A Web Standards Checklist (MaxDesign)
The term web standards can mean different things to different people. For some, it is ‘table-free sites’, for others it is ‘using valid code’. However, web standards are much broader than that. A site built to web standards should adhere to standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, DOM, MathML, SVG, etc.) and pursue best practices (valid code, accessible code, semantically correct code, user-friendly URLs, etc.). In other words, a site built to web standards should ideally be lean, clean, CSS-based, accessible, usable and search engine friendly. (Document updated: August 13, 2004)
