Talk:World Wide Web Consortium

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Hey, in the first sentence there is a full stop that doesnt need to be there, just after develop standards. (Is it meant to be there to give an example of what a standard is?) I've never edited it before so I'll just point it out! Rich

Hi, I think you are right, and I just applied your recommendation. Don't hesitate to do it next time, and if ever you make a small mistake, plenty of others like me can fix it :-) --ClementSeveillac 08:40, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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"The original creator of the Web"?

That's a reasonable statement, I think. He created the software protocols and the first working system for what became the Web, and that's what gives his current stewardship of the protocols for the W3C credibility. --LDC

And he called the resulting system 'the World Wide Web" after considering and rejecting other names so yes, he did create the original Web. --Nantonos 02:16, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

But he created the Web? You yourself are the man not to want to attribute inventions to just one guy, Lee! --LMS

Perhaps it could be worded better; how about "...who created the protocols on which the Web is based."? This is one case where I think credit is really deserved, but you may be right that the language goes a bit too far. --LDC

That sounds good to me! --LMS

Came back, came away] again :) -- ClementSeveillac 08:40, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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"It's up to the manufactures to follow the recommendations which is the case for many of them." This seems a bit unrealistic. I don't know of a single browser that even completely implements HTTP (the 205 response code, in particular), much less HTML 4 (optgroup/option label, table summary, table column alignment by axis, table width by weight, img/frame longdesc, etc.), CSS, P3P, DOM, PNG, et al. Perhaps this would be more accurate:

"It's up to the manufacturers to follow the recommendations."

Brianiac 22:58 Apr 12, 2003 (UTC)

Contents 1 Increasing Developer Conformance 2 Sir Timothy 3 removed cleanup badge that provided no explanation 4 Criticism?

[edit] Increasing Developer Conformance

I removed the phrase "...however developer conformance [to standards] has improved recently." I see two problems with the statement. First, what is defined as "recent?" Second, how (and where) is such conformance measured? In other words, can anyone back up that statement with data?

I'm not opposed to the general idea the statement conveys but it is sloppy with its vagueness and lack of objective proof. I think the statement is true based on anecdotal evidence but I certainly can't prove it. If anyone can point us to some "real" (non-anecdotal) data or evidence, please share it with us!

--ElKevbo 04:27, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

This also implies that people pay attention and cleave to the W3C standards, which is quite debatable. --moof 21:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sir Timothy

Along with several other changes, I've changed the first reference to Tim Berners-Lee in the History section from Sir Timothy "Tim" John Berners-Lee to Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The former was very much too awkward; in the Microsoft article, you wouldn't call Mr. Gates William "Bill" Henry Gates III even on the first reference, and I think that applies here even more so. Hopefully this is agreed?

(By the way, I've done quite a bit of cleanup otherwise, and I notice that there's a "cleanup" tag... I don't know if it's still necessary or not after my edits; please look over them to make sure they're proper in these contexts)--T. S. Rice 07:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] removed cleanup badge that provided no explanation

I removed the badge from February 2006. It was impossible to tell what needed cleanup.

[edit] Criticism?

I'm not a web developer myself, so I don't really feel comfortable adding this, since I'm not really involved or know that much. But as far as I can tell, there is a bit of criticism against the W3C, at least as far as the web goes, with HTML, XHTML, and related things. Luckily I found a blog post with links to some of these, if you're feeling lazy, or in a hurry, the last link on the list summarises things pretty well. Lijnema 12:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)