommendation |
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
Best Practices for Authoring HTML
CC/PP
CSS
| 2011-09-29 | Selectors Level 3 | Recommendation |
| 2011-09-29 | CSS Namespaces Module | Recommendation |
| 2011-06-07 | A MathML for CSS Profile | Recommendation |
| 2011-06-07 | CSS Color Module Level 3 | Recommendation |
| 2011-06-07 | Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification | Recommendation |
| 2010-10-28 | Associating Style Sheets with XML documents 1.0 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2008-04-11 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1) Level 1 Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification | Recommendation |
Declarative Web Applications
More about Declarative Web Applications…
| 2009-10-20 | XForms 1.1 | Recommendation |
Device Description Repository
DOM
| 2008-12-22 | Element Traversal Specification | Recommendation |
| 2004-04-07 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification | Recommendation |
| 2004-04-07 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification | Recommendation |
| 2004-01-27 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification | Recommendation |
| 2003-01-09 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification | Recommendation |
| 1998-10-01 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 | Recommendation |
DOM events
| 2003-10-14 | XML Events | Recommendation |
| 2000-11-13 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification | Recommendation |
Efficient XML Interchange
GRDDL
| 2007-09-11 | Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (GRDDL) | Recommendation |
| 2007-09-11 | GRDDL Test Cases | Recommendation |
HTML
| 2010-11-23 | XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML - Second Edition | Recommendation |
| 2010-11-23 | XHTML-Print - Second Edition | Recommendation |
| 2010-11-23 | XHTML™ Basic 1.1 - Second Edition | Recommendation |
| 2008-10-14 | RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing | Recommendation |
| 2003-01-09 | Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification | Recommendation |
| 2002-08-01 | XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2001-05-31 | Ruby Annotation | Recommendation |
| 1999-12-24 | HTML 4.01 Specification | Recommendation |
| 1997-01-14 | HTML 3.2 Reference Specification | Recommendation |
InkML
| 2011-09-20 | Ink Markup Language (InkML) | Recommendation |
Internationalization (All)
More about Internationalization (All)…
| 2007-04-03 | Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2005-02-15 | Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals | Recommendation |
| 2001-05-31 | Ruby Annotation | Recommendation |
Internationalization of Web Architecture
Internationalization of Web Design and Applications
Internationalization of XML
Javascript APIs
| 2008-12-22 | Element Traversal Specification | Recommendation |
MathML
| 2011-06-07 | A MathML for CSS Profile | Recommendation |
| 2010-10-21 | Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 | Recommendation |
| 2010-04-01 | XML Entity Definitions for Characters | Recommendation |
| 2003-10-21 | Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 1999-07-07 | Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) 1.01 Specification | Recommendation |
Media Access
| 2012-02-09 | Ontology for Media Resources 1.0 | Recommendation |
Mobile Web Applications
Mobile Web Authoring
More about Mobile Web Authoring…
| 2010-12-14 | Mobile Web Application Best Practices | Recommendation |
| 2008-12-08 | W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2008-07-29 | Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 | Recommendation |
Multimodal Web Applications
OWL Web Ontology Language
More about OWL Web Ontology Language…
P3P
PICS
| 2009-11-24 | PICSRules 1.1 Specification | Recommendation |
| 2009-11-24 | PICS 1.1 Rating Services and Rating Systems -- and Their Machine Readable Descriptions | Recommendation |
| 2009-11-24 | PICS 1.1 Label Distribution -- Label Syntax and Communication Protocols | Recommendation |
| 2009-11-24 | PICS Signed Labels (DSig) 1.0 Specification | Recommendation |
PNG
POWDER
Quality Assurance (QA) Framework
RDF
| 2004-02-10 | RDF Test Cases | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-10 | RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised) | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-10 | RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.0: RDF Schema | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-10 | RDF Primer | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-10 | RDF Semantics | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-10 | Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax | Recommendation |
RDF Relationship to Other Formats
RDFa
| 2008-10-14 | RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing | Recommendation |
RIF Rule Interchange Format
More about RIF Rule Interchange Format…
| 2010-06-22 | RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility | Recommendation |
| 2010-06-22 | RIF Production Rule Dialect | Recommendation |
| 2010-06-22 | RIF Framework for Logic Dialects | Recommendation |
| 2010-06-22 | RIF Datatypes and Built-Ins 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2010-06-22 | RIF Core Dialect | Recommendation |
| 2010-06-22 | RIF Basic Logic Dialect | Recommendation |
Security for User Agents
Semantic Annotation for WSDL and XML Schema
Service Modeling Language (SML)
SKOS
SMIL
| 2010-11-18 | Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2008-12-01 | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) | Recommendation |
| 2005-12-13 | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 2.1) | Recommendation |
| 2001-09-04 | SMIL Animation | Recommendation |
| 1998-06-15 | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification | Recommendation |
SOAP
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services SOAP Assertions (WS-SOAPAssertions) | Recommendation |
| 2007-04-27 | SOAP Version 1.2 Specification Assertions and Test Collection (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2007-04-27 | SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2007-04-27 | SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2007-04-27 | SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2005-01-25 | Resource Representation SOAP Header Block | Recommendation |
| 2005-01-25 | SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism | Recommendation |
SPARQL
| 2008-01-15 | SPARQL Query Language for RDF | Recommendation |
| 2008-01-15 | SPARQL Protocol for RDF | Recommendation |
| 2008-01-15 | SPARQL Query Results XML Format | Recommendation |
Stylesheets in XML
SVG
| 2011-08-16 | Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2008-12-22 | Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification | Recommendation |
| 2003-01-14 | Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic | Recommendation |
SVG Tiny
| 2008-12-22 | Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification | Recommendation |
| 2003-01-14 | Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic | Recommendation |
Timed Text
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
Voice
| 2011-07-05 | Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2010-09-07 | Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1 | Recommendation |
| 2008-10-14 | Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2007-06-19 | Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1 | Recommendation |
| 2007-04-05 | Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2004-09-07 | Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2004-03-16 | Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 | Recommendation |
| 2004-03-16 | Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
Web Architecture
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Web Services Addressing
More about Web Services Addressing…
| 2007-09-04 | Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata | Recommendation |
| 2006-05-09 | Web Services Addressing 1.0 - SOAP Binding | Recommendation |
| 2006-05-09 | Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core | Recommendation |
Web Services Policy
More about Web Services Policy…
| 2007-09-04 | Web Services Policy 1.5 - Attachment | Recommendation |
| 2007-09-04 | Web Services Policy 1.5 - Framework | Recommendation |
Web Services Resource Access
More about Web Services Resource Access…
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Transfer (WS-Transfer) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services SOAP Assertions (WS-SOAPAssertions) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Fragment (WS-Fragment) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Eventing (WS-Eventing) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Event Descriptions (WS-EventDescriptions) | Recommendation |
| 2011-12-13 | Web Services Enumeration (WS-Enumeration) | Recommendation |
WebCGM
| 2010-03-01 | WebCGM 2.1 | Recommendation |
| 2007-01-30 | WebCGM 2.0 | Recommendation |
| 2001-12-17 | WebCGM 1.0 Second Release | Recommendation |
Widgets
| 2012-02-07 | Widget Access Request Policy | Recommendation |
| 2011-09-27 | Widget Packaging and XML Configuration | Recommendation |
WSDL
XForms
| 2009-10-20 | XForms 1.1 | Recommendation |
XHTML For Mobile
XHTML Modularization
XInclude
XKMS
| 2005-06-28 | XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) | Recommendation |
| 2005-06-28 | XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) Bindings | Recommendation |
XLink
| 2010-05-06 | XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1 | Recommendation |
| 2001-06-27 | XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
XML
| 2009-12-08 | Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2008-11-26 | Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2006-08-16 | Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2006-08-16 | Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2004-02-04 | XML Information Set (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
XML Base
| 2009-01-28 | XML Base (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
XML Canonicalization
More about XML Canonicalization…
| 2008-05-02 | Canonical XML Version 1.1 | Recommendation |
| 2002-07-18 | Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2001-03-15 | Canonical XML Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
XML Design Techniques
XML Encryption
XML Events
| 2003-10-14 | XML Events | Recommendation |
XML Pipeline (XProc)
XML Schema
| 2004-10-28 | XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition | Recommendation |
| 2004-10-28 | XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition | Recommendation |
| 2004-10-28 | XML Schema Part 0: Primer Second Edition | Recommendation |
XML Signature
| 2008-06-10 | XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2002-12-10 | Decryption Transform for XML Signature | Recommendation |
| 2002-11-08 | XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0 | Recommendation |
XML-binary Optimized Packaging
xml:id
| 2005-09-09 | xml:id Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
XPath
| 2011-03-17 | XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM) (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 1999-11-16 | XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
XPointer
| 2003-03-25 | XPointer xmlns() Scheme | Recommendation |
| 2003-03-25 | XPointer Framework | Recommendation |
| 2003-03-25 | XPointer element() Scheme | Recommendation |
XQuery
| 2011-03-17 | XQuery Update Facility 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2011-03-17 | XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX) (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-12-14 | XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM) (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
XSL-FO
XSLT
| 2010-12-14 | XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2010-10-28 | Associating Style Sheets with XML documents 1.0 (Second Edition) | Recommendation |
| 2007-01-23 | XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0 | Recommendation |
| 1999-11-16 | XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 | Recommendation |
