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diff --git a/htdocs/about.html b/htdocs/about.html index 7b43d41..e83d76f 100755 --- a/htdocs/about.html +++ b/htdocs/about.html @@ -1,78 +1,125 @@ -<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: about.html,v 1.12 2002-02-11 22:09:09 link Exp $" ---><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2002-02-11 22:09:09 $" +<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: about.html,v 1.13 2002-08-20 01:51:22 link Exp $" +--><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2002-08-20 01:51:22 $" --><!--#set var="title" value="About the W3C HTML Validation Service" ---><!--#include virtual="/header.html" --> +--><!--#set var="relroot" value="./" +--><!--#include virtual="header.html" --> <div> - <h2 id="skip" name="skip">About This Service</h2> + <h2 id="skip">About This Service</h2> <p> - <a href="/">The W3C HTML Validation Service</a> checks HTML documents - for conformance to W3C HTML and XHTML Recommendations and other - HTML standards. Related resources include: + <a href="./">The + <acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + Validation Service</a> checks + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + documents for conformance to + <acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> and + <acronym title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> + Recommendations and other + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + standards. Related resources include: </p> - <ul> - <li><a title="Source Code for The W3C HTML Validation Service" href="/source/">Source code availability</a>.</li> - <li><a href="todo.html">The TODO list for The W3C HTML Validation Service</a>.</li> + <li><a title="Source Code for The W3C HTML Validation Service" + href="source/">Source code availability</a>.</li> + <li><a href="todo.html">The TODO list for The <acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + Validation Service</a>.</li> <li><a href="sgml-lib/catalog">DTDs (document types) supported by The - W3C HTML Validation Service</a> (the SGML catalog).</li> + <acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + Validation Service</a> (the <acronym + title="Standard Generalized Markup Language">SGML</acronym> + catalog).</li> <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/">The www-validator mailing list</a>.</li> - <li><a href="feedback.html">How to provide feedback on The W3C HTML Validation Service</a>.</li> + <li><a href="feedback.html">How to provide feedback on The + <acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + Validation Service</a>.</li> </ul> </div> - <div> - <h2><a name="others">Other resources</a></h2> + <div id="others"> + <h2>Other resources</h2> <div> <h3>Documentation & Specifications</h3> <ul> - <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/">W3C's HTML home page</a>.</li> - <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">The HTML 4.01 - specification</a>.</li> - <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/">XHTML 1.0: + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/"><acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>'s + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + home page</a>.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">The <acronym + title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> 4.01 + specification</a>.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/"><acronym + title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language</a>.</li> - <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/">XHTML 1.1: - Module-based XHTML</a>.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/"><acronym + title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.1: + Module-based <acronym + title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym></a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <h3>Online Tools & Other Validators</h3> <ul> <li>The <a - href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/tools/validator/">WDG HTML - validator</a> is another excellent online validation service.</li> + href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/tools/validator/"><acronym + title="Web Design Group">WDG</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> + validator</a> is another excellent online validation service.</li> <li><a href="http://arealvalidator.com/">A Real Validator</a> - is a shareware HTML syntax checker for Windows systems, - from the author of the WDG validator.</li> + is a shareware <acronym + title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> syntax checker + for Windows systems, from the author of the <acronym + title="Web Design Group">WDG</acronym> validator.</li> <li><a href="http://valet.webthing.com/">Site Valet</a> by Nick Kew - is a comprehensive set of tools for checking and monitoring your - web sites.</li> - <li>Clean up your HTML using <a - href="http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/">HTML tidy</a> + is a comprehensive set of Quality Assurance tools for checking and + monitoring your web sites.</li> + <li>Clean up your <acronym + title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> using <a + href="http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/"><acronym + title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> tidy</a> (or use Site Valet's <a href="http://valet.webthing.com/tidy/">web interface to tidy</a>.)</li> - <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/">CSS</a> using - the <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/">W3C CSS + <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/"><acronym + title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym></a> using + the <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"><acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym> Validation Service</a>.</li> - <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/">RDF</a> using - the <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/">W3C RDF + <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/"><acronym + title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym></a> using + the <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/"><acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym> Validation Service</a>.</li> - <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema">XML Schema</a> + <li>Validate your <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema"><acronym + title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML</acronym> Schema</a> documents using the <a - href="http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv">W3C - XML Schema Validator</a>.</li> + href="http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv"><acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML</acronym> + Schema Validator</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> - <div> - <h2><a name="credits">Credits</a></h2> + <div id="credits"> + <h2>Credits</h2> <p> - The W3C HTML Validation Service was created and is maintained by - <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Gerald/">Gerald Oskoboiny</a>. + The <acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> Validation + Service was created and is maintained by + <a title="Gerald Oskoboiny's Home Page" + href="http://www.w3.org/People/Gerald/">Gerald Oskoboiny</a>. In a previous incarnation it was known as "The Kinder, Gentler, - HTML Validator", but has since found a new home at the W3C + <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> Validator", + but has since found a new home at the <acronym + title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> Systems Team where Gerald still slaves away at it. </p> <p> @@ -80,12 +127,21 @@ </p> <ul> <li> - <a href="http://www.jclark.com/">James Clark</a>'s excellent <a - href="http://www.jclark.com/sp/">SGML parser</a>. + A derivative version of <a href="http://www.jclark.com/">James + Clark</a>'s excellent <a href="http://www.jclark.com/sp/"><acronym + title="Standard Generalized Markup Language">SGML</acronym> (and + <acronym title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML</acronym>) + parser</a> <acronym title="SGML Processor">SP</acronym>. The + version in use for this service is the "OpenSP" version from + the <a href="http://openjade.sf.net/">OpenJade</a> team. For some + time it also made use of <a + href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a>'s + modified version, lq-nsgmls. </li> <li> - The <a href="http://www.linpro.no/lwp/">LWP Perl Modules</a> - by Gisle Aas and Martijn Koster for retrieving documents. + The <a href="http://www.linpro.no/lwp/"><acronym + title="libwww-perl">LWP Perl Modules</a> + by Gisle Aas and Martijn Koster for retrieving documents. </li> <li>Documentation and Error Explanations originally written by Scott Bigham.</li> <li>Open source software including <a @@ -99,11 +155,21 @@ <li> Patches and ideas from: <ul> + <li><a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/">Aaron Swartz</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.smith-family.com/">Christian Smith</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Hugo/">Hugo Haas</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.jibbering.com/">Jim Ley</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/karl/">Karl Dubost</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/D%c3%bcrst/">Martin Dürst</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.webthing.com/~nick/">Nick Kew</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/">Olivier Thereaux</a></li> + <li><a href="http://purl.org/net/sbp/">Sean B. Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="http://newsreaders.com/%7Elink/">Terje Bless</a></li> - <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/">...and the nice people on www-validator@w3.org.</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.iki.fi/scop/">Ville Skyttä</a></li> + <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/">...and + the nice people on www-validator@w3.org.</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> @@ -112,11 +178,12 @@ <p> The <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/1994Jul/0015">first - online HTML validation service</a> was created by + online <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> validation + service</a> was created by <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</a> and <a href="http://www.markgaither.com/">Mark Gaither</a>. </p> -<!--#include virtual="/footer.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> </body> </html> |