State of the Web: A Look Ahead Web Standards The Web Association January 30 th , 2007 www.webassociation.org Presenter: David Mead Director of Production Optiem, LLC.

Standards a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated puts us all on the same page everyone/everything works together

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

puts us all on the same page

everyone/everything works together

Web Standards everyone/everything works together

everyone/everything works together

The Old Standards HTML CSS XHTML

HTML

CSS

XHTML

The Old Standards The downside of using standards Browsers Propriety code Patchy support Wrong implementation

The downside of using standards

Browsers

Propriety code

Patchy support

Wrong implementation

The Old Standards The upside of using standards Easier to code & maintain Semantically rich content Light weight files Improves browser/device display Decreases accessibility errors Section 508 WAI

The upside of using standards

Easier to code & maintain

Semantically rich content

Light weight files

Improves browser/device display

Decreases accessibility errors

Section 508

WAI

The Old Standards The upside of using standards Browsers

The upside of using standards

Browsers

The New Standards microformats “Designed for humans first and machines second”

microformats

“Designed for humans first and machines second”

The New Standards hCard hCalendar VoteLinks, hReview XFN rel-tag social networks / search / e-commerce / desktop applications

hCard

hCalendar

VoteLinks, hReview

XFN

rel-tag

social networks / search / e-commerce / desktop applications

The New Standards Who’s using these? YOU ARE

Who’s using these?

YOU ARE

The Future We need microformats and to get people to agree on them. It is going to bootstrap exchanging data on the Web… … we need them for things like contact cards, events, directions… Bill Gates @ Mix06, talking with Tim O’Reilly Firefox 3 to incorporate microformat detection natively? Browsers as information brokers?

We need microformats and to get people to agree on them. It is going to bootstrap exchanging data on the Web…

… we need them for things like contact cards, events, directions…

Bill Gates @ Mix06, talking with Tim O’Reilly

Firefox 3 to incorporate microformat detection natively?

Browsers as information brokers?

The Future http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mozilla_does_microformats_firefox3.php

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mozilla_does_microformats_firefox3.php