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Will 2008 prove the year the Web grew up?
Insight perspective After the turbulence of the browser wars and the dotcom crash, the emergence this year of open development standards hints at a new-found maturity, argues Opera exec.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Document Object Model, W3C, CSS, HTML 4, HTML 5 Specification, JavaScript
Opera: Web standards could eclipse Flash
News Chief executive Jon von Tetzchner says HTML 5 means Adobe's ubiquitous Flash platform will no longer be necessary for delivering rich media.
Tags: Web browsers, Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Media, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards, API, multimedia
Opera: Single-minded about widget development
Insight newsmaker Browser company believes that a single standard for widgets will stop Web users from being locked into one product, according to chief executive Jon von Tetzchner.
Tags: Standards, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
News Developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Apple Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web
HTML 5 may not be finalized before 2022
News Web programming standard, expected to reach W3C Candidate Recommendation stage during 2012, is off by a decade, says source within Web standards community.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Web 2.0, Video, Internet Video, W3C, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Programming, Web, Web 2.0
Web standards group scrutinizing Apple patent
News The W3C aims to get a handle on an Apple patent that could hold back the consortium's work to standardize Web applications.
Tags: Standards, Prior Art, software update, W3C, consortium, software, computer, Apple Inc., Web, Patent
Apple refusing royalty-free license to widget patent
News Apple has asked the W3C's Web Applications Working Group to exclude one of its patents from the licensing requirements around a proposed standard for updating widgets.
Tags: Patents, Web sites, Web 2.0, Apple Inc., Patent, Mobile, Smart Phone, W3C, handheld computer, computing company
Search leaders debate semantics
News Everyone agrees that semantic search technology--the notion of correctly assessing a searcher's intent--holds promise, and maybe money.
Tags: Search, Web services, Search, Ask.com, W3C, leader, Web, conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
Cisco offers open source alternative to Soap
News The networking equipment maker has developed its own messaging protocol Etch as an alternative to the Soap standard, and made it open source.
Tags: Web services, Open source, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., GPL, W3C, CIO, performance, software, networking equipment company
Will HTML5 bring about better markup authoring?
Techguide HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address and the features that might be most contentious.
Tags: Web browsers, Feature, Specification, Web Browser, Google Inc., Author, Browser Company, W3C, Web Application, HTML5
Berners-Lee: Semantic Web will have privacy built-in
News The Semantic Web will be able to enforce privacy policies set by Web users, according to Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Tags: Web sites, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Semantic Web, data mining, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, photograph, desktop, built-In
Apache Stonehenge SOA tool hits first milestone
News Project, which aims to provide developers with a set of sample service-oriented architecture apps that work across languages and platforms, has seen its first key release.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Apache Software Foundation, SOA, Tool, W3C, software company, best practice, Programming, programming language
Intelligence sifting through the Web
News Interest in the Semantic Web appears to be taking off, with users flocking to social bookmarking sites and search engines incorporating new technology.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Search, Semantic Web, Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, W3C, social bookmarking, software, natural language
Do Web developers have to know HTML?
Techguide TechRepublic's Tony Patton says he can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create his applications.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Web Browser, Tool, W3C, CSS, Ian Lloyd, JavaScript, knowledge, Web Developer
