We Standards are designed to make the use of the World Wide Web universal. Since the invention of the Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium of been trying to achieve universality for users all over the world. According to Handicap International there are 600 million disabled people in the world, about 10% of the world population.
Nowadays it is a legal requirement that businesses conform to the new Web Standards in various areas such as
- Web Design and Applications
- XHTML
- Web Services
- Web Devices
W3C incorporates the Mobile Web Initiative as there is a growing need for people to access the Web "on the go".
The Mobile Web tackles the important issue of accessability. An accessable site can be defined as "a site accessable to all with an emphasis on access to the disabled"
To find out how to tackle the other barriers to accessability such as:
- Visual
- Audio
- Old Technologies
Visit the Link Below
Link to Web Standards
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