#20239
Microsoft’s proprietary Smart Tags: Boon or bane? Kaminski digs deep beneath the hype and paranoia in an extensive assessment of what Microsoft hath wrought.
Kaminski, Chris. List Apart, A (2001). Design>Web Design>Standards
#29985
There is a seldom-used tag called 'acronym'. It was originally mark up, well, acronyms. There is a very similar tag, also seldom-used, called 'abbr', which is intended to mark up abbreviations. Both of these tags were introduced in HTML 4.0. On the face of it, apart from marking up the text, these inline tags do little else.
HyperWrite (2002). Articles>Web Design>Standards>HTML
#24462
The Need for Web Design Standards
Unfortunately, much of the Web is like an anthill built by ants on LSD: many sites don't fit into the big picture, and are too difficult to use because they deviate from expected norms. Users expect 77% of the simpler Web design elements to behave in a certain way. Unfortunately, confusion reigns for many higher-level design issues.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2004). Design>Web Design>User Interface>Standards
#29965
HTML 5 introduces new elements to HTML for the first time since the last millennium. New structural elements include aside, figure, and section. New inline elements include time, meter, and progress. New embedding elements include video and audio. New interactive elements include details, datagrid, and command.
Harold, Elliotte Rusty. IBM (2007). Design>Web Design>Standards>HTML5
#30676
HTML 5 introduces new elements to HTML for the first time since the last millennium. New structural elements include aside, figure, and section. New inline elements include time, meter, and progress. New embedding elements include video and audio. New interactive elements include details, datagrid, and command.
Harold, Elliotte Rusty. IBM (2007). Articles>Web Design>Standards>HTML5
#28285
The New European Standard for Translation Services 
The new European standard DIN EN 15038 on translation services will become effective on August 1, 2006.
TC World (2006). Articles>Language>Standards>Technical Translation
#14194
No Standard for Migrating to Web Standards
Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about migrating to web standards, like XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). What's the big deal about these standards? Why should web teams invest the effort to learn new coding techniques and convert all their legacy sites over to standards-compliant sites? Time and Money, that's why.
Porter, Joshua. User Interface Engineering (2002). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
#20455
Nonstandard Quotes: Superimpositions and Cultural Maps 
We regularly chastise students for placing quotation marks around words that are not direct quotations. Yet, as this research shows, professionals use nonstandard quotations routinely and to rhetorical advantage. After analyzing the various purposes nonstandard quotations serve, I argue student use of the marks jars us not because it departs from good practice but because, through them, students invoke voices we do not want to recognize.
Schneider, Barbara. CCC (2002). Articles>Style Guides>Standards>Rhetoric
#27502
La norma di riferimento è la legge 1 marzo 2006, n. 67 pubblicata nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 54 del 6 marzo 2006. Tale norma è di iniziativa governativa (Ministro senza portafoglio per le Pari opportunità Stefania Prestigiacomo, Ministro del lavoro e politiche sociali Roberto Maroni di concerto con il Ministro della giustizia Roberto Castelli) e risale al 2 luglio 2003 - vale a dire sette giorni prima dell'emanazione del dlgs 216/2003.
Scano, Roberto. Webaccessibile.org (2005). (Italian) Articles>Accessibility>Legal>Standards
#23394
Obey Standards or Follow Customer Needs?
What is more important in technical writing: obeying the standards and regulations or following the customer's needs?
Thiele, Ulrich. TC-FORUM (1999). Articles>Writing>Standards>Technical Writing
#27295
The pace of new browser releases may be slower than it was in the early days, but developers must still confront a bemusing array of browser versions and brands that support some JavaScript features but not others. To combat the problem, scripters commonly provide two or more code branches so that a browser follows an execution path containing statements that it supports. Browser sniffing — the task of inspecting navigator object properties for version information — has become largely unmanageable given the browser version permutations available today. This article presents details on an alternative solution — object detection — that frees JavaScript developers from most of this versioning mess.
Apple Inc. (2006). Design>Web Design>Standards>DHTML
#25511
How does Omniweb fare when it comes to web standards? Earlier versions, while highly praised for an elegant user interface and strong support of international character sets, fell drastically short in CSS and W3C DOM support.
Waferbaby. List Apart, A (2002). Articles>Web Design>Standards>Web Browsers
#28096
On the Meta-Usability of User Interface Standards
Interface standards provide context-specific guidance for implementing a system based on the task goals and functions within it. A solid standard provides guidance at two levels. At the level of look and feel, it ensures consistency throughout the application or site. To be meaningful in usability terms, the standard also must provide guidance to support a consistent experience at the functional level.
Straub, Kathleen. uiGarden (2006). Design>User Interface>Standards
#29317
Do you have questions about mixing font formats in one file, crossing platforms, automating old-style figures, the best apps for OpenType, and the fonts with the most bang for the buck?
Strizver, Ilene. Creative Pro (2007). Design>Typography>Standards
#30629
Opera's Lie Blasts Microsoft on IE and Web Standards Support
Take a look at how Opera's Hakon Lie publicly blasted Microsoft for it's lack of support of Web Standards! Lie states. While this isn't new, I think it's important for accessibility developers to continue supporting the Mac accessibility community.
Paciello, Mike. Paciello Group, The (2007). Articles>Web Design>Standards>Blogs
#30662
Optimized and Predictable Ajax Applications
Wouldn't it be nice for developers if all browsers, computer models, and Ajax application users were the same? Maybe, but the reality is that they are not. Developers face a myriad of challenges when developing applications that behave predictably across browsers, computers, and individual user settings. When users transfer Ajax applications from one browser type to another (and especially when they transfer an Ajax application into a Web service portal), they're not guaranteed the same browser experience because of each browser's inherent limitations. In this article, author Judith Myerson gives a brief discussion of these limitations and what pitfalls to avoid, including some helpful solutions for optimizing browser differences.
Myerson, Judith. IBM (2007). Articles>Web Design>Standards>Ajax
#28362
Patents, Royalties, and Web Standards
We urge all ALA readers to examine the W3C Patent Policy draft, read The Web Standards Project’s opinion of same, and mail your comments to the W3C.
Zeldman, Jeffrey. List Apart, A (2001). Articles>Intellectual Property>Standards
#28097
The Place for Standards in Interaction Design (IxD) and UI Design (UID)
'Standards': the word strikes fear in designers around the globe, and makes engineers lives so much easier that they bow at its alter. (Yes, this is an exaggeration for affect, but an important one.) But before we can dig a big deeper into standards for designers, we need to do some definition work.
Malouf, David Heller. uiGarden (2006). Design>User Interface>Standards>Interaction Design
#28776
Planning for DITA Success Part Two: How to Deploy DITA, Step-By-Step
This paper, the second of a series, closes the loop by examining implementation issues from a technical perspective. It explores best practices within the five key steps of a successful transition.
Manning, Steve. Rockley Group, The (2007). Articles>Documentation>Standards>DITA
#28777
Planning for DITA Success: How to Set Up the Right Team and the Right Strategy
This two-part series explores why DITA has created such a buzz in the content management arena, particularly among technical documentation teams--and how you can prepare for long-term DITA success.
Manning, Steve and Su-Laine Yeo. Rockley Group, The (2007). Articles>Content Management>Standards>DITA
#27638
Westciv's John Allsopp sees a potentially bleak future for the dream that was web standards. Microsoft have overwhelming dominence of the browser playing field, despite brave efforts by Opera and Mozilla. They also have no intention to upgrade IE 6 until the release of Longhorn in 2006. So what is the point in innovating with new and exciting features in CSS and xhtml when no browser will support them? The only source of hope is that the gap left by Microsoft's development road map leaves room for a brave or foolish player to step in.
Allsopp, John. Western Civilization (2004). Articles>Web Design>Standards
#30449
HTML 4 has been around for nearly a decade now, and publishers seeking new techniques to provide enhanced functionality are being held back by the constraints of the language and browsers.
Hunt, Lachlan. List Apart, A (2007). Articles>Web Design>Standards>HTML5
#22632
Professional Editorial Standards 
The skills listed in this publication are those most commonly required for editing English-language text, whether on paper or on screen. The editor's functions start when the writer declares the manuscript more or less complete and continue through to the point at which it is ready for publication, regardless of the medium. Editors perform many tasks along the way, including structural editing, stylistic editing, copy editing, markup/coding, and proofreading. The technologies used in editing and in publishing change, but the fundamental tasks and the editorial skills required to work with words remain relatively constant.
#24328
Proposing a Standard Method for Creating Operating Manuals
Creating your operating manuals for technical devices includes attention to audience as well as to organization. Your highest priority is to deliver to the user an operation section with a safe and efficient sequence. After you have sorted information into audience-appropriate sections, the user suffers fewer interruptions during operation. In addition, your manual must support other audiences before the end user ever sees a technical device or your manual. The authors propose a standard method applied early in the process of creating your operating manual. The standard method is a tool for writers who must create manuals that simultaneously deliver uninterrupted sequence and meet worldwide requirements.
McDermott, B. and H.P. Wettl. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>Documentation>Standards
#24445
A Psychiatrist Using DSM-III: The Influence of a Charter Document in Psychiatry
Explores the influence of DSM-III in the limited sphere of a single child psychiatrist.
McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson. WAC Clearinghouse (1991). Articles>Scientific Communication>Standards
