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Happy Birthday World Wide Web!

11 March 2014 | Archive

Web 25th anniversary Today, around the world, people are joining Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee in wishing the World Wide Web a happy 25th birthday. To mark the occasion, everyone is encouraged to share birthday greetings on social media using #web25. Select greetings will also be posted on a virtual birthday card on the official anniversary site webat25.org.

“The Web’s billions of users are what have made it great,” said Berners-Lee. “I hope that many of them will join me today in celebrating this important milestone. I also hope this anniversary will spark a global conversation about our need to defend principles that have made the Web successful, and to unlock the Web’s untapped potential. I believe we can build a Web that truly is for everyone: one that is accessible to all, from any device, and one that empowers all of us to achieve our dignity, rights and potential as humans.”

Read the full press release, welcome message and video from Tim Berners-Lee, and special greetings to the Web.

Please visit the Web’s 25th anniversary site regularly for more details on activities and events all year long, including W3C’s 20th Anniversary Symposium which will take place in Santa Clara, California, and will be live-streamed.

Updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0

11 March 2014 | Archive

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group today published updates of two Notes that accompany WCAG 2.0: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0. (This is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document.) For information on these updates and links to blog posts, please see the WCAG Techniques & Understanding WCAG Updated March 2014 e-mail. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Last Call: Linked Data Platform 1.0

11 March 2014 | Archive

The Linked Data Platform (LDP) Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Linked Data Platform 1.0. This document describes a set of best practices and simple approach for a read-write Linked Data architecture, based on HTTP access to web resources that describe their state using the RDF data model. Comments are welcome through 02 April 2014. Learn more about the Data Activity.

HTML Imports Draft Published

11 March 2014 | Archive

The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of HTML Imports. HTML Imports are a way to include and reuse HTML documents in other HTML documents. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

One Week Left to Register for W3C HTML5 Training Course

10 March 2014 | Archive

Register now for the W3C HTML5 online course that starts next Monday, 17 March 2014. Acclaimed trainer Michel Buffa will cover the techniques developers and designers need to create great Web pages and apps. This new course edition has been updated again, and features advanced techniques illustrated by numerous examples. Learn more about W3DevCampus, the official W3C online training for Web developers. See also our self-explanatory fun video.

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