World Wide Web Consortium News & Articles

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.

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.

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. Imagine being able to apply complex CSS styles to HTML or XHTML without utilizing multiple div elements.

Programmers can also implement fresh DOM interfaces with XBL. And arbitrary sets of XML tags can also be treated as widgets (plugins, essentially), when integrated with other specifications.

Check out the latest draft at the W3C website.

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 structure, form interaction and presentation. DIAL is also part of the Authoring for Device Independence work category of the DIWG.

Get to know the draft better at the W3C website.