Character Entities in HTML and XHTML

This area includes a variety of references and tools such as: reference charts; important articles; and helpful tools.

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Dreamweaver Task Force

The WaSP Dreamweaver Task Force was created in 2001 to accomplish two tasks of vital importance: To work with Macromedia’s engineers to improve the standards compliance and accessibility of web pages produced with Macromedia Dreamweaver, the market-leading professional visual web editor and development tool. Detailed objectives are listed below. This part of the group’s mission was largely fulfilled with the release in May 2002 of Dreamweaver MX, though the Task Force will continue to work with Macromedia as the company fine-tunes subsequent versions of its product. To communicate effectively within the online Dreamweaver community, raising awareness of web standards and helping others discover how their tools can be used to create standards-compliant, accessible sites. This work will continue indefinitely and is a key component of WaSP’s developer education outreach program.

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Learn the Standards

The following resources provide a quick link to numerous WaSP and other resources related to web standards.

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Legal Color Names in HTML 4 and XHTML

There are sixteen (16) legal color names for use in HTML 4.x and XHTML. Any other color name is a browser-specific name and cannot be used in conforming HTML 4.x and XHTML documents.

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The Web Standards Project

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) fights for standards that reduce the cost and complexity of development while increasing the accessibility and long-term viability of any site published on the Web.

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