Web Standards

After my presentation on preserving digital information at the recent Local Government Web Network conference, Reem told me that she received lots of enquiries about PDF/A, which I mentioned in my talk; specifically, What is it?, How to use it? and Where to get it? PDF/A is the ‘archival’ format for PDF. PDF/A has fewer "bells and whistles" than traditional PDF which minimises future migration requirements.

After spending two whole days networking with peers, participating in debate, and watching presentations on standards, design, usability, technology, and yes - Twitter - there was only one way to bring the conference to a close... Open Web.

“Learning Web Standards just got easier” – You can now learn to build a better web with Opera’s new Web Standards Curriculum. Providing a clear study path for learning web standards is something the industry has struggled with. The gap just got a bit smaller when Opera launched the site a couple of weeks ago. It already provides a good foundation with plans to expand on the currently 23 articles into other key areas, and being licensed under the Creative Commons license means it can be used in a range of ways. It will be useful to people who are new to learning web standards, or who are wanting to improve their understanding, and to teachers and team leaders to help train staff. The launch of this got me thinking about what resources I found most useful when learning web standards. So here’s a list