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Web and Mobile Interest Group Emerges from W3C to Further Mobile Web Initiative
Everyone’s on the move these days -- the mobile Web movement that is. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is, too, and is adding more depth to its mission for increased Web technology for mobile apps.
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To Sir With Love: Celebrating 21 Years of the World Wide Web
Twenty-one years ago was a different time. In 1991, the cold war ended, Magic Johnson announced he had HIV, the first Sonic the Hedgehog game was released by Sega, and Tim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web project and software on the alt.hypertext newsgroup and the first website, "info.cern.
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W3C Gets a US$1 million Donation From the Internet Society
It takes money to keep the web open and accessible. This week the Internet Society, a nonprofit group dedicated to the open Internet ecosystem, announced that it was donating US$ 1 million to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the global organization responsible for Web standards and accessibility.
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W3C's WOFF: Creating More Font Choices for Web Designers
What does Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) have in common with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)? TypeCon. This week at SOTA’s annual conference, W3C plans on initiating discussion around the new open format for enabling high-quality typography for the Web.
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W3C Releases XBL 2.0 Intro for Skill-Seeking Devs
The W3C has released a primer for XBL 2.0 (XML Binding Language - 2.0!) that goes over best practice scenarios as well as proper syntax. XBL can be used to reorganize and wrap content without making a mess.
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W3C Releases Updated DIAL Working Draft
The W3C has released an updated draft of the Device Independent Authoring Language (DIAL). This document will provide a uniform markup language for filtering and presenting Web content across various delivery contexts. DIAL is based on standard W3C CSS modules and XML vocabularies, which lend a logical architecture for webpage
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