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It is easy to create | It is easy to create HTML that ''works'', but current best practice suggests that creating valid and '''Semantic HTML''' is an important goal for various reasons including user experience and [[accessibility]]. Unfortunately, while validation is a relatively easy task to understand and achieve, creating Semantically correct HTML is a lot more subjective and open to debate. | ||
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* [[Semantic Web]] | * [[Semantic Web]] | ||
* [[Microformat]] | * [[Microformat]] | ||
* [http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/08/29/semantics Mark Pilgrim's ''Won’t somebody please think of the gerbils?''] | |||
* [http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2006/03/03/36-wysiwyg-editor-test An evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (including TinyMCE) for their production of valid, semantic & accessible HTML] | * [http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2006/03/03/36-wysiwyg-editor-test An evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (including TinyMCE) for their production of valid, semantic & accessible HTML] | ||
* [http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/08/28/structuralVsSemantic ''HTML: more structural than semantic'' by Simon Willison] | * [http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/08/28/structuralVsSemantic ''HTML: more structural than semantic'' by Simon Willison] | ||
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* [http://www.mondaybynoon.com/2006/04/03/but-it-validates/ ''But It Validates!''] | * [http://www.mondaybynoon.com/2006/04/03/but-it-validates/ ''But It Validates!''] | ||
[[Category:Developer]] | [[Category:Developer]] | ||
[[Category:Accessibility]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:37, 19 October 2008
It is easy to create HTML that works, but current best practice suggests that creating valid and Semantic HTML is an important goal for various reasons including user experience and accessibility. Unfortunately, while validation is a relatively easy task to understand and achieve, creating Semantically correct HTML is a lot more subjective and open to debate.
See also
- Semantic Web
- Microformat
- Mark Pilgrim's Won’t somebody please think of the gerbils?
- An evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (including TinyMCE) for their production of valid, semantic & accessible HTML
- HTML: more structural than semantic by Simon Willison
- Million Dollar Markup by Mark Pilgrim
- Elements of Meaningful XHTML presentation by Tantek Çelik
- An index of Tantek Çelik's posts on semantic markup for blogs including
- Dan Cederholm's Simple Quiz
- But It Validates!
