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Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML

by Leslie F. Sikos Ph.D.

November 2011

Intermediate to advanced

528 pages

14h 31m

English

Apress

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Web StandardsThe Basic ConceptsThe Role of StandardizationDevelopment and Announcement of StandardsStandards Promotion and DistributionTypes, Stages, and Status of StandardsThe Variety of Rendering EnginesTesting the Standard Support of BrowsersStandards vs. Quirks Modes, DOCTYPE SwitchingProblem StatementMajor ConcernsSummaryReferences
The Importance of Character EncodingUnicodeDeclaring Character Encoding for the MarkupDeclaring Character Encoding for CSSEscape Codes, Special Characters, and SymbolsChecking I18NSummaryReferences
SGML LanguagesXML LanguagesVersion OverviewMarkup SyntaxesData TypesMarkup ElementsAttributesHTML Document StructureMoving from HTML to XHTMLSpecific Markup LanguagesCombinations, Profiles, and Mixed-Namespace DocumentsChoosing a Markup LanguageAlternatives to Web MarkupSummaryReferences
The HTTP HeaderInternet Media Types (MIME)Serving XHTMLURIs, URLs, and URNsSummaryReferences

Cascading Style SheetsXSLCombining CSS and XSLSummaryReferences
Client-Server ArchitecturesScripting and Standards ImplementationClient-Side DevelopmentServer-Side DevelopmentCombinations of Client-Side and Server-Side TechnologiesDatabase TechnologiesAlternate Content and Fallback Mechanism for ScriptsSummaryReferences
The Semantic WebWide Variety of Annotations and SyntaxesThe meta TagsSchemas, Vocabularies, and OntologiesCombining MetadataSpecial ApplicationsMetadata in SEOSummaryReferences
News FeedsReally Simple SyndicationAtomRSS or Atom?SummaryReferences
LayoutTypographyEmbedding External ContentSummaryReferences
Defining Web AccessibilityMigrating from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0Semantic (X)HTML5 Elements and WAI-ARIAJavaScript AccessibilityPDF AccessibilityFlash AccessibilityAccessibility of Mathematical NotationsSummaryReferences
CHAPTER 11: Development ToolsFeature RequirementsText EditorsWYSIWYG EditorsContent Management Systems and BloggersSpecific EditorsMarkup CorrectorsBrowsers as Development ToolsSummaryReferences
Choosing the Relevant StandardsStep-by-Step DevelopmentMaking Web Sites Valid Through RedesignSummaryReferences
Appropriately Used ElementsContent in Logical OrderReliable PositioningSizes and ProportionsEmbedding External Content ProperlySemantic Web Best PracticesWAI-ARIA Best PracticesMobile Web Best PracticesProviding RobustnessTestingSummaryReferences
ConceptsMarkup ValidationValidating XMLValidating CSSValidating I18NValidating HyperlinksValidating AccessibilityValidating Mobile-FriendlinessUnified ValidatorsExtracting Semantic ContentExpressing ValidityRepresenting TechnologiesSummaryReferences
Common Serving ErrorsCommon Markup ErrorsCommon Style Sheet ErrorsCommon News Feed ErrorsCommon Script ErrorsCommon Accessibility ErrorsSummaryReferences

Overview

Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML provides solutions to the most common website problems, and gives you a deep understanding of web standards and how they can be applied to improve your website. You will learn how to create fully standards-compliant websites and provide search engine-optimized Web documents with faster download times, accurate rendering, correct appearance and layout, lower development cost, approved accessibility, backward and forward compatibility, and easy maintenance and content updating. The book covers all major Web standards, focusing on syntax, grammar, recommended annotations, and other standardization concerns.

Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML is also a comprehensive guide to current and future standards for the World Wide Web. As a web developer, you'll have seen problems with inconsistent appearance and behavior of the same site in different browsers. Web standards can and should be used to completely eliminate these problems. Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML describes how you can make the most of web standards, through technology discussions as well as practical sample code that you can use for your own sites and web applications. It also provides a quick guide to standard website creation for Web developers.

Learn techniques and best practices to achieve full standards compliance
Write valid markup, styles, and news feeds from scratch or standardize websites by redesign
Restrict markup to semantics and provide reliable layout

What you'll learn

The importance and benefits of Web standards
How to write valid markup from scratch
The most up-to-date standards, rather than non-finalized specifications
How to provide meaningful semantics and machine-readable metadata
How to restrict markup to semantics
How to achieve full standard compliance reasonably

Who this book is for

Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML provides a complete reference of Web standardization resources for website developers.

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