Questions tagged [w3c]
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The Box Model: Internet Explorer vs. W3C
Today, the Internet Explorer Box Model problem is mostly a non-issue. Most web developers place a tag to enforce standards compliance, and nobody really cares about supporting Internet Explorer 5.5 anymore.
However, some developers have…
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Is Doctype needed for HTML5 documents
Recently I had a job interview and one of the questions was "Is doctype needed for HTML 5 documents?". I've answered "no" but have a feeling that I might be wrong. From the w3 it looks like it is absolutely required, but if I type a simple HTML…
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How does Microdata rdfa compare to JSON-LD?
The bottom of the Wikipedia "talk" page says that Microdata is dead, and superseded by rdfa and json-ld.
What is the difference between the formats (or value), and which one should be used?
I'm mostly interested in SEO for Google Shopping, and…
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Arguments to homologate Firefox in a Company
I developed a web project for my company and this project was designed to use Mozilla Firefox (including the javascript (jQuery)). However, now the company wants the project to be transferred to Internet Explorer.
I know that in Google, there are…
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Standardized Programming Languages
Is there an organization similar to W3C that creates standards for programming languages?
If so, are there any programming languages, like browsers would using W3C standards, that implement these standards?
I have done my own research and I have…
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Does compliance to WCAG 1 AA prevent the use of Javascript?
I have read the WCAG documentation and I am confused. Does compliance to WCAG 1 AA preclude the use of Javascript?
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use of minOccurs="0" without nillable="true" in SOAP
I have received an XSD from a 3rd party supplier generated from a Java based system; which is to be used to create a SOAP endpoint for us to receive data transfers. Their XSD does not make any use of the nillable attribute defined within the W3C/XSD…
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How to suggest a specification to w3c?
As the title says, how can someone suggest a specification to the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c)? Is it even possible? Can someone at least suggest the w3c to have a discussion on the specifications suggested?
Or is it done by the voting system, as…
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w3c library license: does it prevent the inclusion in/distribution with paid software?
From W3C Software Notice and License:
Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted
My app depends on the xml-apis 1.4.01…
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Where is the FormData constructor spec? Am I reading this correctly?
Looking at the w3 spec for FormData there seems to be very very little there. Certainly very little compared with the MDN documentation.
Of most concern, there is nothing here that defines constructor behavior beyond that it must return an instance…
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Is there any way to remove this redundancy?
I currently have the following HTML code
I have that because I felt the "23. August 2012" format was easier for website visitors to read than
Both of those HTML5…
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