May 11, 2010 2
A Web Standard is both a guide and a measure. I believe that Web Teams that invest enough time and the right effort into Web Standards, will surely reap the benefits. We covered this in a previous post. Today, we dive straight in with a concrete example: URL Naming Web Standard. Note, just to keep this post to a reasonable length, I’ve had to trim it down. Rest asssured it does have enough meat in there to illustrate what is a Web Standard.
May 5, 2010 4
The majority of Web Sites today are launched without clearly defined and/or enforceable Web Standards. For larger organisations, looking to execute efficiently on the Web, this is a major stumbling block.
Confession. Having worked in and for large organisations for over 25 years, I always hated Web Standards. They were always out-of-date. They were written by non-practitioners. Their format was dry and verbose. Their purpose unclear – just obey. Effecting change or providing feedback was actively discouraged – information flows one way: down! There was not much to like about Web Standards.
However, when you sifted through it all, there were little gems of insight hidden away. Looking back through older eyes I realise that I never really hated Web Standards. I just didn’t like the way they were enforced. So I rejected them. In doing so, throwing the baby out with the bath water.
