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Due to spam attacks I had to password protect editing. The password is the web standard you use to define the presentation of a web site (in uppercase).

MACCAWS-Whitepaper

• Introduction
• Standards and the Web
• Some common myths
• The benefits of Web standards
• How to embrace Web standards
• Appendix

Abstract

Even though Web standards are being embraced by many Web authors, some businesses are reluctant to invest in standards-based Web sites without concrete reasons to do so. To help Web authors interested in advocating Web standards, this article assembles arguments and information about Web standards into one document and explains Web standards in terms of how they affect business. After outlining what Web standards are and how they are used, the article clearly demonstrates that adopting Web standards can improve many aspects of a Web site, such as: the amount of bandwidth used, load times, providing a foundation for accessibility, device independence and quality assurance processes. The article refutes several negative myths about Web standards and describes strategies for embracing standards.

MACCAWS is indebted to contributors and reviewers for their ideas and their enthusiastic participation.

Overview

Are you creating a Web site? Perhaps you are already the owner of several, or maybe you are involved with the process of creating, developing or maintaining a Web site. If you are new to standards, you may wish to first consult our Standards Primer.

The use of Web standards is fundamental to the development of Web sites. In this article, we will:

• explain why it is in your organization's best interests to implement Web standards,
• outline steps that you can take in order to achieve standards-compliance and make it part of your process,
• present concepts that are non-technical, non-proprietary, and apply to all manner of Web sites, regardless of their size, function and complexity.

Translation

Available translations: Français (fr-ca)